The secrets from the Chef & Sommelier

 The smelliest fruit of them all, Durian can be frightening for many people and a love story for others like me, I just love the gooey texture, the perfect balance of sweet and slightly bitter aftertaste with tons of vanilla and ripe pineapple, the smell you can scent far away and the durian stalls always draws attraction and many who have never tried are curious but usually the smell puts them off. The best durian in my opinion is the MuSan King and should be from Malaysia, when ripe its totally delicious, others can be on the bitter side but it's all in ones preference. The best season is coming now so do try if you have a chance and remember that you need to try everything 5 times before you decide yea or No!! The best thing is to buy it already open and not to try to get a whole one before you know how to crack one for not destroying it, let the guys do it for you.

 Welcome to Stufvenäs Gästgiveri, a fantastic Inn with great old history when it comes to food and wine, this is my new place to create magic with my team, I am superhappy to be here  and cant wait to see how high we can go but trust me that we are aiming very high and sky is NOT the limit, I am happy if you will follow me on this journey and I promise that it will be well worth and exciting for you all, let me present the small team (yes I am looking for additional staff, both kitchen and Front of house) welcome to apply.  

 As you might know I lived and worked in Singapore for almost 2 years and loved every minute of it and so did my girls who managed to fly over on several occasions to spend some quality time with me there. Omg how we all miss that wonderful apartment and the pool area where we spent relaxing days, how can we not miss this place. Moving to the other side of the world takes some curiosity and friends who can support when times get tough and I can't thank all of them enough for this crazy adventure, fun times and special friendship bonds that will last us forever, always grateful for what that city showed me and I learned so much great things and discover asian culture and understanding so much better, Singapore you rock!!

 Invitation to Beijing I was thrilled to be invited to the technical college in Beijing to do some masterclasses for the students who has chosen the western cooking style program, what a great experience for me but for sure to the students as well, supermany photographers on site to shoot everything and at first little difficult and some language barriers but we managed to overcome all thanks to Tong, one of the professors who did her schooling at CIA in CA. I did a 8 course dinner western style and some extra dishes all in 3 days there, I also told them the story about Remy the rat in the movie Ratatouille, no matter who you are and what you are you can learn to cook and become somebody, I actually told them my own story all in 3 hours, damn!! I should write a book!! anyone want to help me? I love and dedicate my life to share knowledge to younger and eager cooks who dreams and want to sacrifice everything to learn and I am more than honored to assist in any way i can, Sharing is ...

 Singapore part 1. Where to start, my time in Singapore was a great experience in diversity of people, city life, and foremost all the amazing food that you can find just about everywhere, from 3 Michelin stars to the whole hawker culture, to explain hawker for you is something like this, take 50+ food stalls in one spot and add chairs and tables in the middle and choose whatever you like to eat, easy affordable and delicious, I was lucky to have local friend who showed me around to their favourite places very frequently, and this is one of many things that I miss about Singapore food scene, be brave and try everything, life is to short to miss out on things. oyster omelet, Bak chor mee, clay pot rice grilled stingray and I can go on forever.....   

 Wonders of the World One thing that have been on my bucket list for many years is to visit Ankor Wat in Cambodia, I was always intrigued as a youngster for that special place and now I have finally made my dream come true, I must say that this place left me speechless, what a amazing place to visit with a vibe of ancient times combined with Tomb Raider, a true Indiana Jones feeling around it and the best thing is the guide!! you must have a guide and a private car rental to drive you around the area (HUGE) don't be stupid and try to bike around if you are not superfit, will take you forever.  When walking around you feel humble for all the people who lived there centuries ago and the hard labour to build all the temples and all the carvings made by hand and all is different,  If you have a chance make sure to visit the temples and stay in Siam Reap for some extra days, great hospitality and good food, Stay at Ankor Palace resort & SpA hotel, great relaxing place and ...

 Not very religious person all people who knows me also know that I am not a traditional religious person, don't believe in Jesus, Allah or other manmade figures who made people suffer for centuries, but I do believe in universal powers that can change our faith and that cosmos is something special and can make miracles, but still I have some religious tattoos from Christian,Vikings, Celtic and decided to do some to honor Buddhist as well. The story is actually little crazy but I advised one of my friends before I went to Thailand about my ideas and it ended up that I spent a whole day with a Buddhist munk to understand more about his religion and his beliefs, extremely cool guy and very laid back and told me his life story and did a blessing tattoo on me with a sharp bamboo stick and some greasy ink... pain? not at all, he was chanting something the whole time and this maybe made a difference, I really cant tell but its still there and I will meet him again next time I go to Thail...