One fine day a bright idea came to mind: To bring fine dining into the comforts of our own home! And so I set out to gather all necessary "ammunition" required for this task. Didn't have to look far, because everyone in the household has their own hidden talents! We have... JD as the head chef, his friend CJ (a real restaurant chef) as co-chef, Joanne as the pastry chef, S as the sommelier and myself as the coordinator. Not forgetting Tawa (our maid) as kitchen helper. In the days leading up to this event, I created some excitement among our diners by sending out the carefully-crafted menu. Rather fancy 6-course dinner dunch ya think? Battle half won :)
The dinner also featured blind tasting under S' full responsibility. She chose, with much deliberation, 6 wines to be paired with each course. She also painstakingly prepared tasting notes for each diner to ponder on and thereafter match with the wines.
Table setting prior to their arrival.. May I just mention that we did not expect preparations to be such hard work? JD thought long and hard about the menu, making sure ingredients are balanced and portions are right. Joanne played around with different desserts. Several trial runs took place. And as the menu changed now and then, S also had to re-think her wine choices! After everything was finalized, S and I went supermarket-hopping. Seriously in order to get all ingredients we had to search high and low at cold storage, ntuc, seng siong & marketplace.
I had the honour of commencing dinner with my scallops amuse-bouche (adapted from Tetsuya's recipe book). Followed by JD's lovely dishes. Happy that the food was well-received :) Couple that with enthusiastic wine discussions. I must say the event was a success!
Non-stop kitchen action. Effort ttm. The entire crew should really be given a pat on their backs. Great job.
Pretty lizzy and her signature 3-finger twist. CHEERS!
