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The colour of food can strongly influence our appetite, even though it doesn’t affect the taste. We’re naturally drawn to warm colours like red and orange, which make food look more appetizing. Green gives a fresh feel, but recently, a surprising trend has emerged in the food world: black. This dark colour is rarely associated with food, making it a bold and unexpected choice.

Once again, QoQoon teamed up with our beloved food stylist Ekarin Yusuksomboon, and invited Chef Annie Angkana Iamsaard, a master of Thai cuisine and local herbs, to create a menu that’s all about the unexpected. For our Black Beauty Issue, Chef Annie has crafted a series of dishes that are completely black. Don’t let the dark color fool you – these dishes are bursting with flavor, proving that looks can be deceiving.

And who else could do justice to this collection of all-black delicacies than Chakkapan Imaree, a photographer known as ‘Black’?

About The Chef
Chef Annie, Angkana Iamsaard, a Master’s graduate in gastronomy management of Dusit Thani College, has engrossed herself in the culinary world and participated in various food happenings across Thailand. Combining her knowledge and passion; bringing the best cooking techniques of both Asian and Western cuisines, Chef Annie creates dishes that resonate with herself, as a Phangan-born person who grew up in Thai-Chinese culture and as a person spent more than half a decade working in the U.S. She also promotes food sustainability and always raises awareness about zero waste practices.