Tiramisu

Yesterday (wednesday), we had our pastry class. With Chef Karam, dessert of the day was Tiramisu. The so ever famous as the "pick-me up cake". Like literally. That's what it means! No joke. LOL.

So anyway tiramisu is basically layers of sponge fingers dipped in coffee with mascarpone cream. Layered over and over again, until you are SATISFIED. Muahahaha~~ (fattening okayyy... don't be greedy! :p)


This is what our sponge fingers looks like. Not cute i know~



And this is basically how i made my cup of tiramisu. I was actually gonna make a heart-shape with the icing sugar but then chef was likeee "eeehhh... don't put icing sugar." So yeahhh boooo! hahaha~

Term 4

HEYOOOO.... I haven't blog for like ages i know. But i got nothing to talk about! Don't blame me! Hehe~

So anyway, last thursday and friday, we had our kitchen class. On thursday, the menu was pan fried scallops for starter and for main is dover sole. On friday, starter is beef consomme. Main course is entrecote. Yeahhh... So basically we have to change partners every week, the whole point is to have teamwork. Cause we won't know our commis during finals. So we must get used to it. I agree somewhat on this.

So anyway on thursday i paired up with Amina and Friday with Rick!
And here is basically what our plating looks like. I forgot to take a picture of the scallops. LOL



This is our pan-fried dover sole with glazed carrots, orange sauce and white wine sauce.


Here is our Beef consomme with a veggie dumpling. (I gotta admit. It taste quite awesome!) It's so clear! I'm so proud of our starter! For those who don't know what a consomme is. It's a clear soup. So clear that you can see everything! Like tea. It musn't have any layer of oil on top.


Finally this is our entrecote. It's overcooked actually. Chef said it's edible but then the plating is like a coffee house. So he expect us to do better on the next class.

Which is tomorrow! It's gonna be me and Yew Hann~ Yeah.... So stay tuned for more! Tchao! :D

STICKY!

Yesterday after work i went to pavilion to window shop for a while and i came across this cute little shop. Called sticky. It's a candy shop. The thing that interest me is that it is hand made candy. Not your regular candy!



I really am interested and curious to how these people made these candies. Hmmmmm.... The price well it' a bit pricey la for candies. But it doesn't really surprise me cause it is hand made after all. Hahaha~~

There are many various flavours, strawberry, lime, blueberry, blackcurrent, apple, mint, spearmint, lemon, and many more!!!




Oh and another thing that makes me really wonder is how the hell do they have all that pictures and some sort of drawing inside of it. Some of it even have words like happy birthday or i love you or just simply a shape of a cherry there. It's so cute! They even provide custom made candy. Interesting eh???

Another thing that makes people interested is that they themed their shop with open-kitchen so every one can see how they made it and to show that they really made it from scratch to the delicious sweet treats that we all enjoy!

Unnamed

Haloooowww peopleee!!!! I know i havent blogged in a while but im back! YAY!!! what's that? you missed me? yeaahh.. i know.. i miss me too! <3. LOL. I'm jokinn~

So many things i wanna sayy... where should i start?? O i know! So last march i went back to Medan befor i start my three months internship and as usual. I BAKED! But! as u guys remember if u read my previous post, i said i was gonna bake cupcakes! And so i did. I used the recipe from one of my friend Amina (classmate) who got this book all the way from Saudi for MUA! So touched. LOL. SOSO i made this cupcake which has no exact name. Its honey, banana, and almonds cupcake (i know rite) hahaha....

Well to be completely honest. Its kinda a failure, just like all my other cupcakes. It's very heavy and it doesnt rise like those cute lill cupcakes that people sell. The taste is not a problem but its ugly!! My brother said its like eating fish food (pelet ikan), but i can't say anything in some ways its true. Although he could have chose a better word but yeahhh... Hahaha...




I also made this cake called sacher cake. Now this one! IS HEAVENNN... IT IS SOOO GOOD! SO GOOD I TELL YOU. Im not exaggerating if that's what u r thinking. I'm serious. Especially when it just got out of the oven. My home smells like heaven! Muahahaha~~ care for some??? IT'S SINFULLY GOOOOD~~~ <3

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: