Sun, Apr 23, 2006 - Page 18 News List

Local chefs seek the sweet life

Jason Tsai and Lee Yi-shi, recent winners at the Open de France de Dessert, will now be seeking the holy grail of international pastry-making

By Ginger Yang  /  STAFF REPORTER

Working with sugar, he must handle hot sugar syrup. But he said that to create a work of art, he can overlook the pain.

One of Lee's prize-winning works is a statue of an eagle. "To make it, I bought photo collections of birds. The eagle had hundreds of plumes. I shaped each one separately," he said. "Ambition is important to a man. Life is short. I have to do something different to satisfy myself -- maybe to satisfy my vanity."

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