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Modern Hakka Chinese | ALMA ~ How Renowned Chef Is Recreating Her Favourite Childhood Dishes!
ALMA
📍1194 Bloor St West, Toronto, Canada
www.almatoronto.com
alma.toronto
ALMA elevates classic dishes with contemporary techniques, creating a unique dining experience.
Renowned Chef, Anna Chen recreates her favourite childhood dishes in Kolkata, India. The Standout and Crowd Favourite Pork Wonton! Recreated by memory and taste buds. This is a special one! And Definitely Moreish!🤤
High level execution for each dish from prep to service!
⭐️ One Week Radish Cake
⭐️ 30 Hours Char Siu
⭐️ 24 Hours Bao
⭐️ Sauces and Dips all made in house
There is no short cut for Excellence!
ALMA is delicious, nostalgic, and special!⚡️
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1 Chef Rang! 2 Private Parties for over 200 Guests!!
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ScarboroughMans
    @ScarboroughMans День тому

    1975? Katz’s Deli in NYC started in the 1800’s. What is this shit? Please wear gloves when making the food.

  • @stefangajic
    @stefangajic 2 дні тому

    Amazing concept, bravo

  • @leonyeo7798
    @leonyeo7798 3 дні тому

    Got sent here by the YT Algo and glad I clicked. I'm absolutely sure you guys will blow up soon, just keep putting in the work. One advice is that during the interview scenes especially at the start, I know that you had two different camera angles with different cameras. The quality switch between the two cameras can be jarring and distracting for the viewer to fully immerse themselves. (which may have been fixed since this video was 2 months ago) ATB

  • @KhineSoe-io6wr
    @KhineSoe-io6wr 5 днів тому

    Really love this

  • @danieldonal8967
    @danieldonal8967 5 днів тому

    Thank you Frank for sharing your story. I will come visit.

  • @leavesoflemons5374
    @leavesoflemons5374 9 днів тому

    this is what we want to see, all day, all year...

  • @chinchansay2012
    @chinchansay2012 10 днів тому

    Have been working in the kitchen for 45 years. Worked in London, Paris and am currently staying and working in Italy. I get you. Have worked in a 1 Michelin restaurant as a chef doing Mediterranean cuisine in the south of Italy for 15 years. Had my brigate of 8 cooks working in the kitchen alone. And yes, we are nothing without our teams of cooks and dishwashers included too.....

  • @tonyguarino3594
    @tonyguarino3594 12 днів тому

    Quality

  • @kristianolliviere9045
    @kristianolliviere9045 12 днів тому

    Maybe one day if i go to Toronto for vacation, ill stop in to that pizzeria!!! Love the Toronto accent!!!!!

  • @littlesame
    @littlesame 13 днів тому

    Thank you for making a vegetarian Lok Ba Go 😋 Haka cuisine is a delicious type of Chinese cuisine, they have lots of flavorful dishes

  • @dubdoodle7191
    @dubdoodle7191 13 днів тому

    This isn't pizza, it's an experiment for a George Brown culinary class.

  • @dubdoodle7191
    @dubdoodle7191 13 днів тому

    Real burgers are on a fire grill not oily flat top

  • @ZijianXu2006
    @ZijianXu2006 14 днів тому

    I used to eat there every time after summer school in 2019 when I was still in Toronto, want to go back there in the future.

  • @pakalolobudz
    @pakalolobudz 14 днів тому

    Funny how she sounded apologetic when saying she no longer makes the Pi for won ton anymore.

  • @joyciecat420
    @joyciecat420 15 днів тому

    Wow this is AMAZING to see a fellow Hakka Chinese and our culture represented here. THANK YOU this is just inspiring and motivates me to keep going!!!

  • @fatdandelions
    @fatdandelions 15 днів тому

    I was intrigued due to the title. My dad and my late grandpa and late grandma were Hakka. I have not hear my dad speak the language. When I was an infant l used to talk hakka, but l learned Dutch Cantonese and Surinam, l lost the ability speaking Hakka. Fun to see fellow Hakka people.

  • @eriklee9462
    @eriklee9462 16 днів тому

    Its harder to make a slab of radish cake than a slab of charSiu

  • @samriddhi48
    @samriddhi48 16 днів тому

    🇮🇳

  • @thehohcollective5201
    @thehohcollective5201 16 днів тому

    Listen her food looks great this all looks amazing but who's idea was that transition at 14:31????? what was that?

  • @christopherlai
    @christopherlai 16 днів тому

    I need the recipe for the char siu, please help

  • @johnsells6023
    @johnsells6023 17 днів тому

    I miss Taiwan and this is real Taiwanese food turnip cake san being chi noodles love it

  • @suga-thaithomas7313
    @suga-thaithomas7313 17 днів тому

    Love sugo and conzo, and really glad to know that the owners are good ppl

  • @armaanajoomal
    @armaanajoomal 20 днів тому

    amazing restaurant. amazing owner. amazing story. amazing video. amazing editing. amazing everything. thank you.

  • @DejanOfRadic
    @DejanOfRadic 21 день тому

    I used to have an art studio in that space....what a change!

  • @dchz8939
    @dchz8939 22 дні тому

    We dined at Alma in May and I thought the bao were amazing. Now I understand why. Nice story, we wish your business well, we are glad we encouraged your restaurant.

  • @zhiling_nutrition
    @zhiling_nutrition 22 дні тому

    I realized this is from a new channel! Good job at creating such a high quality video!

  • @OB-LA
    @OB-LA 23 дні тому

    I love her story, energy, and journey to finding her craft. I can tell the food is delicious and can't wait to try it myself when I finally make it to Toronto.

  • @_arthurchin
    @_arthurchin 25 днів тому

    Come to Singapore! 🇸🇬 🎉🎉🎉

    • @exceptionalfilms
      @exceptionalfilms 25 днів тому

      Love, Love, Love Singapore!! Need to go back ASAP!!🤍🤍🤍

  • @DiuQuy
    @DiuQuy 26 днів тому

    All the food looks absolutely amazing. I love how it's all made from scratch! You know there's a lot of love put into each dish and it can't help but be delicious.

  • @takyongwong3582
    @takyongwong3582 27 днів тому

    Good chef great pao🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @DZY49er
    @DZY49er 27 днів тому

    Need to check this place out she so adorable and very determined!!!

  • @madeline5188
    @madeline5188 27 днів тому

    You can tell by the look of her food that it is simply delicious. Yum!

  • @SoyandPepper
    @SoyandPepper 29 днів тому

    I’m from Kolkata India!!! Although I didn’t know Anna, I feel incredibly proud watching this and hope to try this restaurant when I visit toronto!!

  • @puchongyap260
    @puchongyap260 29 днів тому

    Well done. You are amazing with food and these food combination. 👍👍👍

  • @edwin9395
    @edwin9395 Місяць тому

    i thought the binchotan was hot.. until she kept describing the dish... omg big fan of you as of today

  • @gsbsblue
    @gsbsblue Місяць тому

    such an amazing chef and person.

  • @frankcandalisa3544
    @frankcandalisa3544 Місяць тому

    Thanks!

    • @exceptionalfilms
      @exceptionalfilms Місяць тому

      Wow! Thank YOU so much for your kind generous support!!🤍🤍🤍

  • @dubdoodle7191
    @dubdoodle7191 Місяць тому

    Toronto style pizza is dirty, unsanitary, and dives. No gloves worn, spatula's left in dirty dusty areas, watch guy talk and spit flying on the pizza. Why do pizzerias in Italy, NY, Boston, even Buffalo use gloves and face masks ? Even places in Mexico got better sanitary practices than Toronto !

  • @dubdoodle7191
    @dubdoodle7191 Місяць тому

    Spatula on top of oven that never gets cleaned. Oven full of char with pizza right over it. Goto NY, Boston, Cali, Mexico, Italy, even England they're all wearing gloves with masks and not talking / spitting over food they're preparing. OG dive that's what this is !

  • @arqsim
    @arqsim Місяць тому

    I was hoping to see some Hakka dishes being served but disappointed to see she is passing off Cantonese or TeoChew dishes as Hakka. Maybe in Canada people less aware.

  • @linouzz1732
    @linouzz1732 Місяць тому

    Radish Cakes 🥺

  • @bespokeoriginaldesign761
    @bespokeoriginaldesign761 Місяць тому

    as a Ukrainian we also put a bit of potato on the perogie dough to be light fluffier. :P

  • @limca678
    @limca678 Місяць тому

    Being Chinese from Kolkata like her, I don't have good fond memories of being in the school run by Irish brothers, it was an absolute nightmare. The Christian brothers and the teachers would abuse the students physically.

  • @jeffhalpern4017
    @jeffhalpern4017 Місяць тому

    Best tasting smoked meat in Toronto, bar none!

  • @gurinderkaur3876
    @gurinderkaur3876 Місяць тому

    She is real hero of her life , I just want to make radish cakes, awesome 🙌 well done bless you keep going

  • @caraarslan
    @caraarslan Місяць тому

    "Alma" means in Hungarian "apple".

  • @Jianfa88Tsai
    @Jianfa88Tsai Місяць тому

    11:38 Chinese people like long things. E.g. long noodles symbolise longevity. Instead of cutting bok choy up and mixing in with the noodles early on. At the final 20 seconds of the noodles and sauce process add long uncut bok choy to stir with the sauce. Then plate the noodles, then plate the bok choy in uncut long strands on the left and right sides of the noodles like a ladies figure and the wanton in the middle on top.

  • @Jianfa88Tsai
    @Jianfa88Tsai Місяць тому

    10:02 excellent wanton skin wrapping technique. Simple and effective in 2 steps. Beautiful Chinese gold ingot shape.

  • @sylviachen1600
    @sylviachen1600 Місяць тому

    So proud of you, sis!!!! That’s my sister! Her food is AMAZING! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @LoanNguyen-js6zd
    @LoanNguyen-js6zd Місяць тому

    I loved that she is very humble :"i am nothing without my team." Kudo to her!!