Chef Jon Lee Asian Confusion Cuisine
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On the weekend, I went to a cooking demonstration at Chef Jon Lee’s. It’s been my favorite restaurant for a while now. I’ve never been to a demo before but I’ve wanted to go to this one ever since I first tried the food there a year ago and learned that they did cooking demos. They had a couple last year but I couldn’t make either of them, plus Nathan was still so small and needy. What am I saying? He’s still needy.
Well, on my birthday a couple of months ago, we went to Chef Jon’s for dinner and found out they had cooking demos again. This time I made sure to go. Alan watched the kids and I invited my friend, Terri, to join me.
We watched Chef Jon make some of his popular dishes like sticky crunchy chicken, sweet and sour soup, spicy basil garlic fried rice, tamarind curry, babyback ribs, and scampi pasta with prawns. I bought some of his signature sauces to take home to make my own sticky crunchy chicken and babyback ribs. In fact, that’s what I made for dinner tonight, sticky crunchy chicken.
Chef Jon also talked about his background. He is inspiring, you’re never too old to follow your dreams. He didn’t start in the restaurant business, quite the opposite, he was working in the car industry. I believe he’s only been running his restaurant for a few years. He opened it after his teenage son prompted him to follow his heart.
I’m glad he did. He is so friendly and welcoming. You can really tell he loves cooking. I’ve liked all the dishes I’ve tried there, it’s the spicy kick to them, yum. There is nothing more frustrating than a restaurant, with unique delicious food, closing down (which happened to our regular Mexican place, we’re still trying to find a replacement near us). I hope they stay in business for a good long while. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area you need to try the food there.
MMmmm…all this food talk, I’m hungry again. Ok, off to bed with me before I go sneaking into the kitchen for some sticky crunchy chicken.

































