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Posted by on July 31st, 2007 at 09:56am

When you go out to eat, what type of cuisine do you usually end up ordering? We all have our number one favorite> However, there are a few of us that like to cook, but would instead enjoy our favorite foods at a restaurant. If you too, like to cook, it is almost a sure thing that, you also love to go out to eat on occasion, to taste your favorite cuisine. It may surprise you, that restaurants make an excellent place to find inspiration for your own cooking as well.

What Are Your Favorite Restaurants?

First off, to begin using your dining experience to enhance your cooking, you will want to examine your favorite restaurants. Develop a list of the restaurants you have loved in the past and ended up visiting often. Also, think about what it is you really enjoy about them. Is it their food? Or, maybe, it their atmosphere. What dishes did you find delicious? Simply by determining why you like a restaurant, you can start to use these same elements to your own cooking and in your kitchen.

Examine The Menu

We each have a personal cooking style, that enhances our eating. If you take a good look at the restaurant menu, you can get an idea of the kind of ingredients and seasonings that the chef prefers. Then, you can jot down the special items that look interesting and very delicious. Afterwards, you can try out some of these new recipes, seasonings or whatever idea came from the notes that you wrote down.

For example, say you ordered an orange duck dish that was so yummy, that you got a second helping. While you were looking over the menu, you zoomed in on the orange duck, made a mental note that is was roasted over an open fire and marinated in a sweet and sour orange sauce. The method of cooking and the kind of sauce sounded delicious to you. After your orange duck arrived, you were delighted that it also smelled as good as it sounded on the menu. This is the time to write down some notes, like how the duck was roasted, how long did it marinate in the sauce and that maybe only fresh oranges and honey went into the sauce.

Look For Chef Classes

Did you know that you can learn from your favorite restaurants by asking if the chef teaches classes some place near where you live? Why not go ahead and take their class, if the chef does. You will get a way to learn directly from a professional chef. Then, with this new skill, you can fix the restaurant dishes that you love in your own kitchen.

New Cuisines

An easy and a good way to get introduced to a different cuisine is to dine at the restaurant that specializes in it. This is a key method to help you learn about how the food should taste. If you try it at the restaurant first, you will have something to measure by as to what it is supposed to taste like. Then, if it is to your liking, you can attempt to cook the dish at home. This puts you on the right track, verses trying to guess at how to cook it first, before tasting it already prepared.

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