Mexican Master Chef Cooking Class with Ray of Pebbles Courtyard
Learn how to make guacamole, salsa, margaritas, and authentic tacos & tortillas from scratch in our Mexican Master Cooking Class with Chef Ray of Pebbles
When: April 9 Friday 11am-2pm or April 11 Sunday 11am-2pm
Where: Qianmen Kitchen by BSK, 75 Xi Xinglong Jie, Dongcheng District
Price: 498rmb per person, including cooking class, lunch + free-flow margaritas
Message us to reserve your seat! Space is limited to 20 guests per session.
The Menu:
Tacos filled with Skirt Steak, Grilled Chicken, Chorizo con Papas, and Plant-Based “Meat” Zrou
Pico de Gallo & Salsa Verde
Guacamole
Classic Margaritas
Get ready for your Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo parties by learning how to make an authentic, delicious Mexican meal!
Black Sesame Kitchen is kicking off a new program of international cooking classes at its new restaurant Qianmen Kitchen. The series is called “Master Chef Cooking Classes” and for our inaugural class, we’re partnering with Chef Ray Yue Heng of Pebbles Courtyard, a modern Mexican restaurant located in the hutongs of Beijing.
Mexican food seems a long way from Beijing, but as it happens, Black Sesame Kitchen founder Jen Lin-Liu was raised in San Diego, just miles away from the border of Mexico. “I practically grew up on fish tacos and carne asada burritos,” she says. And Chef Zhang Aifeng once worked as a consultant for a Las Vegas Chinese-Mexican restaurant called China Poblano by celebrity chef Jose Andres.
Ray Yue Heng, the co-owner and Chef de Cuisine of Pebbles, grew up in Beijing but moved to Australia as an adolescent. When he returned to Beijing as an adult, he wanted to start his own business. He initially opened Pebbles as a coffee shop and restaurant serving simple meals (jiancan). “I had zero knowledge of food in any type before I opened Pebbles,” he said. “A quesadilla recipe sparked our interest in Mexican food but the chef we hired didn’t like the food, so he left.”
Ray ended up taking over the kitchen and broadened his menu by looking up Tex-Mex recipes online and following them. In 2011, he went to Mexico for the first time and fell in love with authentic Mexican food, a far cry from the Tex-Mex he was making. He then went to culinary school in the United States, graduated from Kendall Culinary College, and studied under celebrity chef Rick Bayless at Frontera Grill.
“My knowledge of Mexican food grew like it was on steroids from then on,” Ray said.
He can now say that the restaurant specializes in traditional, authentic Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. Ray travels to Mexico every year seeking inspiration to bring back to the local Beijing audience. With a new passion for agave spirits, he is now also distributing tequilas and mezcals nationwide and educating the public about them.
Join our Master Class with Ray by messaging us on WeChat. Tickets are first come, first serve and limited to 20 guests per session. 498rmb includes cooking class, lunch and free-flow margaritas!
Pebbles is just the first in this series of Master Chef Cooking Classes – we will be working with more Beijing restaurants including Susu, Maison Lyonnaise, and many others … stay tuned and visit our website www.blacksesamekitchen.com to see a full schedule of our upcoming activities and events.
墨西哥顶级厨师烹饪课与雷的鹅卵石庭院
在我们的墨西哥烹饪大师班上，与卵石庭院主厨一起学习如何制作墨西哥的鳄梨果酱、莎莎酱、玛格丽特 和 纯正的玉米饼和塔克
时间：4月9日星期五上午11时至下午2时或4月11日星期日上午11时至下午2时
地点：前门厨房，东城区西兴隆街75号
价格：498元/人，含烹饪班，午餐 + 不限量玛格丽特
需要预定座位！ 每场仅限20位客人。
菜单：
塔克馅料含有牛排（牛内群）、烤鸡腿肉、辣椒土豆 和 “株”肉（纯植物制作）
鲜番茄莎莎 和 绿莎莎酱
鳄梨果酱
经典玛格丽特
准备好参加你的墨西哥节日五月五日节派对，学习如何做一顿真正的，美味的墨西哥餐！
黑芝麻厨房正在其新餐厅——前门厨房启动一项新的国际烹饪课程项目。这个系列被称为“烹饪大师班”，也是我们的第一个分支，我们正在与Pebbles庭院的厨师RayYueHeng合作，这是一家位于北京胡同的现代化墨西哥餐厅。
墨西哥食物似乎离北京有很长的路要走，但碰巧，黑芝麻厨房的创始人林刘清怡在圣地亚哥长大，距离墨西哥边境只有几英里远。“我是吃着墨西哥塔克和卷饼长大的，”她说。厨师张爱锋曾在拉斯维加斯的中国墨西哥餐厅担任顾问。
衡岳(Ray)是卵石庭院的创始人和厨师。虽然他是土生土长的北京人，但从小年留学澳洲。大学后回到北京，自己创业。最初Pebbles是一家咖啡店和简餐的餐厅，并非墨西哥菜。他说：“在我开卵石庭院之前，对任何类型的食物还都一无所知。 是一道墨西哥的夹饼引发了我对墨西哥美食的兴趣，但我们雇用的厨师不喜欢这种食物，所以他决定了离职。”
衡岳最终接管了厨房，并扩大了墨西哥菜单通过在线查找Tex-Mex（美式墨西哥菜）食谱并一直在自己研发。 但是他在2011年第一次去了墨西哥以后，就爱上了真正的墨西哥美食，发现美式墨西哥菜和纯正墨西哥菜品差距很大。 然后，他去了美国的烹饪学校，毕业于肯戴尔烹饪学院，并在著名厨师Rick Bayless大师的Frontera餐厅学艺。
“从那时起，我对墨西哥美食的认知就像吃了激素一样飞速发展” 衡岳说。
他现在可以说，这家餐厅专门经营传统的、正宗的墨西哥菜肴，并且有现代墨西哥美食的创新。 衡岳每年都要去墨西哥寻找灵感，带回给北京本地的美食爱好者们。 随着对龙舌兰的热衷，他现在也在全国范围内分发龙舌兰和梅卡尔酒，并对公众进行着有关墨西哥酒类的普及和课程。
通过微信和衡岳一起加入我们的大师班。门票是先到先得的，每次会议的时间不超过20名客人。498元包括烹饪班，午餐和无限量的玛格丽特酒！
卵石庭院是此类大师系列厨师烹饪课程的第一次 — 我们将与更多的北京餐厅合作，包括苏苏、Maison Lyonnaise和 众多京城知名餐厅合作……请继续关注并访问我们的网站www.blacksesamekitchen.com可以看到我们即将到来的活动和活动的完整时间表。