My Stomach Going All Around The World

I'm so lucky that i'm living in Melbourne, a melting pot for people all the round the world. This happen in school too. My friends in class coming from different country: china , Vietnam, Srilangka, Thailand, Malaysia, etc. So we're just not only learning about school stuff but also about everybody culture too.

As a culinary student, of course food is the main and most interesting topics. And we start to have this so called ritual, hehe having lunch or dinner together to try everybody's traditional foods. Lastweek was Minh turn, he is from Vietnam. We're going to Vietnamese restaurant in Latrobe/Russel Street. I having a spicy noodle soup with slices of beef and pork on top. Soo delicious.... I order a large bowl coz i so hungry after practical class, too bad I can't finish it. So just a lesson from a big eater like me guys... In Vietnamese restaurant, when it said large portion, it means large!! I try a vietnamese coffee too but it not really good (Minh said he gonna make us the good one). After that we going to Starbuck to spend the rest of the evening, chatting and laughing! A really nice weekend....

Today we're having our lunch in China town. Yuan is the host, since she's coming from China. we ate at Shanghai Dumpling. I ordered a hot chiken with noodles and share dumpling. It's a very big meal, we order too much hehehehe, luckly i can brought home the leftover dumpling.... The meal is yummy, i love it!!

Next Friday is me and Yudi (He's from Indonesia also) turn to pick the restaurant, of course it has to be a Indonesia restaurant... so... any suggestion??

The Sweetest Goodbye

My first accomodation is Australian Student Accomodation (ASA) in Elsternwick (I think i had post the picture in my previous post). I live there for one month. And it's trully a very wonderful 1 month. Now i have move out to another place closer to my school, around 6 minutes by tram or 15 minutes walking.....

I feel so lucky cause i experience a very great time in ASA, meeting new people from around the world and living under the same roof is new for me. A lot of cultural learning, cook learning, as in having experience be in the one kitchen when everyone cooking different kind of traditional food, friday night out, the night chit chat and more. One think for sure,it's all good...

But it also so sad to leave a comfort zone, a place you like so much. We got this welcoming party last weekend because many new student coming. But for me is a farewell. It was a great party with a black and white as a theme. SO at the end it was a sweetest good bye for me....

Desert Company

I promise my self that I have to try every famous and good recommended cake shop/bakery/patisserie in Melbourne. I usually do this ritual every Sunday. It's like playing "find the hidden treasure "!

1. The first thing to do is choose the place, usually I asked recommendation from my friends who have live in Melbourne for a long time or find it from culinary website.
2. Then I have to goggling the map and find the way to go there by tram/train
3. Going there is the most interesting part of this game, because I lost..... A lot... But the joy feeling after I see the name of the shop from across the street is priceless
4. And of course the best part, taste the the cake

Here are some of the pics….

Chocolate and white chocolate sampagne from Lindt

Red velvet cupcake from Littlle Cupcake

lazy blogger

i haven't blogging for a zillion time ......
a lot of assesment & false alarm assignment
first month of school euphoria
have to find another place to live
more offline social time
and so on.. so on.. so on...

Thank God It's Friday

Friday Night Out

Ingredients:
1 glass of Beer
1 bottle of Corona
1 Cocktail

How To Make:
Mix it together

Result:
Broke Pleasurably

So Long Cake......

Finally thursday come...... Yayy this is my first cake class I'm so waiting for this one. Some of my friend already had their cake class and they make sponge cake which actually taste good (I mean for a cake who only had sugar, eggs and flour in it).

But ooh no here we are, waiting outside our class room, wearing our complete uniform, hoping to learn how to make cake..... IT'S CANCEL..... the rain ruined it, the wheater cast said there might be a storm coming, it has to be cancelled coz it's not safe.

This is the first time in my life that I feel disappointed for a cancellation class. Usually in the past if things like this happened I just HIP HIP Horray... FREE TIME..... But now I'm such a geek, when I heard there's no substitute class, I said...... why oohh why???

Kitchen Operation

My first practical class is Unit Kitchen. So excited..., coz this is the first time I have to wear my uniform...

Actually it's more like a cookery class than a patisserie, but a patissier have to learn a basic method of cookery too. It's a really interesting class althought i kinda suck .. oops hehehhe....
In this class we learn a bout cutting style, of course knife is the main show here. yup dangerous stuff. my nails is one of the victims. Anyway.... we use variety of vegetables and fruit, and learn different style of cutting: julliene, brunoise,paysane, mirepoix, etc,etc (yup everything in french words so, i still try to memorize it)

When the chef came to see what i've already done, he take couples of my julliene carrot and line it, then he ask:
Chef: "which is the correct one?"
Me: I point one of the carrot
Chef: "none!!"

ohh nooo big OOpss... But chef, I swear.... by the moon and the star in the sky... i will practice ok..ok..ok...