ingredients

From time-honored tofu pudding to molecular-level soy foams, these two lauded chefs celebrate the humble soybean in strikingly different ways.

Mountain and Sea House recently hosted a "Kinmen Native Chicken Feast," inviting chefs from MICHELIN-recommended restaurants to savour this long-lost Taiwanese indigenous chicken. The event showcased its rare flavours while highlighting efforts to revive Taiwan's traditional culinary heritage.

For Yoshio Sakuta of the eponymous one-MICHELIN-Starred Sushi Sakuta, shari — or vinegared rice — acts as both the physical and culinary foundation of a good piece of sushi.