DIPB003 Chalet :) Part 1

Just got back from skool and a 3D2N escape @ Aloha Changi ... It was crazy ... and lotas of fun .... and of cos ... I was DRUNK for the 3rd time !!!! I am sooo lously LOL. and the best things is .... I puke again ... kinda of loser ha ha . Well i was just high when we start our drinking game but i got too high cos i drank alot n fast and lots of mix .... the worst being the BIG cup ha ha. Think chivas and the Girl only is the killer. After a few games ... i told them i cannot oreadi so i told them i will go sleep first ... after laying on bed for a while ... think i was oreadi alseep ... My "wife" jumped on me and woke me up ... and Karen starts to take "raping" pics .... and the worst thing is .... that "jump" on my stomach .... makes me feel likes puking ... and .... I puked within mins .... all thanks to my 2pid " wife" .... too late now ... tired .... part 2 another day !!!Say .... " Drunk " !!!!!!!

DRUNK !!!

Yesterday was a bad day .... I had my 2nd drunk in my whole life ( as long as I can remember ) Well i didn't drink alot but guess I drank too fast LOL .... dunno am I happy or am I not happy to drink that fast ... cannot rem liao also. But would just like to say sorry to both my classmates , Yj n Js , thankx for taking care of me when i was dead drunk .... puked 3 times ( or sessions actually ) i think. I must have created a scene .... by drunk and sleeping under the table in the heart of Prinsep street .. think there were still alot of ppl ard there when I was under the table ... turning here n there cos though me drunk i still can heard ppl talking around there ... soooooo MALU ...... think that was the worst sooo far .... the last drunk was in my own house toilet so no ppl know .... this time round was really bad ... lucky we not going "tower" next week ... really paiseh to face the ppl there LOL having dirty their floor with my puke ... :P Anywayz .... LOVE you guys ..... So sorry to give you 2 sooooo many trouble ... Promised to treat you 2 better ok ? ha ha ha ..... Love you 2 Many Many !!!! Thanks Sis ... and my loving "wife" LOL
From the bottom of my heart ..... Thanks and hugz !!!!

Btw attached my new gloomy pouches :) ( not all is mine though)

Life is .....

One of my emo moments again ..... but i seriously really wonder .... what is LIFE ? what is HAPPINESS ? what is SADNESS ? and blah blah blah ....... When a person is smiling and lauffing ... is he/she really happy ? is there something called a Happy-O-Meter ? Can someone give me 1 if there is ?

I am really disappointed again @ Home Coming .... Once again I did not received the small paper of recognition even though my result was str8 A+ again ... attendance is FULL too .... yet once again my name was not in the list ... when i ask a chef of mine ... he said nothing .... no answer for me .... asked one of the SA ... she say alot of P&C factors .... WTF .... i just want to know what the P&C were ... then i can improved myself. I know i am vain .... but .... they put it as "students who did it well in their last exams" .... I believe that i did well enuff to score all A+ yet ... ppl who dunno will think that i under performed cos only my classmates got that , yet i didn't .... I do care alot of how ppl look @ me .... @ least i dare to admit that I am VAIN !!! Then again , maybe i m kena marked ... sigh. I did all i can to be the best of myself oreadi ....

I think my drive in studee and work is highly affected by my moods , emo and feelings .... I dunno how long this energy/drive will still stays .... hope someone gave me a light ... guide me and stand by me to the ending point. I dun wan to go alone .... i am scare ,,,, lonely and .... tired.... Any1 out there ? To apply please post a comments , terms and conditions applies.

On the other side ... had some fun with my classmates recently though ... a few of us ... been drinking alot recently ... I guess this sort of bond us together .... but dunno good or not though cos not very healthy and not very cheap with all those mid-nite charges.And of cos .... we did all sort of "things" when we get high .... alot of 2pid things ... 2pid topic n stuffs .... But i really enjoyed myself ... not sure about them though .... seriously .... i don't feel that old when crazy with them but then I am really much older .... sigh .... 5-10yrs different .... think would be much better if i was 5 yrs younger ? ha ha wishful thinking ....

I always had pppl thinking that i am not that bad ... i m good @ this ... good @ that ... and stuff ... which that is not the actual me .... yet none believe me .... How can i make them understand the real me ? am i really that faked ? is it good or bad ? I really dunno ... thinking more of it make me even lost .... I really dunno who i m ..... Once again to all out there ... " I M NOT AS GOOD AS U ALL THINK I AM, I M BUT A GREAT PRETENDER !!!!! "

Secrets - I have tons n tons of it .... yet 99% of it cannot be told to anyone .... or rather .... 10% i can only tell to A , 10% only to B , another 15% to C and blah blah blah .... but it won't help in anything cos the 10% I tell to A, is not related to A but actually related to me n B , then things i told B is between me n A/C ( here get this str8 ... i dun mean telling A's secrets to B but rather things concerning me and A )

Hope I will get out of this stage soon ...... attached is my drinking buddies pic .... mainly my "wife" and my "drinking" sister .... ( P/s alot of 2pid pics n videos cannot be uploaded ..... so ... TOO BAD to you all who got no chance to see it :P)

Sabo king , MOB , Gloomy Bear :P

Long day ... Kena MOB today ... all the way to Tanjong Gul Camp .... damm far sia .... .. , Slient Mob @ 10am ... reach there ard 1pm ... thot sign can go off ... but they said lunch was indent ... sian 1/2 ... ard 2pm ... they say once all arrive then can go off ... ard 3pm ... CSP n CISS went off ... we CCP have to wait ... cos got 1 Sabo king .... he knows that got MOB today ... still die die went ahead to Pulau Hantu to dive .... damm #$%@$%@#% got ppl oreadi told him dun go liao ,he still die die go .. and the best thing is , officers said he ack the MOB @ 10am .... then when they call him ard 3pm ... he say he on the boat ... rushing back .... earliest will only reach @ 5.30pm ... MEANS we had to wait for him until 5.30pm ..... all damm pissed off ... lucky @ ard 4.30pm our PC told us we can out-pro and no need to wait for that F**ker to report ... Heng ... but still waited about 3hrs+ ... waste of time !!! Btw ... that F**ker is called Clement ... dun rem who he is though but i be looking out for him the next in-camp.

Went to Suntec for toys n comics convention ... took a pic with my fav gloomy bear ... and to my surprise , saw the creator of gloomy was there and signing autograph for ppl ( free , cos i think they sold out all their merchandises , if not might have to buy then he sign , i want to buy but no more stocks :( ) so anyway thick skin and get him to sign for me , though he wrote my japanese name wrongly ... but still it's free !!!!! ( some gals with video cam was camming when he sign for me and the gals ask me to wave n show the autograph in front of the big video cam wor ... wonder where my pics will show LOL ) ---- VAIN

Lost some .... Gain Some :)

Supposed to blog yesterday but was toooooo tired after the contest .... slept for about 12 hrs str8 !!! .. CONTEST ? Oh ... for those dunno ,,,, I took part in my first Pastry - related contest !!!! neber thot i had the chance , but YES i took part and .... and ... I LOST !!! ( this is for the Lost some part of the title )

27 June 2008 - I went to BITC with my classmate , Yj n Karen to take part in California Raisins Contest , Me n Yj took part in Plated Dessert and Karen took part in Bread. I was still having cold feet in the morning and kinda of regret i took part ... wanted so much to give up cos .... SCARED !!!! but told myself ... 1) Yj is going to be more freak out then me ,,,, so i must be strong .... 2) Alot of ppl know I m taking part in this ... so abit loser if quit 3) dun wan to disappointed my chefs in skool , cos they really help alot. Anyway back to the contest ... Well there was all 18 ppl in the Plated Dessert ... me n Yj is in the first group .... after we all finished ... i was thinking standard was OK ... the rest was not all very well done ... only a few stand out ... but when grp 2 start ... i see the diff , not only in the final end products BUt when they just started i took a peek and they all look PROs. Well b4 this , heard that F hotel is sending 2 CDP in ... me a trainee against a CDP .... kaoz .... sure die flat flat one ....

Part 1 of pissed off - Was very disappointed the way the contest runs ... cos Yj was 2nd to present ( we had 75 min to prepare and 10 mins more for plated ) but they only told her that she was to stay plateing first cos the 1st one encounted some problem !!! so she didn't even had 10 mins to plate !!! how can they like that ... also Yj wanted to put her chopsticks with the dessert but they dun allow her ... saying they judges got everything inside !

Part 2 of pissed off - I thot will be like in TVs i see , we will present our items to the judges and explained our desserts, BUT NO ... they just took and served ... we dun even had the chance to explained how our desserts should be eaten !!! I had my dessert returned with the RUM I served in my dessert !!!! it was supposed to be drank after the dessert !!! and 2 cups of sauces returned untouched ... it's supposed to be pour n eat with the pudding !!! so sad .... I think I am super sad becos , I might be a trainee ... but i came up with my own receipes ( better then those who used receipe from their chefs and come and complete) I just hope I could have a bit respect for my dessert also .. sigh ... comparing to losing ... this hurts me most !!!

Part 3 of pissed off - I seriously think Karen could have won ... should have a place in the top 3 .... but sigh ... NONe ... Winners are all from top hotels .... and was told ... Karen's marks was dedected for her display ... BUT there was this guy who brought all PRE-BAKE deco show piece ... which we was told ALL deco show pieces have to be made there !!! ( for plated side also got ppl bring in pre made sugar deco ... so not fair !!!!! just think this is kinda of unfair ... not a very pro contest in my view .... not becos I didn't win ... cos me just there for experiences ... I got nothing against any1 and some of the desserts really nice.

Part 4 of pissed off - Think we read too much into the Rules ....They wanted something simple and ingredients to be easy available .... is GOLD LEAVES easily available ? i dun think so ... and all those plated desserts that won .... none of it look simple .... it looks so nice that only served in Fine Dining restuarants ... Kena cheated was the whole feeling ... the main reasons we lost ... we toooooooooooooo 2pid .... to follow all the Rules !!! Sigh

Happy moments .... I m glad that we took part though ... so we can see the dark sides .... also to learnt from all these experience .... AND think my reward for the day was when Chef Fred told me .... though we ( me n yj ) are just trainees with less then 1 yr in this industry ... they way we plate our desserts was much fine n clean then some of the others , who might be yrs in this industry ... ( no offence here but can u imagine ,,,, a green tea color dessert with a HOT PINK deco .... super mismatch !!!! - that was 1 of those who prepared b4 hand !!! ) I think with my Chef's remarks ... it was better then wining ... cos @ least we get his reconigions , to me that is all worth-ed :)

Damm sianz ... heard will kena recall back tomorrow ..... and to Tanjong Gul Camp .... dammmmmm far in the WEST ... sianz and got FULL-PACK inspection .... had problems digging out my stuffs .... blessed me tomorrow ... i hate tomorrow !!!!

Attached is my plated dessert and the 3 of us before the contest start .... so joker rite ... still take pic

My Raisin Soyphiscation
The Trio

Long update again ... ....

It had been a long way since i updated here .... guess i been lazy ... ha ha ... and though there are things that upset me but not strong enuff to blog it here :P anyway few updates thus even though super lazy but me still decided to put it down here.

First of all .... my oreadi completed 3rd term of my studies , 2 more terms to go .... scary ... come to think of it ... it's super fast, if nothing goes wrong ... i should complete my dip in Dec'08 meaning 6 more mths. Term 4 going to consist of alot of breads ... chinese , french , indian ..... think our class might needs to really buck up cos if will be chef F to take us for most of the terms.

Oh had my term break this week , went fishing @ pasir ris pond with Karen yesterday. Arjun and Yj joined us in the afternoon to accompany us ... so sweet of them :P I reach there about 7.45am and decided to settle near the prawn fishing area. Took my own sweet time to assembly my stuffs and then continue to fish alone as karen say she will be late. After a short while i had a bite @ my line , but the fish was eating "inwards" meaning eat n swim @ my direction thus i dun have enuff time to whack it ... and i miss the catch ... so sad ... first bite and i lost it .... was quite dishearten but lucky i got another bite in less then 15 min and this time it was a hit.. soon karen joined me. There was this part which i am really pissed off .... there was this group of "PRO" anglers , who came over our side when they released fishes @ ard 1pm. I mean i am ok with them coming over cos this is very normal when fishes is being released. They got quite a few catches while we got none ... but when karen finally got one on the line , it cross with one of the "Pros" - cos in order to get fishes , they were throwing and crossing other ppl's line. The best thing was , he purposely whack his line and cause karen's catch to drop back into the pond, and the best thing is that cos the fish , think still in coma ... was still at the edge of the pond and i quickly ask karen to bring the net over so we can scoop it back ... the guy heard it and use his rod to whack the water , near the fish , trying to chase the fish away .... sooooooo loser ... he was the one that cause the fish to drop..... totally shamless and a BIG S-Hole .... We ended the day with me 3 catch ( 2 Kbls and 1 MJ ) and karen 2 "net" ( 1 injured KBL and 1 red snapper).

Oh almost forgot .... Me , Yj and Karen took part in a baking related contest and we will only know if we were shortlisted by yesterday. @ 4pm i told them ... aiyah if by 5pm we dun received any calls means no chance lot ... cos office hours mah ...so we waited and really no call came ... we thot no chance liao ... but to our surprise, @ 6pm i received a call and it was to inform me that i was shortlisted .... they were all happy for me ... and 5 min later YJ got the call as well ... and another 5 min later ... Karen also got the call .... so happy all 3 of us got it ... but kinda of scare also ,,, gonna be my first contest. After the fishing , me and Yj brought Arjun to Geylang to get Dim sum ..... think he really enjoys it ... or @ least he was STUFFED very full by us , ha ha until he say he eat until very tired ( think becos of the saltwater @ the pond)

Oh ... i was fully sun-burnt also .... guess skin will be coming off soon .... Btw , my contest will be next friday and also only know today there will be 2 sessions ,,, meaning me n Yj might not be in the same group ... wish us luck , of cos and Karen too. I m really excited and scared @ the same time regarding the contest .... anyway ... what will be will be ... gained experiences more impt ... win or dun win is just a matter of + or - .... :) so after so much toking ... here is the preview of my work , entitled Raisins SOYphistication !!!

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 !!!

Dessert Bu Fei @ Marina Mandarin

Friday , 28th march

Went makan with 0-dan and Yj after Jap class. @ first they were saying that to only got for dessert buffet after out jap exam so was planing to go Dim Sum @ Geylang. But 2pif YJ says she got craving for sweets things so we went ahead with Dessert Buffet @ Marina Mandarin.

Atrium Lounge & Senses Patisserie
" The Dessert Symphony
(Every Friday, Saturday and Eve of Public Holiday, 8pm to Midnight)
On evenings of Fridays, Saturdays and eve of Public Holidays, let Atrium Lounge's Dessert Symphony Buffet (S$28 per person) indulge with a medley of over 30 decadent treats, artfully presented with each bite promising a harmony of flavours to the palate." - Quoted from Marina Mandarin Website.

Most of you must be wondering .... dessert buffet .... Y got a bandage leg ? This is the "GREAT WORK" of the 2 gals ..... cos 0-dan was wearing a limited edition flip flop !!!! so we scare there might be a dresscode for the lounge ... thus .. they thot of using bandages for the leg so we will have excuses as to why she was not in proper dresscode .... So funny ... and they actually thot and speak of it @ the same time .... they so "K"elever wor !!!

Tea with sugar stick

Coffee elcair

Firstly what greet us was the friendly staffs of the lounge and we were given seats at the other end of the buffet counter as the other side was full, the seat was quite BIG and comfy and it was next to some water feature. Next what greet us was the Tea/Coffee that comes with the buffet ( $1 per subsequent refill - i think ) . The sugar was soooooooooooo cute ... well maybe is Sua-gu ( mountain tortoise ) neber see b4 ... but it was soooo cute that we can't resist just licking and sucking it.

Crêpe Suzette

Triple melon something ?

First of all, was quite disappointed with the Crêpe Suzette cos from what we learnt was caramelized sugar then add butter and orange juice + lightly grated orange peel and the crepe will be put in and then the liqueur is added in and flambe then serve. But what they did was , 1) butter in then sugar in to caramelized then THROW in all the FRUITS !!!! strawberry + blue berries and stuff in to cook in the caramelized sugar ... so salah !!! and then they flambe it and after that then add in the crepe ... thus the crepe got no taste of the caramelized sugar smell and taste also there isn;t any flambe taste ... disappointed cos @ first we thot was like ... wow on the spot made crepe suzette. But the next thing i tried was good ... think was some melon thingy ... with cream cheese and the savarin was salty .... i like :P

Cream cheese + green tea?

Kaya Toast

Next I try on the cheese petti four , @ first we were thinking that what is the green thing with the cheese, and we conculde that "green" thing in Pastry usually is "Green Tea" or "Pistachio" after trying and trying ... we decided that it might could have been green tea cos of the after-taste ( also pistachio usually got a stronger taste. The kaya toast was not bad to me ... cos it was with 2 layers of Finger sponge and in between is kaya + butter , quite unique for a cake.

Layers of something white, green , red

Lychee macaroon+ dessert wine jelly with nata de coco

First of all the lychee macaroon is not too sweet , which i always hate macaroons as it will usually be too sweet for my tooth , BUT I can't taste of any lychee flavour and also they had a Apple Tea + Chocolate Macaroon which the apple tea's taste is totally covered by the chocolate.And the layers of things is actually quite nice BUT pls improve on the cutting ... mine look like Eiffel Tower + The Leaning Tower of Pisa !!!! it was big on the bottom and narrow on top and was like slanting to one side ( no excuses and tell me that is the design cos some of it was properly cut! but i have to give credit cos on the bottom layer there was a super thin layer of chocolate as base , and the whole thing was very soft , it must be very hard to transfer and display , and i like the red layer , can't remember was it raspberry or strawberry.Oh .... pls give credit to the dessert wine jelly .... it was the nicest I had that nice i think , also there was some parlines ,,,, one with dessicated coconut inside , that taste like pandan ? liked the one with a red toping on the white shell ( but i only like the red powder) , then there was one i think with nuts n raisins.

Chocolate Tart

Crème brûlée

The chocolate was not too bad and the golden ball is chocolate too , not some cheapo candy. The Crème brûléewas a bit disappointment also ... too thick and stiff ... think tooo much egg yolks or toooo less water/milk when using some ready-2-use Crème_brûlée mix.

Souffles

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Ok this had to be the worst of the worst from the whole dessert buffet ..... The Strawberry Souffle and the Chocolate Souffle , The strawberry one was under cooked , you can see it's watery below and it doesn't raised , in fact it sinked ! The chocolate one was over-cooked , it was very the stiff. Think they used steamer instead of oven so maybe that's why the taste is so bad, pls note you will have to waited about 20 mins for this , cos it's only steam when ordered. The other pic is the view i had from my seat , quite a nice place to hang out.

Some other things i tried , actually there were more stuffs but did not managed to take pic of all.In term of desserts-wise ... So-so ... but nice display of the petti fours but taste was can be improved also they seems to cut cost , use a lot of egg white foam instead of cream or custard , or maybe it is the recipes, But too much of the same things ... can get a bit *puke* also some of the stuffs must cut down on the sugar .. Esp there is this Sabayon something, The donuts can give a miss too. But nice place to hang out , services were good till certain timing ... we left @ about 2am ,,, and we were waving and waving but none of the 5-6 staffs saw us and we had to walk over to ask for bills. Staffs is not very sure of the current promo when we were paying up ( where the staff who attended to us did told us some promo)

FYI .... Citibank credit card holders , you only pay 2 pax for 3 pax to enjoy, so quite good deal , instead of $28++ ( think is about $33) , we paid about $22 each.> Nice place to hang out , chill and think we will still go there and try other desserts the next time round, of cos hope to see some improvement in some of the desserts. P/s : it will be good if they could off each a plate of what was in this picture.

Term Break

Finally time break is over again ... didn't managed to go Taiwan and P.Ubin but had some quite fun time @ clark quay on monday nite. Me + YJ + Lynn went to visit JS @ his work place and after that we went drinking by singapore river. We "Ton" the whole nite and think we were all HIGH , had alot of crap tok , fun , and best of all ... Alot was caught on Video and posted on FB !!!! LOL lighting was not too good but we sure am a bunch of clowns :) more to come as YJ just suggested and "Ton" session b4 school open ... hopefully it be as fun :) till then .... to all concern about me !!1 I m fine still !!!! just too emo @ times still LOL

Changes for 2008 ?

Quite a nos. of not too happy things happen this week .... sigh and been thinking ... should i stick to the old me ? or should i change ? ...... Used to be very emotional and manage to change a bit BUT i think is coming back to me .... sigh ... why i can't just be like some ppl ... just lauffs and forget ( Or CBB - Can't Be Bother , BH - Bo Hiew ) ? Maybe that why I am who I am .... but this is going to affect me more n more ( from past experience ) So maybe i should change ??? I really dunno .... Can someone pls give me some advice ? ( ha ha that only means it must be someone who dunno me well COS ppl who knows me will knwo I NEBER LISTEN)

Managed to complete most of my home assigments which some of my classmates haben even started ! For one ... I am going to STOP asking and Nagging @ them ... cos no point .... if they dun wan to help themself ... what can i do ? I believed i did alot ....like arranging meet up , pushing them to do and even offering to accompany them to do .... sigh .... Sorry Pals ... think that the max i can handle ,,,, having big probs with my Jap class too .... hope i can pass both Baking n Japanese.

Term break coming soon ( means exam is here soon too ... argh !!!!) Taiwan trip is cancel .... cos 2pid B**** changing job ... cannot take leave ..... so i guess if the DIPB GO4 is keen ... we shall do P.Ubin again .... at least something i can look forward to ( cross Finger).

Dunno true or joking, My chef talks about quiting ... hopefully just a joke :) cos i still got tons to learn from her. ... Oh btw ... won $10 from Toto ... Virgin win !!! YEAH !!! means more to come .... 4D....Toto....Big Sweep !!! HUAT( 發） ar !!!!

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

SCA AGM Lo Hei Dinner

Attended the Singapore Chef Association Lo Hei Dinner on 17th February @ Swissotel Merchant Court. First time at this event and turns out to be quite worth it and fun for me and my fellow classmates :).

Went to work @ 8am as my chef @ work is still on MC and there was alot of orders to be done. Was a busy day for all of us but luckily we are ale to end early @ 4pm. After work , me and some of my classmates went to TTSH to visit Chef Jimmy. After that we head to Swisstoel Merchant Court for the dinner.
There was alot of people, total of 42 tables but seems most are from the Singapore Junior Chef Club ( SJCC) which we are in also. Lucky for us , we were allocated to a table to ourselves. It was a 9 course dinner with things like "Yu Sheng" , Braised Shark fin Soup, Roast Chicken with Rice cracker, Steamed Garoupa , Steamed Prawns , Dry oyster with Broccoli , Abalone with Mushroom, Fried Glutinous Rice , Lemon Sea Coconut with Sago and Pomelo .....+ free flow of drinks .... not bad for $10.

During the dinner , which was host by Chef Eric Teo himself , was quite fun , we truly enjoyed ourself , esp the part where the whole group of us went to look for Chef Megel, Chef Frederic ( 2 times ) , Chef Andreas. Chef Eric also came over to our table and "Yum Seng" with us.

Blessed all with a Happy Chinese New Year !!!!

Attached are some pics we took during our "Ton" @ Lynn's Place.