Product Description

Thai, Japanses, and Balinese influenced recipes from a Telluride hotspot

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #628311 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From the Inside Flap
Sample the delicious flavors and eclectic Asian fare of Honga's Lotus Petal. A local favorite, this venerable restaurant serves up fresh Asian-influenced cuisine from an American skiing mecca. Honga's menu combines flavors from Thailand, Japan, Bali, Korea, China, Vietnam, India, and even Polynesia to create a truly unique culinary perspective. Whether it's the sushi, curry, or vegetarian fare, the focus here is organic, natural, and hormone-free.
Honga's menu defines creative. Favorites include Blackened Tofu, Asian Pumpkin Soup, Coconut Curry Mussels, Spicy Poke, and Grilled Salmon and Bok Choy. From the tofu to the fish dishes to Honga's exquisite sauces, this book includes recipes for soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, sushi, drinks, desserts, and more. The easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions guide you and the luscious full-color photographs inspire you to bring the simple elegance of Honga's Lotus Petal into your home.
Honga Im Hopgood has visited the kitchens of chefs in Korea, Thailand, Japan, Bali, Bhutan, Nepal, and Hawaii, which have all influenced her cuisine and philosophies on food. At the age of twenty-six, she opened Honga's Lotus Petal in Telluride, Colorado. Sixteen years later, her restaurant has evolved into a popular, thriving establishment, loved by locals and tourists and touted by many national publications. She lives with her husband and young daughter in Telluride.

About the Author
Honga Im Hopgood has visited the kitchens of chefs in Korea, Thailand, Japan, Bali, Bhutan, Nepal, and Hawaii, which have all influenced her cuisine and philosophies on food. At the age of twenty-six, she opened Honga's Lotus Petal in Telluride, Colorado. Sixteen years later, her restaurant has evolved into a popular, thriving establishment, loved by locals and tourists and touted by many national publications. She lives with her husband and young daughter in Telluride

Customer Reviews

Beautiful
I bought this on a whim. I feel bad when I only order one book, but I had trouble thinking of another book to buy. A quick search through my recommendations turned this up and I don't regret it.

Much of the photography is nothing less than stunning. I normally count photography as a mark against a cookbook (too many use it to cover up bad recipes and a lack of content), but not here. It would take a lot of very flowery words to describe how beautiful the green stir-fry could be, but the picture sums it up into a single page of greenness.

I'm pleased that there are some meat dishes in here and that it isn't all vegetarian. I'm not normally a seafood fan, but the simplicity of flavors and (again) the beautiful photography make these things look good.

When I saw the egg-roll recipe I was especially impressed. It detailed how to efficiently lay out a series of wrappers and how to work with them to roll a large number of egg rolls in a single sitting.

Many of the ingredient are hard to come by for me, but I live in a rather rural area without access to things that most people take for granted. But, for the most part, nothing I saw struck me as unusual. If you live in any kind of populated area then you should have no trouble shopping for the things you will need to cook.

The resulting dishes are mouth-watering, outstanding creations
Honga's Lotus Petal has been a Telluride favored establishment notable to both locals and skiers for its eclectic Asian-influenced cuisine, and here a varied set of innovations offers up recipes for soups, salads, main dishes, and even sushi and drinks. Fine color photos and easy step-by-step instructions accompany a guide that reflects the cook author's visits to chefs across Asia and even into Hawaii. The resulting dishes are mouth-watering, outstanding creations holding many unique twists and turns to attract cooks and libraries - even those who already have extensive Asian cookbooks.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch