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Wok Star Supper Club

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WOK STAR SUPPER CLUB (previously HOH Wok Club)

Wok Star Eleanor Hoh is a Miami food personality, wok cooking teacher, brand spokesperson, blogger, event curator/programmer, producer and influencer at @wokstar

My popular WOK STAR SUPPER CLUB is a series of gatherings held throughout the year in South Florida. Started in 2006, these gatherings are centered around celebrating Asian culture and cuisine, usually held on the LAST SUNDAY of the month. 

View list of upcoming as well as past WOK STAR SUPPER CLUB gatherings below. 

After a few years hiatus, I have resurrected my WOK STAR SUPPER CLUB gatherings. I’m thrilled to introduce numerous new restaurants focusing on modern Asian eats and Asian Fusion like Peruvian Japanese (Nikkei), Chinese Cuban (Chifa)etc.  For me, eating out has to be a complete experience. 

GOAL

My goal is to create a tasting sampler at a great value, support chef-owned restaurants while creating an evening filled with camaraderie and good Asian food. Mostly SOLD OUT events from 70 with 13 course dim sum at Hakkasan to 36 for 3 course exotic Indonesian at Krakatoa Cuisine. 

Many who’ve attended have gone back to these restaurants to try other dishes and told friends about them, so win win for everyone. 

The evening starts off with a meet and mingle with an exotic cocktail, then onto a sit down 3-4 course dinner. Often, mixing people at the same table and best way to meet new people. These gatherings are an excellent way to be introduced to what the restaurant has to offer and gives the chef an opportunity to talk about their philosophy and style of cooking.

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I like a foodie friend, Joan’s take…”it’s like you’re giving your seal of approval’ when you review their restaurants or bring your Wok Star Supper Club there!”

NOTE:
Please understand, when chefs are dealing with a large number of guests all at once, it’s already difficult. It’s difficult to accommodate any substitutions or diet requests. 

If you have food related allergies, strict dietary requirements, religious restrictions; are salt sensitive, vegetarian, pescatarian, or vegan or are pregnant: these gatherings are probably not for you. Please visit on your own. 

WOK STAR SUPPER CLUB: upcoming and past gatherings…

UPCOMING: BELLY FISH – Sunday, September 29, 2024, 6pm

RedFarm, July 2024
Krakatoa Cuisine – May, 2024

Gaijin, Chinese New Year 2018

Drunken Dragon, August 2017

Bazi Chinese New Year, 2016

WokStar-CNY-Hakkasan-dumplingsHakkasan Chinese New Year Yum Cha, 2015

Shokudo Resto 1Shokudo, August 25, 2013

Indomania, August 16, 2010

Indomania, July 12, 2010

75 showed up for Dim Sum at Mr. Chu’s, South Beach
beverages sponsored by Tiger Beer and Fiji Water
Karma Restaurant, Coral Gables
 
 

Indomania Rijsttafel at Miami River Wall (Updated)

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Beef Rendang

Achar pickles.
Indomania Chef Ineke”s Rijsttafel at Miami River Wall
You can tell everyone enjoyed with empty plates!!

LATEST UPDATE :
Join us for an intimate, sit down 12-dish Indonesian Feast in north end of Miami Beach…
Monday, July 12:7pm. Call NOW, only 32 seats for lucky ones.
Mandatory RSVP & prepayment, click for complete details.

What a lovely way to spend a cool evening, meeting new people and enjoying Indomania Chef Ineke’s exotic Indonesian Rijsttafel at Miami River Wall! The evening was being filmed for Fox Style File news anchor, Belkys Nerey. Don’t blink or you’ll miss me, my husband got more airtime than I did, sniff, sniff. You can hear me though, I have a slight British accent. I also got a chance to video Chef Ineke when she sat down to finally eat her own dinner. If you want to celebrate a special catered event at Miami River Wall, contact them to arrange. It’s a beautiful setting inside with the two exquisite hydroponic vertical plant and herb walls and a back garden right on the river. You can see more where I posted about my Wok Star cooking classes held there.

Very few Miami restaurants serving Asian food give me the “experience” of wanting to be there. It doesn’t have to be fancy, in fact, often that’s a turn off cause you know you’re paying for the decor. On the other hand, many Asian restaurants (in my humble opinion) do not showcase the beauty of Asia in their decor or in their food. Indomania has succeeded in giving me both. When you walk in, you feel transported. The little touches with the batik tablecloth and the beautiful photos (Pieter is a photographer) all make it very personal.

Chef Ineke and her husband Pieter designed their restaurant as if it’s their own dining room. It’s small, cozy and intimate. They come over to chat with you, I know it’s not realistic when it’s busy but I felt truly special to be able to connect with the chef who just made my dinner. Unfortunately, I ate at their restaurant way before I started food blogging so not much photos to show the space so you’ll just have to go and ‘experience’ yourself. Everyone I’ve sent there agree they ‘love’ it too and keep going back.

When Ralph and I went, we shared a small Rijsttafel (see LOTS more photos) which gave us a tasting platter. But during the Miami River Wall feast, we got to taste a lot more and everything was spot on especially her Beef Rendang and Achar pickles. As you may or may not know, my mother was born in Singapore, so I grew up eating many of these foods. Eating at Indomania Restaurant always brings back wonderful memories for me. That’s what food is supposed to do – give you memories and associations. It’s what I tell people when I present my Wok Star cooking classes, it’s not just about the cooking, it’s about creating experiences and memories with people you enjoy!

I hope to organize a Hoh Wok Club gathering at Indomania soon and introduce you to Chef Ineke’s fabulous Indonesian food. But if you can’t wait, go, enjoy and tell Chef Ineke and Pieter you heard it from me.

P.S. Sorry about all the photos bunched together, but still learning new Blogger “editor” and after uploading photos, couldn’t get them to separate to put the text in, so frustrating! I think it’s obvious what the dishes are.

Here are more reviews of Indomania!
All Purpose Dark
Food for Thought
New Times Dining Review

Wok Curry Beef

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Wok Curry Beef – combining my 2 heritages
My mom is from S’pore and 
dad is Hakka but born in Malacca

Join me to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month and cook up a simple Wok Curry Beef!

Thanks to New Asian Cuisine, a beautiful site that promotes the best in Asian culture and cuisine, who invited me to do a guest post. Do subscribe to their weekly newsletter, their site has good resources as well as delightful dishes from all over Asia.  For my full “recipe”, visit New Asian Cuisine – Wok Curry Beef

My step-by-step photos and TIPS to make a quick, weeknight dish taste Asian after the jump:

TIP 1: GET ORGANIZED so dinner is quick 
I put my Asian seasonings in cute dispensers organized inside my caddy basket. Put your curry powder in a cheese shaker so it’s easy to sprinkle!  Instead of bouncing round the kitchen looking for this and that, I take out ONE item from the fridge. 

 TIP 2: SAVE TIME and keeps counter tidy.
Trap grocery bag under chopping board and flip trimmings onto it, wrap up and throw in trash – EASY! 

TIP 3: DECLUTTER – A wok is so versatile

I use mine to parboil my beans, it’s the perfect shape and size. I just dry it out after using with water and the minute you start frying in it, its natural non-stick surface will build back up!

  TIP 4: CONVENIENCE makes cooking FUN
An electric stove shouldn’t prevent you from wok cooking!  NO, NO. I set my cast iron wok and my portable butane gas stove right on top of my electric coil stove. I leave this setup out at all times so it’s convenient. If you don’t see it, you won’t use it. Use your wok not just for Asian stir frys but everything.

TIP 5:  SUBSTITUTE if you don’t have an ingredient!  
Wok Stars aren’t afraid to substitute! Just because you don’t have an ingredient, don’t let it prevent you from making the dish. So, use veggies you already have in your fridge or whatever you like. 
 You don’t need 2 woks to do this. 
My husband calls it Stereo Wokery!
Cooking Asian doesn’t mean you have to use just Asian veggies. By adding a few Asian seasonings, you’ll give your dish an Asian twist. Is the word “Asian” used enough in one paragraph?  ENJOY!!