Cuisinier Brasserie!

time: 09:59PM
place: home

TUESDAY. Timog. Cuisinier Brasserie


Hurrah! Since today is still a national holiday, our class scheduled an ALP or an alternative learning program instead of having our usual classroom lecture / labs.

Chef Annali's friend and fellow [former] instructor from CCA owns the restaurant, The Cuisinier Brasserie, located along Timog which offers French-Mediterranean cuisine.

Jatujak!

time: 6:04PM

place: room

It's Wednesday today and we had Monday and Tuesday off from school since it's holiday here so again, mom and sis and myself decided to go out [again] and mall ourselves despite being out all weekend.

By malling i mean, hearty lunch, shopping and coffee and cakes. Ugh. Calories again!

We were craving for something tsut-kok-y and yummy so we decided to eat at this fave thai resto of ours, Jatujak!

everything yum yum yum!


Cheers! Until the next! :)

Espagnole!

time: 4:11AM

place: room

DAY 8. Aug 26. SAUCES: Espagnole

HELL'S KITCHEN SEASON1! I have been watching and downloading nonstop and i decided to start again with Season1! Chef Gordon Ramsey is one scary scary person!

So for today's lecture, we are all officially sick in class. I stopped drinking my daily coffee since it's making my throat worse. I switched instead to drinking twinning's apple & cinnamon tea and it's doing wonders. 

Sauce for today? Espagnole. 

Veloute!

time: 3:52pm
place: house

DAY 7. Aug 25. SAUCES: Veloute


Again, ill be really honest. this is a totally new word for me. Although i have been eating my fish with this sauce for the longest time, i never really thought much of it. 1. It is lemony and buttery so i thought it's just err.. lemon and butter. 2. I pay more attention to the fish than the sauce. Apparently, the more important role here is sauce and the saucier and NOT the fish!

Bechamel!

time: 3:29PM
place: bed

DAY 6B. Aug 24 SAUCES: BECHAMEL.


I am starting to feel sick by now. The waking-up-at-4-in the morning has finally taken its toll on me. Throat itchy, head heavy and nose a bit runny. But it's not just me, it's me and almost 50% of the class. Whoever came up with this 6am-12nn class? You must be having a blast now! Ugh.

Anyway, we move on from soups to sauces and we touched on bechamel sauce first. Im pretty excited since it's actually my mom who taught me how to make this sauce when making pasta.

Asparagus!

time: 1:43PM
place: room

DAY 6. August 23. Assessment


Thank goodness we were let off early today; class ended around 10:30am coz we had a scheduled exam. Im feeling sleepy a while ago when driving home but for some reason when i got home, all hopes for sleep went away!

For today's quiz i picked Cream of Asparagus ( rather, chanced upon!) So here: while simmering (After sweating) the asparagus with butter, boil with stock and simmer after.

Spices!

time: 11:18PM
place: bed

On a totally different topic, My mom and myself went to Quiapo to buy stuff for the store and i tagged along to look for cheap spice containers. We bought 12 bottles from mom's suki there and whoopee, i immediately transferred my spices to their new home!

Cheers! Until the next! :)

Soups, again!

time: 10:52PM
place: bed

DAY 5. AUG. 22. MISC SOUP


What a lazy, rainy, Monday morning. It's weird that i feel as though im only getting avg of 4hrs of sleep everyday and yet, i am alert and energized in the morning during class! I once said to a friend that the 5 years of work with *Bleep* is nothing compared to the happiness and lightness of the 4days of classes I've had so far!

So for today, I made:

Bisque!

time: 10:40pm
place: bed ( again! T.T)

DAY 4. August 19. Cream Soups

I have to say i am getting used to the quiet mornings. I tool the above picture while having coffee outside a 711 store along E-com center. It's still quite dark and the air is still thick and cold. I love wonderful mornings.

For today's lesson, we were assigned to make different cream soups; New England Clam Chowder, Puree of Potato and Leeks, Shrimp Bisque and Cream of Asparagus soup. And, if given a choice, i'd choose a cup of hot, creamy soup over a thick slab of steak oozing with gravy with potatoes on the side, anytime of the day!

Consomme!

time: 9:01PM
place: room

Day3. Aug18, 2011, Clear Soups. 


Time for clear soups today! So byebye already to not doing anything, but off to actual cooking. Lesson 1: French cuisine. My friend Jordan said last Tuesday when we met up for coffee that he doesn't really get it why most culinary schools start with basic French cuisine. My take is, we all have to admit that Europe, France, is the mother of all foods fancy. So we're simply doing justice her reputation.

Stocks!

time: 11:01PM

place: bed

Day2. August 17, Stocks


Got my new kicks from Crocs. Bistro Shoes for P2,500 which i bought from BHS with my great friend, Jordan ( Crocks!)

Kinda getting used to this getting-up-4AM-driving-half-asleep thing. My reward is the awesome awesome sunrise that i witness while driving along Roxas Boulevard. Priceless.

Knife Skills!

time: 10:50PM,
place: room

DAY1. August 16. Tuesday


Whoopee! This marks the official official first day since basically yesterday was just this really short orientation. But today, whoopee! Schooling againnnn! So i got to school really early, drinking my coffee while driving and I CANT HELP BUT THINK that, gosh, I'm gonna do this wake up early thing for the next 6 months ( till next year!) so i have GOT to adjust quick.

Student, again!

Time: 09:03PM

Place:  Bed

What. A. Whirlwind! It's already Wednesday now and school started last Monday! Dad had to wake me up cause for some reason, i failed to hear my phone's alarm! (Thanks Daddy, sorry for bothering you so early!) 

Anyways, okay, where do i start? Orientation? Okay! =) 

Pan Seared Dory!

Time: 12:21Am

Place: Bed

iPod looping Marooon5's Never Gonna Leave This Bed.

( You push me, i don't have the strength to...)

Since im quite broke (Saving!) and bored, decided to play with the cream dory that Mom took home from the grocery.

It's very simple right?

Mishmash!

time: 11:13pm

place: bed

why is school taking so long? from the original date of July 25, it got moved to aug 8, then aug 15.

crazy crazy free time on hand.

okay, so what have i been doing lately?

these!

Turning stateside!

Time: 4:25PM
Place: Starbucks Northgate, Alabang


Fun but complete utter fail!

WOFEX!

Time: 11:48PM
Place: bed


Dad and i went to the 2K11 Wofex over at world trade center to look at some new (and exciting?) food machineries for manufacturing. He's been pushing for us to come up with a fresh idea so we figured going there is a start.

Jobhunting101!

Time: 07:31PM
Place: home





Okay. I dont know what happened but i wrote a post earlier and its not published again!

Oh well, i wrote about how my interview went earlier this morning.
 

Better!

Time: 09:18PM
Place: Banawe


Well, today went okay and true to Thailand's promise, im still doing okay. No more hurting, no more grudges, no more pain.

I went out around 4pm ( after watching 2 Gumiho episodes) to go to Serenitea and pick up some groceries after. I am quite getting used to being alone again.