Tuesday (November 6, 2012)
Term Evaluation for Basic Program: My appointment supposed to be at 1:10pm, but I was early to school. On the way there, I bumped into Erin. She told me where we were supposed to meet Chef Jocelyn. It's called La Chapelle, a very nice cozy area above the school restaurant Signatures. We had to wear uniforms for the evaluation. Quinn went in first. It only took about 5 mins for each student. Mine was fine. Chef gave me good comments on every category. He knew I had some experiences, I told him I attended George Brown College years back. He asked (everyone) if I would study intermediate and superior program (Pâtisserie Intermédiaire et Pâtisserie Supérieure), I told him I would be doing Le Diplôme de Pâtisserie. Then he asked me if I would like to write some comments on the journal, so I wrote about what I needed to improve, what I could do better etc. So I guess it went well.
I bought a swear shirt from the boutique today.
Then Cindy and I went to have Taiwanese food in ByWard Market. My Toronto friend Jennifer recommended me to have pork chop there. So I did. And it was pretty good. But I didn't not enjoy the honeydew bubble milk tea. Then we walked around the area, checked out an Italian fine food store, and a French bookstore, then Ma Cuisine. I also bought the bus tickets in Rideau Centre. The worse happened was.....
Wednesday (November 7, 2012)
Before class today, I went to Parc Strathcona to take some pictures of the beautiful scenes. It was so cold but the sky was clear, and there were so many squirrels in the park. They thought I was going to give them feed, so they came toward me and wait. Too bad, I had no food.
Demo Class#9: I was excited to know that we would be doing Pâte a choux. Chef Jocelyn showed us how to make Pâte a choux: Éclairs au chocolat et au café, Religieuses au chocolat et au café, Cygnes Chantilly, Salambô au kirsch.
Practical Class#9: You might think that Pâte a choux would be easy to make, especially éclairs. Honestly, I was defeated! My éclairs were flat (deflated).... and could be bigger. The fondant was shinny but needed to be nicer on top of the éclairs. Religieuses were out of proportion, the heads were too big for the small bodies. Basically, the heads should be smaller, and the bodies should be bigger. Chef Jocelyn said well done, but I think he was too kind.
Class Photo Taken: For Basic Pastry Program, we had a class photo taken session at 3pm. There are 3 groups in BP. The photographer told us that he was going to 2 serious looking photos then 1 crazy looking one. And I think my group (Group A) did a pretty good job comparing to others.
Demo Class#10: Chef Jocelyn was showing us Dry Petits Fours today, including Bâton de Maréchaux, Madeleines, Cigarettes et tulipes, Palets de dames, Tuiles aux amandes.
After the demo class, some of us just went to a so-called Japanese noodle place (called Taste Ramen) recommended by Cindy for dinner. Everyone was disappointed with the food, except for Cindy. I guess there won't be a second visit for me.
Friday (November 9, 2012)
Practical Class#10: You know how when you are so focused on doing something, and you don't even know how fast time flies. That's exactly how I felt in class today. When Chef Jocelyn said "Ten minutes left!" We rushed to finish whatever we needed to. All of a sudden, the freshly out-of-the-oven-extremely-HOT-cookie thing became nothing to my hands, I just rolled it into Cigarettes shape with the sharpening steel within 2 seconds. Not a problem! Chef liked my Madeleines, it's best to have the dome in the middle. And he told us to present them with the dome side up, never the shell mark side! Who knew?! Oh, I had too much flour on the tray (to prevent the dough sticking on the tray), so when I piped the dough of Palets de dames, it left up with the piping bag! So I had to get another tray and buttered and floured it. When I tried to flour it with less flour....Chef Eric was standing there (he was doing scaling for his class)... and he said it was too painful to watch me do it, so he just grabbed my tray and showed me how to "dust" the flour on the tray, and how to banged the tray on top of a garbage bin to get rid of the excess flour. Voila! Well, anyway, everything turned out great.
Tanvi's Birthday Dinner at Haveli Indian Restaurant: It's Tanvi's birthday today! Cindy, Cynthia, Dina, Jason and I celebrated her b-day in, where else? Indian Restaurant! I had a blast! I think she did too!
Demo Class#10: Chef Jocelyn was showing us Dry Petits Fours today, including Bâton de Maréchaux, Madeleines, Cigarettes et tulipes, Palets de dames, Tuiles aux amandes.
After the demo class, some of us just went to a so-called Japanese noodle place (called Taste Ramen) recommended by Cindy for dinner. Everyone was disappointed with the food, except for Cindy. I guess there won't be a second visit for me.
Friday (November 9, 2012)
Practical Class#10: You know how when you are so focused on doing something, and you don't even know how fast time flies. That's exactly how I felt in class today. When Chef Jocelyn said "Ten minutes left!" We rushed to finish whatever we needed to. All of a sudden, the freshly out-of-the-oven-extremely-HOT-cookie thing became nothing to my hands, I just rolled it into Cigarettes shape with the sharpening steel within 2 seconds. Not a problem! Chef liked my Madeleines, it's best to have the dome in the middle. And he told us to present them with the dome side up, never the shell mark side! Who knew?! Oh, I had too much flour on the tray (to prevent the dough sticking on the tray), so when I piped the dough of Palets de dames, it left up with the piping bag! So I had to get another tray and buttered and floured it. When I tried to flour it with less flour....Chef Eric was standing there (he was doing scaling for his class)... and he said it was too painful to watch me do it, so he just grabbed my tray and showed me how to "dust" the flour on the tray, and how to banged the tray on top of a garbage bin to get rid of the excess flour. Voila! Well, anyway, everything turned out great.
Tanvi's Birthday Dinner at Haveli Indian Restaurant: It's Tanvi's birthday today! Cindy, Cynthia, Dina, Jason and I celebrated her b-day in, where else? Indian Restaurant! I had a blast! I think she did too!
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