Hainanese Chicken

Hainanese Chicken

In essence, Western Cuisine or Western Food derives its base from French cuisine. Auguste Escoffier’s modernisation of classical French cooking techniques serves as the base of the culinary world today. In particular, his popularisation of the 5 Mother Sauces; sauce béchamel, espagnole, velouté, hollandaise and tomate, are names that every cook and chef should know by heart. In fact, most modern sauces which form western dishes are variations of this fundamental sauce tree.