Battle of the Chef
Chandra and I were invited for dinner at Battle of the Chef, being the 1st day of the competition. We were happily surprised to meet up with Danny Tan of Tropical Spice Garden. Food bloggers Jacgy, CK Lam and Criz Lai were also invited to be food tester for the evening.
There were 4 tables presentation and Criz Lai and I were in table 3. Table 3 is Italian food and we were really looking forward trying Italian food. Chandra and CK Lam were in table 1 with western food. Danny was in table 4.
Presentation of the first course was Cold Medley. It is Tuna on a cauliflower mousse. In the middle of the platter was Beetroot with roast pumpkin salad and Duck Broccoli stack.
I enjoyed the duck broccoli stack, finds the texture creamy and smooth and the duck not too salty. What a great combination. The beetroot with roast pumpkin was a little disappointing with no taste but the tuna on cauliflower mousse makes up for the blend taste in the former.
Ocean consomme is clear saffron in deep fried prawn. A unique dish though and I would love a little more flavor from the saffron. Overall appearance if a little yellowish would look clearer rather then blurish.
Goat cheese, spinach wrapped in chicken is what I gather. The base made up of persimmon seems a lovely idea for character and texture with a little crunch.
The highlight of the evening was rosemary lamb. it is one of the nicest lamb rack from New Zealand. i was totally involved cutting the tender lamb. It was nicely cooked and medium rare. The rosemary sauce was gracefully blended to fine perfumery scent.
All 10 of us totally enjoy this dish and you can see heads were nodding and whispers of "superb dish" was the comment of the hour.
It was indeed a sweet finish with chocolate fondant. With chocolate warm and still oozing out form the fondant, it was really full flavored. Each scoop was tastefully and delicately eaten to savor the lovely and creamy warm fondant.
I must say the graduate did very well with some help. Every table has 3 cooks, 1 waiter and 1 bar tender. the bar tender and waiter were help form some participating hotels.
But my greatest joy was meeting up again with CK Lam, Criz Lai and Thomas who invited us to be food tasters. it was indeed a wonderful experience and we felt privileged to be invited.
As I was saying my goodbyes to Thomas, guess who walks up to us? Lo and behold, my favorite chef, AMY BEH! It completes my day today meeting Amy Beh.
Keen to learn cooking, find us here:
http://www.my-island-penang.com/Penang-HomeCookingClass-Registration.html
There were 4 tables presentation and Criz Lai and I were in table 3. Table 3 is Italian food and we were really looking forward trying Italian food. Chandra and CK Lam were in table 1 with western food. Danny was in table 4.
Presentation of the first course was Cold Medley. It is Tuna on a cauliflower mousse. In the middle of the platter was Beetroot with roast pumpkin salad and Duck Broccoli stack.
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| Cold Medley |
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| Ocean Consomme |
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| Chicken Roulade |
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| Rosemary Lamb |
All 10 of us totally enjoy this dish and you can see heads were nodding and whispers of "superb dish" was the comment of the hour.
It was indeed a sweet finish with chocolate fondant. With chocolate warm and still oozing out form the fondant, it was really full flavored. Each scoop was tastefully and delicately eaten to savor the lovely and creamy warm fondant.
I must say the graduate did very well with some help. Every table has 3 cooks, 1 waiter and 1 bar tender. the bar tender and waiter were help form some participating hotels.
But my greatest joy was meeting up again with CK Lam, Criz Lai and Thomas who invited us to be food tasters. it was indeed a wonderful experience and we felt privileged to be invited.
As I was saying my goodbyes to Thomas, guess who walks up to us? Lo and behold, my favorite chef, AMY BEH! It completes my day today meeting Amy Beh.
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| Amy Beh's husband, Thomas, Pearly, Amy, Mr Tan advisor to the Chinese Chef Ass and My better half Chandra |
Keen to learn cooking, find us here:
http://www.my-island-penang.com/Penang-HomeCookingClass-Registration.html
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