FHA Dinner @ at-Sunrice by Classic Fine Foods & Rougié

Yesterday was a busy day ... Went to FHA2008 again in the morning to get some stuffs then had to rush back to skool b4 2 pm as there is going to be an event which was to start from 7pm to 11pm. We were all very busy setting up the desserts for the nite , and we only managed to complete all ard 6pm+ thus all just had a very rush dinner of Fried Rice ( only 15 min to eat n go toilet ). B4 7pm we were all @ our station waiting for the guests. On forget to mentioned , I was post to the Churros Station with my Daughter - 0 dan. And Yj and GGG was on the other end , serving the same thing. Was surprised that alot of guest does not know what is a Churros ..... Luckily Chef Jimmy "REFRESHED" my memory b4 the event on the origin of it. Our stn was quite busy , "business" was super good ... All my churros was almost snapped once we display it and my Chef thot we did not do enuff LOL and Chef Fred actually say will award me Dip in churros LOL .... It was quite fun toking to the guests and also intro Churros to them ... I would always go like .. " Evening Sir/Mdm , any Churros for you ? and if they ask " What's that" , I will replied " This is Churros. Sir/Mdm , It is actually Choux Pastry , like Cream Puffs , just that this is DEEP FRIED and not baked." Then is will also tell them " There is also Chocolate sauce and Raspberry sauce here" and if they ask " So which is better ? " I will replied " Try one plain ( just with the lime sugar tossed ) , one with chocolate sauce and the last with raspberry, that's why we served 3 in a plate." Standard questions and answers the whole nite :P Also there were alot of guests who came took a look and said they will come back later ( cos they haben had enuff of savoury items ) BUT they always come back for our Churros and back for MORE .. LOL ... And i very the "JIAN" cos some students and staffs who came by and ask to try i would always tell them ... pls only come to my station COS the other station very the "CAT" , their Churros very short ... mine better .... LONGERRRRRRR ... BETTERRRRRR LOL ha ha ha ..... SUPER " JIAN" .... But was very tiring ... staying there whole nite ... piping and frying .... and worst kena scolded by Chef Dean for drinking @ my station ... of cos i know it's wrong to drink in front of guest BUT there is no one to relieve me .... the other counter got 4 pax ... my side most of the time only 2 of us ... how to go other place hide n drink ... Duhz !!!

But was quite happy cos alot of the guest really like the Churros cos they keep coming back for MORE !!! and also there is this chef Paul Lenz of shangri la Singapore came to joke with us and also gave me his name card and saying that we should go work for him( when he asked us where we worked) LOL ( cos he say he like the way we enjoy while work cos we were like smiling all the way ) Well this might means nothing or maybe he's a bit drunk or just being friendly but to me ... a chef of his status , toking n joking with us .... i think this is more then enough for us ... We are just Trainees aka Cheap Labours ( or rather FREE labours for the nite ) That is one of the many things that make me enjoy the nite ( of cos making desserts , tasting them and all ... It was a good experience ..... though every1 was Busy , Tired .. but working as a TEAM was GREAT !!! liked that feeling .... It also help me to tok to more ppl from the other class ( becos of under-the-table butler trade. LOL .... Hope this Sat event @ Sentosa will be great as well and no hiccups !!! *Finger Crossed*

The Forbidden Kingdom

Just back from watching this show .... think was quite disappointing , even though b4 watching , oreadi read some reviews about the movie ( negative ones ) It's actually quite crappy @ some parts but would have to say the background music was nice ( sound like LOTR ) ... The movie itself remind me on LOTR also , Like the scene which Jet Li wore a white cape and rode a white horse , looks like Gandolf the White in Part 3 of LOTR. Then they mentioned in the movie ... Middle Kingdom ( like LOTR middle earth ) the part about the staff ... like the one ring in LOTR also ... also the evil wans to throw it into some fire/lava to melt it ... like LOTR also ... and of the THE Traveller Vs The Bearer in LOTR .... very Ang Moh style with Cheena story background ... think the only good part id Jet Li and Jackie Chan s' fighting scene. Oh forget to mention ... the White Haired Bride ... not fierce and evil enuff ... and the hair ... like bad hair day .... always blown and cover the face ..... doesn't look Stylo Milo @ all.

Pierre Hermé 's Desserts tasting @ Mezza9

Assiette Macarons

macaron carrément chocolate

Tarte Vanille

Emotion Céleste

Surprise Ispahan

Surprise Ispahan unwrapped

Tarte Mogador

Dessert Ispahan

Emotion Satine

As the topic stated ..... presenting part of Pierre Herme's Desserts @ Mezza9. Actually was trying our luck cos the reservation was full that nite and our only chance was the Martini Bar cos it's first come first serve basis. After my Jap paper , me and Yj took a bus and make our way to The Hyatt Hotel. When we reached there , we actually saw Chef Megel and Chef Pierre Herme outside the Bar. Made our way in and waited for 10 mins before we were approached by a staff and we waited for another 15 mins for a table , for us ... it was OK as long as get get to try our the desserts. Before we were there , we were already awared that there is 2 different dessert menu , one in the bar , the other is in Mezza9 itself.

We ordered 5 out of the 6 dessert offered in the Bar ( the last one too exp and not a fan of carviar ) We also ordered 3 martinis ( which was a waste of $ cos we were just there for the desserts !!! ) anyway we was in the bar till about close to 10pm then decided to try our luck @ the restrauant cos Yj wanted to try the Dessert Ispahan, so I ask one of the staff if she is able to help us a table or put us on waiting list cos we really wanted to try the other menu. Waited till about 10.20pm and decided maybe we should make a move cos outside last order is @ 10.30 pm .... just as we were going to ask for bill , the helpful gal service staff told us she managed to get us a table in the resturant. So we move over and try 3 other more desserts from the menu.Out of the 8 desserts we tried , Luv 5 , like 1 and dun like 1 .... BEST was Ispahan ( die die must try )and LEAST was the Tarte Mogador ( cos the pineapple was bitter ... think too much liquor ) ....

It was a good experiene , some ppl might say ... pay so much just for desserts ... most prob paying for the name ( PH ) only .... but it was really good esp the sorbet ....neber has I ever try something soooo smooth ... of cos Ispahan was my fav of all ( even when Mr PH was in my skool and showcase his items ( picture only ) I had really wanted to try it cos Lychee + Rose + Raspberry ... all my fav !!!! NO REGRETS !!!! ...Last but not least ..... our bill for that night .... $286.00 :P

The Soldier & His Virtuous Wife

17th April 2008

When to watch The Soldier & His Virtuous Wife <<都是当兵惹的祸>> today. Was quite blur cos i actually booked the tickets for 10th April , lucky they allowed us to change the tickets. It was very funny and the song are quite catchy and best of all they still got lucky draw wor.... Anyway truly enjoy the plays by The Theatre Practice ( previously watch their " If There’re Seasons… " 《天冷就回来》. Anyway these are some pic of the play and pics of my taking with the actors after the play.

What a day ... ... ...

Today supposed to be a very good day cos we had a guest speaker - Mr Pierre Herme for Home Coming. But sigh turns out it just happen to be one of my EMO day. Firstly , usually if we performed well in our exams, though just a piece of useless printed paper but to me ... since i got that for Term 1 ,,,, I was thinking why not just do my best try to collect all 5 ( cos total i only got 5 terms) BUT .. though i managed to get A+ for all my subjects , I did not get that 2pid paper :( and worst my daughter is getting better and catching up ... of cos i jealous but i happy for her , cos this shows that she will not be depress and say wans to quit skool anymore :P But I am still sad and angry for myself , cos I like to collect things in SETs ,,,, now this cannot be complete liao. Sigh.

Secondly is that , I wanted to ask Mr PH some questions regarding his books BUT did not get the chance :( Reasons ? ... First question was ask by my classmate ... so LL cos she more high profile ... 2nd .. before i could raised my hands , there is this 2pid guy , who is not even student of the skool , think is some staffs from some partners ... somemore ask in FRENCH wor .... chey ... take up my chances , thick skinned , then ask Mr PH about seafood with chocolate ... oh pls why dun you try yourself ? y ask Mr PH ? and what ? seafood in garnache ??? oh pls .... 2pid !!! And the last one ? was given to my classmates again just bcos LADIES first ? WATEVER !!!! pissed me off ..... I been waiting for the chance for the whole weeks !!! and dig out my info also just in case i ask wrongly !!! and there it was busted !!!! SAD

To make myself feels better , I decided to go Pine Gardens @ AMK to try their cakes cos been hearing about them but no chance , the pics on top are 4 cakes I bought ... but a bit disappointed though. 1) Black Forest - Nothing special, quite a lot of cherries BUT all flatten one, chocolate taste normal, not much kirsch (if there is any), 2) Orange Zest Chocolate - The orange layer zest smell nice when eat separate but if you eat together with the chocolate layer, it will cover the taste of the orange zest, 3) Lychee Martini - supposed to be good cos was listed as one of Top Singapore 50 Cakes by ST last sunday. but to me ... just normal, nice to have the puree in the layers and can taste of the martini but maybe becos it just a neighborhood cake shop, things use in the cake is very normal , nothing very special and if your expectation is higher, otherwise not too bad, 4)Strawberry Mousses - nice try , top jelly , center sponge and cream. 3 different texture BUT , they dun even glaze their strawberry ... very disappointed also the jelly would be better if stronger in flavour or maybe there should be some lemon or something to bring out the flat taste of just strawberry. I might not visit there again cos to me , it;s not too bad but ok ok only for a neighborhood cake shop. But saw their new menu ... they had a Bird nest cake ... and think with apple mousses or something ... that kinda of interest me :P till then .... Sigh not feeling much better cos those some sweet and nice cake might makes me feel better ... BUT yet again disappointed by MEDIA !!!