Saturday, September 5, 2009

Intermediate Patisserie Lesson 1-16

phew~
i'm half way through intermediate pastry
i didn't do well this term..(all because of that fucking asshole!!)
i'm not really impressed by what i've done..
but still,
i still love pastry~ ^^

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Lesson 1: Petits-Fours

Lesson 2: The Traveller
Lesson 3: Britanny Shortbread Biscuits

Lesson 3: Orange Spice Bread

Lesson 4: Chocolate Praline Tart

Lesson 5: Lemon Tart
[terrible..terrible...T^T]

Lesson 6: Orange Chocolate Tartlets

Lesson 7: Macaroons
[they may look ugly, but they are really sweet~♥]

Lesson 8: Puff Pastry Petit-Fours

Lesson 9: Marbled Millefeuille

Lesson 10: Pithivier

Lesson 11: St-Honore
[my worst cake yet...T^T]

Lesson 12: Three Chocolate Bavarian Cream

Lesson 13: Fraisier
[strawberry cake lahhhh!!]

Lesson 14: Chocolate Soft Cake

Lesson 15: Opera

Lesson 16: Jamaica
[temporarily, i love this cake the most~♥]

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apologies to the bad quality photos...
could never bring my oh-so-professional camera into the classroom

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sentimental part:
still trying to figure out what's happening with me
non of my cakes turned out nice this term
WHY!!
i'm trying to do my best so i can make my parents proud
and don't want my relatives to look down on me and my parents
i want them to know that being a chef is also a profession that can be compared to nutritionist or a buisnessmen
DO NOT EVER EVER LOOK DOWN ON CHEFS!!

mommy wants me to make something out for you guys to try
no, i don't want
i'm scared
why?
because you guys have golden tongues
but still,
my mother still wants me to make some
ok, fine
so i spent several nights doing research, trying to find recipes that i can make at home [i have limited resources]
i feel so damn stressed that few days
like i was going to have an exam that might cause my parents to lose face

i made tartlets
small, simple looking tartlets
it took me the whole day to make those
looks easy
but it's not..

you ate it
i was staring at you
my heart was beating
your expression changed
and you said
"why is the tart case so hard? why is it so thick?"
i couldn't help it
my tears were rolling in my eye
i gave you a smile
and said
"oh really? okay, i will make it thinner next time"

my father wanted you to have more
but i can see that you hated it
you don't even want to touch it when i first place the tupperware on the table
my heart shattered..

but i'm never going to give up!!
i'll show you guys
i can do it
ME!!
VALERIE PANG SHERLEEN
WILL BE A GREAT PASTRY CHEF!!!
WATCH OUT!!!

p.s the "you"s is talking about one of my relative

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