Food + Chemisty = Zenses!
Last week, Paul and I were fortunate to be invited to a small dinner get-together with a couple of blogger friends hosted by Zenses Neo-Shanghai Cuisine over at the A. Venue Mall . We arrived just about the same time as everyone did and had a great time chatting with the owner, Chef Johann Santos , who explained to us what cooking with Nitrogen meant and how nitrogen is actually safe for our body. I was the one who actually asked him if there's any harmful effects brought about by taking in liquid nitrogen into our body and Chef Johann explained that the air we breathe is composed greatly of nitrogen. Furthermore, a lot of tests have been done and it has been proven that it is completely safe to use liquid nitrogen in cooking. Hooray! After a lengthy discussion which brought back memories of my high school chemistry class, Chef Johann demonstrated the use of liquid nitrogen to show how it actually has a freezing effect on food. Zenses Nitro-magic #1: Nitrogen Popcorn Chef Johann ...