21/05/2023
My relationship with churros.
I had my first ever churros in Disneyland when I was a kid. I vaguely remember it being long, coated in cinnamon sugar and nothing like what I was making for years. That’s a churro I can’t quite replicate. I have a picture of me holding it somewhere.
When I was in Perth, I remember Curtin Uni doing a Pasar Malam night and my housemate Dayat and I joined. We were busy making the dough at our Leonard St home in Vic Park. Havoc. Selling them for the first time is a sweet memory though I don’t quite remember that part. Making it tho, I remember.
Then, when my Dad decided to open a cafe, my Mom and I learned how to properly make churros and we sold it at Seek & Keep in Bangsar Shopping Centre (thank you Amy for introducing me to Candy). Printed out a banner called ‘Meteora Foods’ in that skinny trendy font. I remember a few kids coming back 2-3 times to buy more, an Argentinian Uncle who came to try and then buy some and told me to go teach a certain restaurant in Pavi how to make actual churros coz he said mine tasted quite authentic and I had a smile on my face I just couldn’t shake off.
After my family and I opened Meteora’s physical store, it was churros that was the best seller. 90% of the tables had churros. We produced literally millions of churros within the 8 years of operations. For the first year, we literally piped the churros by hand to get nice crispy and sharp edges but the demand was too high we had to get a manual machine. My recipe differs from those online (secret la), but what I can tell you is that we had to pipe the churros while they were piping hot and the dough itself is very firm. Piping it was no joke. It actually hurt our hands and the chefs and I had to take turns piping.
I have been a chef for more than a decade now and I’ve always wondered what my ‘specialty’ was. People would ask me and I have always had a difficulty answering that question. I like cooking all sorts of stuff, but one thing that has never left my side was churros. So maybe churros is my specialty.
I don’t plan on selling them, but if anyone craves it, do let me know and I’ll find time to make it for you in sha Allah. ❤️
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