Lalala~

So i commis again yesterday... Thank goodness that i did. Cause yesterday was Dee's (senior) last class... And i feel bad that at first i couldn't come because originally i have oenology exam today, but it's postponed (YAY)! After forcing myself, i started studyin and suddenly my phone beep and after that i just jump up n down. So happy, exam postponed. Yeahh...

So back to the story... Last class.. They had quiche Lorraine as appetizer, duck breast for main and crepe for dessert. I can't tell you how many times i made short crust already... But i still can't get it right in terms of rolling it. It's always SOO thick and always end up in undercooked short-crust. Yeahh... gotta work on that. But in terms of taste it was good. I had quiche as my dinner last night. LOL...

The main course was duck.. I must say, his plating of main course is really nice. It inspire me. There's height in it and there's a lot of colour present inside. Green, brown, orange, purple, yellow. A rainbowww.... Hahaha....



The crepe nothing much to say... Just filled it with chantily cream and drizzle with caramel sauce.. In terms of decoration it was plain. Only mint leaves and raisins. I thought there weren't any other fruits so i thought "oh well". But it turns out that THERE IS PEACH! CANNED PEACH! Stupid la dee... If u make use of the peach your plating sure nicer lee... Sighhh... But anyways, he said it wasn't bad. He got a total mark of 34 out of 40. So yeahh... Thank goodness.... LOL.

Cupcakes~

I gotta admit this. I'm kinda guilty.... Ever since i study at Taylor's i never bake a cupcake anymore.. I think it's because i'm so excited to learn all these new cake recipes and for the fact that i can't bake at my current home (Malaysia), i was just trying to practice what i had learned in Taylor's and show to my parents investment has result in. But to be honest, i miss baking cupcakes. IT'S FUNNN!!! Especially with all the different designs and flavours. It's just so exciting!

So it's decided.. the next time i'm back in Medan(Indonesia) I'll bake cupcakes and dont worry i'll take pictures... Hope i still make it well. LOL!

V.V.I.P

As you may already know... there was another graduation ceremony at Taylor's last Saturday n Sunday. Which was the 12th and 13th of February and knowing me i helped out for the function. I was supposedly assigned to help Chef Francois who is a pastry chef from France. But somehow i ended up helping out chef Karam instead which was actually better because chef Karam was making desserts for the V.V.I.P guests at Truffles Restaurant and i was the only ONE helping him. So yeah it was tiring but i certainly did enjoy myself. Not only that, i learned so much from it. Also i made new friends from these kinda things so i benefited in every way....


So anyway.. he made a few desserts. White Chocolate Parfait,Sacher Cake and his all time specialty, macarons. Sacher Cake is basically layers and layers of chocolate. Anyone on a diet would be SOOOOO GUILTY after eating that. But it was so good because he used a good quality dark chocolate. 70% dark if not mistaken. He was so happy with his chocolate he was like "Oh my god it taste so good! I'm so excited to make a cake out of it!" And i was like okayyyy... Hahaha... Never knew he had that in him. But he did let me try a piece of the chocolate and i gotta admit, IT IS GOOD! No exceptions. LOL.

So here's a sneak peek on what we made in that two days: