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Saturday, November 17, 2007 |

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Friday nite @ chinatown

Whoa... has been a long time i've been out with moi fellow babes from STB! On this friday, the exercusion is to Chinatown. Being the most familiarised with the place, i was appointed the guide for the day! Haha... dun worry i didnt carry ani flag nor loud speaker with mi. The trip started off with a sumptuous dinner @ the hawker centre. Carrot cake is fantastic! Even shu en who doesnt eat carrot cake gave thumbs up after tasting it!

cheong fun maki, hokkien mee, carrot cake and 锅贴

cutey babes!

扮鬼脸

After dinner, we started the shoppin trip. Introduced them to the cheap cheap shampoo shop and there were thrilled with how much cheaper the prices are. Haha... of course they did purchase some redken shampoo and conditioner. However, i am too lazy to drag the heavy stuff home. Well, i can always ask mushroom to do it for mi. ~poor mushroom~ Shu en and sihui couldnt get their hands off the quirky and vintage accessories at a shop meiyan recommended. They are realli in a shopping mood! After tt, choon yen went off to meet her ah boi for a midnight movie leaving the 2 gers with busy bfs and the single off to dessert at food street.

luv the background and of course the babe

the walnut paste tasted like smashed mooncakes....

Okie babes... where shall we head to next fri?

Retreat @ Palate Sensation

An escape from work! Hee... this retreat we are gg to learn cooking and bartending @ Palate Sensation. Althought minor hiccups do occur, i had hell lotsa of fun!!!

the stripes

JSs

We learn cooking in the morning and our team is divided into 4 groups.

First dish: Seafood Gratin

This dish is rather complicated. First we nid to prepare the seafood stock for making the cream sauce. Den, we nid to pan fried the scallop, prawn and button mushrooms with garlic. In the last step, we put the ingredients nicely on a big clam shell and topped with a generous amt of the cream sauce and mozarella cheese. After tt, it is baked for i dunno how long. Haha.. the chef will help us control the temperature.

Duo preparing the seafood cream stock

Saucing the ingredients

haha... fun while cooking!

ready to go into the oven!

Main course: Ratatouille with cod fish

Nid i explain more abt this dish? Haha.. i bet everyone knows of tis dish when the cute mouse hit the box office 2 mths ago.

cindy in action

haha.. i wont kill anione

another team looking great

Dessert: Creme Brulee

I have heard of tis dish b4 but i have never tried it though. A lot of effort is required for tis dish, preparing the custard alike cream and pouring them into the container. Baking them and followed by chilling them in the fridge. I tink the control of temp is of utmost importance to ensure tis dish is tasty. Haha.. again i will leave it to the chef.

Intense concentration

Haha... wat is felicia adding?

b4 the baking

there u go

waiting to be chilled

BlackBox Challenge

As a "competitive" division, we luv competitions. In this black box challenge, we are supposed to use our creativity and whip up an award winning dish with the given ingredients in 20mins!

Given ingredients

~our creation~

creations!!!

And the winner goes to the competitive team!!! The chef complains tt our team is imaginative. However, the taste is a bit too bland. Erm... we are looking ino healthy eating! Haha.. yeah.. excuses

Finalli, the must awaited lunch. We are going to eat the dishes we prepared. The thought of it is a bit scary though.

Seafood Gratin - VERI Nice... i shall try to cook it in future

Big scallop! ~yummy~

Ratatouille with veri veri fresh cod fish

Next, to the highlightS!!! "Torching" of the creme brulee. I sprinked a gererous amt of the sugar on top of moi creme brulee. The creme brulee taste fantastic. Cooling custard coupled with the hard and warm caramelised suagr is simply too good to resist.

i shall try making one day... but dunno where to find such a strong flame

Bartending

After the heavy lunch, we proceed to 2nd level to learn basic bartending skills. We were introduced to the different types of liquor, how to mix different cock tails and mock tails and presentation of the drinks.

revitalised after a meal!

The different liquors, mixers and juices...

Our own creations and mixing

Apple martini

some espresso and liquor cocktail

our own - bailey's milkshake

tequila sunrise

~Cheers~

It's been a great retreat!!!

KTV last friday!

It's the first time i went to ktv with moi colleagues!!! They are a veri fun and crazy bunch to hang out with!!! Moi buddy realli lives up to his name of STB idol!!! He sings like Jay Chou!!!

at dinner @ a western hainese restaurant