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A review by evilmonkey85
الشيف by Jaspreet Singh
5.0
I can't remember where and when I saw this book and the name of the author who I searched here on http://www.goodreads.com read a couple of mixed reviews and found it at my local library. The book starts with a flashback or a walk down memory lane for protagonist Kirpal who has been invited back to Kashmir to cook for the general’s daughter’s wedding.
From here we embark on a journey the first time Kip came to Kashmir and met his mentor the proud chef Kishen, whose experience and expertise lies in international cuisine but Kishen has a weird way of asking for fruit and vegetables but he creates some fantastic dishes. But one costly mistake and Kishen is assigned to the Siachen Icefields this resulted into a promotion for Kip. With learning the skills of working in an army kitchen he also starts to experiment with Muslim and Hindu Kashmiri flavours and ingredients and creates some of his own fantastic dishes.
I see why Kip has joined the army as his father the Late Major Iqbal Singh died in a plane crash in the Siachen Icefields and Kip wanted to be close to his father in spirit. Kips gets his teaching of the cookery world from chef Kishen but he also sees and experiences that cruelty and injustice towards the Muslim and Hindu Kashmiri’s which doesn’t matter to the high ranked Indian army officials. Kips is angry at the Indian army officials and Kishen as he isn’t able to justice and help poor Irem a Muslim girl who is mistreated by the Indian Army which also includes General Kumar.
I get to sense from the pages of this book what Kip is feeling toward Irem and how he cooks Rogan Josh for her according to the way she has been cooking it when she was in Pakistan here I felt Kip has a soft centre for Irem. I like how Jasdeep Singh has written this book with emotions and feelings and how we get to the connection Kishen, Kirpal and Irem all connected through food. There are aspects in the books that I missed to what happened to Kirpal after he left Kashmir what did he do with life or has been waiting for this invitation from the General?
From here we embark on a journey the first time Kip came to Kashmir and met his mentor the proud chef Kishen, whose experience and expertise lies in international cuisine but Kishen has a weird way of asking for fruit and vegetables but he creates some fantastic dishes. But one costly mistake and Kishen is assigned to the Siachen Icefields this resulted into a promotion for Kip. With learning the skills of working in an army kitchen he also starts to experiment with Muslim and Hindu Kashmiri flavours and ingredients and creates some of his own fantastic dishes.
I see why Kip has joined the army as his father the Late Major Iqbal Singh died in a plane crash in the Siachen Icefields and Kip wanted to be close to his father in spirit. Kips gets his teaching of the cookery world from chef Kishen but he also sees and experiences that cruelty and injustice towards the Muslim and Hindu Kashmiri’s which doesn’t matter to the high ranked Indian army officials. Kips is angry at the Indian army officials and Kishen as he isn’t able to justice and help poor Irem a Muslim girl who is mistreated by the Indian Army which also includes General Kumar.
I get to sense from the pages of this book what Kip is feeling toward Irem and how he cooks Rogan Josh for her according to the way she has been cooking it when she was in Pakistan here I felt Kip has a soft centre for Irem. I like how Jasdeep Singh has written this book with emotions and feelings and how we get to the connection Kishen, Kirpal and Irem all connected through food. There are aspects in the books that I missed to what happened to Kirpal after he left Kashmir what did he do with life or has been waiting for this invitation from the General?