I’m Back
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Write a comment
It’s been awhile since my last entry in this blog. Guess I’m just being lazy but then again I kinda missed not writing and so, here I am.
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There’s a lot of things that has happened politically especially about that guy Anuar who has won the by election at Permatang Pauh and wit that, changed the whole political scene in Malaysia. Finally the opposition has a bit more balls in the parliament and that is a good thing. The era of two third majority is over and everything seems to be on the right track. BN has to be real careful as to what their agenda is coz there’s no room for fuck ups and that is fer sure. I just cant wait to see what happen next. The show must go on.
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Back in the kitchen, things were as usual. We got pretty busy for the Midsummer Feast but everything went well. Chef Kevin Cape, our new Exec Chef for YTL did the menu and it was a good learning process for the boys in the kitchen. In addition there are guest chefs (Stephen Mercer, Bobby Chin, Chef Ismail etc.) that came in to promote the event and working with them has been an eye opener and also fun for everybody.
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So, now it is the Ramadan period and things are getting really slow at the restaurant. After lunch service, the boys started to prep dishes for breaking fast and here the creative juice started to flow. There are so many good local dishes that to eat them all in one sitting is kinda tough. I think that I may have to scrape that idea I had of losing weight during Ramadan. I’ll post some pictures pretty soon. Still hasnt dwnld da pictures in my phone and there’s a lot of dem.
FHM 2007 Kuala Lumpur
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 Write a CommentThe boys are pretty excited and also nervous to be at the Food & Hotel Malaysia this year happening at KLCC Convention Center. It is a huge event where there’s competitions in cooking and also a trade show where you’ll see all things related to the restaurant and hotel industries.
Representing nBs Gastronomique (nBs stands for no bullshit) is the Sous Chef Amir, Senior CDP Faizal Yan aka Ayob and Commis 2 Rocco. All has been preparing for the competition a month earlier and of coz we’ve been trying lots of different recipes that we think will kick some ass. But unfortunately we only managed to bring home a silver medal thru our man Amir san. Not bad, but i still think that we deserved better. Ayob was doing a seared tuna and was told by the judge that the fish wasnt fully cooked. I mean whadifak!! Da fish was supposed to be medium rare. Talk about stupid frekin judge!! They surely do not no jack shit! Anyway Ayob ended up with nuttin and this is the first time he didnt bring home a medal. What can you do rite?
Other than that the show was definitely an eye opener for me. There’s a lot of new ingredients that can be experimented into my style of cooking. Not to mention stuff like all different kinda plates, weird machines that will make your cooking easier, chemicals that will make you the next Ferran Adria and lots more.