Blogger's Makan Gathering 24 March 2012

Since the last makan session at Jacob's place back in October 2011, we have been looking forward to the next session. You can read the previous session here. After 6 months of wait, the Cook.Snap.Eat.Love kitchen is opened once again to only invited guests.

Lobster Bisque

The 3 course main started with Lobster Bisque soup made from Amercian lobsters. I enjoyed the robutness of the flavour coming through with each sip. Jacob recommends us to take a sip of Riesling before having the lobster bisque. It turned out the lobster bisque tasted sweeter.

Seafood Risoni

Initially I thought Jacob has cooked for us Risotto but it turned out to be Seafood Risoni, a rice shaped pasta. The luxurious pot of Seafood Risoni comes with large tiger prawns and seared scallops.

Ispahan inspired Mousse Cake

Assisting the Cook.Snap.Eat.Love kitchen is Pastry cum Sou Chef, Chloe (Jacob's girlfriend and wife to be). Together both of them opened an online store Patisserie Framboise that sells lovely pastry, macarons and cakes. In the previous makan session, Chloe made us the lovely Ispahan and I just fell in love with the dessert. I even ordered from Patisserie Framboise the Ispahan for one of my Christmas gatherings.

This time, the couple decided to deconstruct the Ispahan and create it into some sort of a Mousse Cake dessert, a layer of lychee jelly, raspberry jelly and almond dacquoise base. This is their first time making it and it was really a lovely dessert with a beautiful balance of texture and flavours.

Lastly I would like to thank everyone for the little surprise birthday celebration. Thank you all.

AFC Foodie Appreciation Party, 3 April 2012

On 03 April 2012, Asian Food Channel (AFC) holds an AFC Foodie Appreciation Party at AFC Studio, Orchard Central to thank the invaulable support from their fans. AFC has hit more than 500,000 Facebook Fans!

It was a fabulous night of fun and laughter lined up with a special masterclass, games and exciting prizes to be won.

Guests also get to particpate and compete against one another in games to win sitting for 2 for one of AFC masterclasses of his/her choice. Hehe...and I am one of the winning participates :)

Chocolate and Cream Trifle (photo from Melicacy)

Next up was the special Masterclass by AFC resident Chef, Chef Wendy as she demonstrated one of her favourite dessert Chocolate and Cream Trifle. It was an interesting lesson and tips were shared like how to judge the different forms of whisk whether it is soft, medium or firm peaks?

Smoked Salmon Bruschetta

Courtesy of AFC team, we were also treated to a spread of dessert and savory bites. I will leave you to indulge in the spread of photos I have taken... enjoy!

Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Turket Ham & Cheese Quiche

Chocolate Tarts

Madeleines

Chocolate and Cream Trifle

Coconut Butter Tarts

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese

Vanilla Cheesecake

Pana Cotta with Mixed Berries

The climate of the night was the lucky draw. The lucky winners walked away with the new iPad (3 winers), Expresso machine (2 winners), $50 AFC voucher (5 winners) and $20 AFC voucher (10 winners). I was so looking forward to winning the iPad but luck was not on my side.

For more photos of the AFC Foodie Appreciation Party on 3 April 2012, you can visit AFC Facebook page here.