Staff meal at Hartsyard

RESTAURANT Hartsyard 

CUISINE Modern Chinese

DATE 9 January, 2015

TIME 4.30pm

STAFF MEAL COOKED BY Hendra Salim, fried chicken technician 

STAFF MEAL Mi goreng with fried chicken and egg salad with peanut sauce 

“My auntie taught me how to cook mi goreng. Growing up in Indonesia, if we were hungry, it would be either mi goreng or nasi goreng. For us, it’s street food: easy, fast – it’s the best. When I cook the staff meal here at Hartsyard, it tastes like home. Although, here, we have it with American fried chicken; we don’t do that in Borneo. I add both kecap manis and oyster sauce to my recipe, and today we had pork belly, too, which I steamed until tender and then deep-fried so it’s really crunchy and golden. Everyone takes turns cooking the staff meal – it can be competitive! Phill [Morgan] makes a porchetta roast, or his Philly cheese steaks. And, sometimes, Andy [Bowden], our pastry chef, even makes desserts from cake offcuts!”

Hartsyard, 33 Enmore Road, Newtown, (02) 8068 1473, hartsyard.com.au

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