Le Cordon Bleu

Attended a Le Cordon Bleu cooking demonstration last Sat and it was quite enjoyable. The 3-hour class is called 'Cooking for Friends' and the menu that day includes Langoustine (a type of prawns) tartare with virgin olive oil, Sauteed beef steak Bordelaise style with patato gratin and French green beans, and Licorice flavored souffle. Sounds complicated already? Wait till you get down to the real action! Only a list of ingredients were given to us, not the recipe. So we had to copy notes like lecture students throughout the demonstration. Was a little flustered and confused regarding the sequence of steps. Zzz. (Have to compile the 3 different versions of notes later.) Don't think we'll be able to cook this up on our own, especially the souffle! Ultra hard work. Maybe, just maybe, the potato gratin? Looks easy enough :)

Our chef, and his young translator. Quite humorous. Not grouchy like how he looks in this photo.. Heh.

This photo doesn't do the food justice at all!!

Tada, my fav - the langoustine tartare (like prawn sashimi)

And so you can see, we were rewarded with a degustation of what he cooked. Rather substantial actually. Loved it. The other 2 weren't really fans of the red wine reduced sauce for the beef, and also not too used to the licorice flavoured souffle. I, being the glutton, ate up everything :D