Saturday, July 28, 2007 Chef Nic’s Swiss creativity at Uno
GENEVA-born chef Nicholas “Nic” Anderson’s Swiss specialties are at the heart of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino’s Uno from Aug. 1, Swiss National Day, to Aug. 10.
The feast, named Swiss Specialties, gives Cebuanos a taste of hearty regional specialties from Alpine cheeses to nourishing stews. Swiss favorites, like mountain raclette cheese, Geneva salmon cake, Zurich-style hotpot, cheese and polenta pudding, and a Swiss ham fondue. The buffet also features alternating meat carvings, like roast beef tenderloin, Lucerne pork spareribs, roast veal knuckle with sage jus, roast lamb with rosemary jus, and Swiss meatloaf with mushroom sauce.
Currently the executive chef for the Waterfront Hotels and Casinos’ five hotels in the Philippines, chef Nic has been actively involved in the hospitality business since graduating from an apprenticeship at the Hilton Geneva. He has since developed his creativity as a chef in posh hotels in Geneva, Brussels and several luxury liners; a restaurateur with Café Provencal in Manila; and a teacher in the Asian Institute of Culinary Arts and Gina Navarro’s Creative Cooking School.
Aside from an impressive culinary record, he is also known for his ability to blend with the Filipino culture, fascinatingly speaking straight Tagalog without the notorious foreign accent.
Swiss Specialties at Uno’s lunch and dinner buffet begins on Swiss National Day, Aug. 1 and runs until Aug. 10.
Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling (032) 232-6888 local 8605. Uno is located at the Gourmet Walk of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City.
