Filipino Chef Wows with PH Flavors in Hamburg

BERLIN 29 October 2019 – Renowned Filipino Chef, food writer, and visual artist Claude Tayag lent his culinary expertise as Guest Chef of Underdocks Restaurants—one of the new, trendy eateries in the bustling German city of Hamburg at a special Philippine Food Weekend from 18 to 20 October 2019.

Featuring an all-seafood and vegetable take on classic Philippine dishes, Chef Tayag introduced the restaurant’s international clientele to the different flavors of the Philippine palate from sour, salty, bitter, and sweet.

Re-working classic recipes, Chef Tayag wowed diners with his unique take on Seafood kare-kare, deconstructed fresh lumpia, kinilaw, soft shell crab with aligue sauce, squid adobo with Philippine upland rice, and his signature buko-pandan dessert, Claude’s Dream.

Prior to the sold-out lunch and dinner services throughout the weekend, Chef Tayag, with Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega and Philippine Tourism Representative Meggie Valdes hosted a Tasting Night for members of the German Media.

The event was organized by the Philippine Tourism Office in Frankfurt and supported by the Philippine Embassy in Berlin as part of the Philippine Government’s Culinary Tourism campaign. END

From left: Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega, Chef Claude Tayag, Tourism Representative Meggie Valdes, and Laura Hutter of Food Guide: Taste Your City. (Berlin PE photo)

Members of the German media enjoy a degustation menu (left photo) of seafood kare-kare and kinilaw (right photo). (Berlin PE photo)

For more information, visit  https://www.berlinpe.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philippine-embassy.de or https://www.facebook.com/PHinGermany.