samedi 21 mars 2009

Cooking Adventures!

Our attempt at recreating Yu Sheng.
Trying to re-create Yu Sheng at Chinese New Year


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My first attempt at Mutton Curry!

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And then chicken curry..

Chicken curry, nasi lemak, sweet n sour pork and prata. An interesting combination but it sure tasted good to the Villots!
with Nasi Lemak, Sweet n Sour Pork and Prata!

My cooking partner in crime.
Laura, my cooking partner in crime.



They sell Singaporean Prata here! And Guotie!

My third attempt at curry, with raita and butter/tomato rice.
Chicken Curry, Raita, Guo Tie and Tomato Butter rice.


Once a month, I go for French cooking classes with the Alliance Française.
Mussel soup!
Mussel Soup


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Bouchée à la Reine et Quenelles: Quenelles in a puff pastry bowl. Quenelles are little rolls of semolina and cheese, typically cooked in a tomato-based sauce.
Quenelles in a puff pastry bowl. Quenelles are semolina and cheese rolls
in a tomato based sauce.


Freshly baked bread.
Freshly baked bread. Surprisingly, it is relatively easy to make!

Tarte mandarin: Mandarin tart fresh out of the oven.
Tarte Mandarin

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The best part of the cooking class: dinner!
The best part of cooking class is getting to eat what we've made!


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Our chief chef.

Navarin d'agneau: Lamb Stew
Navarin d'Agneau- Lamb Stew

Black lentil salad
Black lentil salad.

Chocolate sponge cake with cream and kiwis.
Gâteau de Savoir avec Chantilly et les kiwis.
Chocolate sponge cake with cream and kiwis.



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Bread rolls waiting to rise.
Bread rolls waiting to go into the oven.


Dinner time!



Laura and Shanta's cooking ventures at home!

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Our pieces of work in the oven.

Freshly baked Croissants!
Et voila! Croissants and an assortment of puff pastries!

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We should have added an extra layer of pastry so that it would have been taller and more 'bowl-like' but it tasted good nonetheless!

I have perfected the quenelles!
My quenelles look good!

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Attempting an orange tart on our own.
Trying out an orange tart.

Chocolate Fondue and the Orange Tart on the right. I forgot to take a picture of our cheese fondue dinner.
Chocolate fondue and the tart at the side.





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