Cooks and their Books: Martin Boetz
SBS Food catches up with Martin Boetz of Sydney and Melbourne’s legendary Longrain restaurants. Get inside the head of this award-winning chef and restaurateur as he shares his food philosophies and offers a refreshing and thoroughly modern take on Thai cuisine.
Click here for a selection of recipes from Martin's book Longrain: Modern Thai Food
SBS Food catches up with Martin Boetz of Sydney and Melbourne’s legendary Longrain restaurants. Get inside the head of this award-winning chef and restaurateur as he shares his food philosophies and offers a refreshing and thoroughly modern take on Thai cuisine.
Martin Boetz's book Longrain: Modern Thai Food contains 100 of his favourite dishes for cooks to recreate at home and is published by Hardie Grant Books.
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