Tommy Miah's cooking demonstration

Celebrity chef Tommy Miah gave a cooking demonstration at the Agora Shopping Centre at Gulshan on Thursday. Photo: STAR

Many of his fans and customers of Agora enjoyed the cooking demonstration of two dishes -- Boyal machher malai (curry of a local fish) and mustard chicken jhal fry.

Tommy prepared the fish dish for John Major, then British prime minister, in 1993.

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With a humorous and friendly tone, Tommy welcomed his audience at 7:30pm at the Agora centre. People enthusiast about cooking and eager to learn new dishes joined the show.

Tommy used all local spices in his dishes and picked up some imported vegetables for the chicken fry.

The Agora shopping centre invited Tommy for the cooking demonstration during his visit to Dhaka. Afroz Rahim, chairman of Rahimafrooz Bangladesh Ltd., was also present.

Expressing his gratitude to Agora, Tommy said, "I am very happy to be here."

He said that he would come back to Dhaka again in November and was planning to open a restaurant in Dhaka.