Final Bow to Intermediate Cuisine YEHH!!!

Heyya guys! How is everyone doing? Today is Sunday and it's as boring as hell. Sorry if I haven't been updating that much since school just ended yesterday!!! WOHOO... And that gives me 24 days of hiatus from culinary school. Well anyway, a lot happened for 2 weeks. To name a few: immigration issues, culinary school exam, soccer, drinking and the end of intermediate cuisine. Oh man, this was really the most consuming point of culinary school. But good thing that Bangkok is fun enough... RAWWWWR I miss my Manila People already!!! Well anyway here were the dishes and happenings!

Vegetable Fritters (zucchini, tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots)

Pork Loin Stuffed with Chestnut and Sauce Reduction

Cream Cheese Tart with Blackberry Sauce

I call it Lemon Lava Cake!!! haha

Marseille Style Calamari

Provencal Fish Stew

Orloff Steak (my exam dish)

Raspberry Tart with Pistachios

Sea Bass and Shell Fish with Fish Stock Froth

Salmon Fantasy Roll

Pigeon Stuffed with Grapes and Sided with Darphin Potatoes

Chestnut Cake with Hazelnut Ice Cream

Lyon Sausage

Quenelle Dumplings in Nantua Sauce

Mardi Gras Fritters

Fresh Cheese Tart

Mouclade

Bearnaise Sauce

Navarin d' Agneau with Potatoes

Chef Cedric's Warning Letter: there was a note attached to a string coming down from the window of the Chefs at the 2nd floor... hahahaha. If there's a kitty, it's from Cedric

my Pigeon is morbid!

nooooooooooo...........they will die w/ that penis meteor!!!

and my Pike Perch Monster is being killed by a sandwich and a Sausage!!! and METEORS!!!

and a war tank!! nooooooooo....

Okay one day from last week, my "guy" friends tagged me along with them to watch them play soccer. I always have to refuse because I don't play it... Gays don't play soccer. HELLO??! *^%$ But I was forced to go. It was fun, but I didn't really play. I was the "useless" substitute... hahaha

indoor field, nice-ahh!!!

future chefs

this pair worked really hard watching them. X)

The weekend of that week, I didn't know that my visa already expired, and I already overstayed for 4 days. According to the Thai Immigration Law, an excess per day would cost you 500 baht. Shit 2000 BAHT!!. So I was forced to cross the border to Cambodia and go back again to Bangkok to fix my Visa and Re-apply for my Student Visa which got invalidated during the red shirt week. But all is good now... here are some snippets from my day "trip" haha...

Daung, Cambodia

Ride to Daung, we watched I Love You Philip Morris

RED SOIL!

Thai and Cambodia Border (you can play bunny hops at the border, but don't last for 30 seconds or else you will be jailed to either countries...seriously you can play)

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GRADUATION and CERTIFICATION CEREMONY

Oookay so this is sort of the 2nd part of my blog post. Well during our certification ceremony in Basic Level, I didn't know that the school would recognize the Best 5 of each batch. These are the people that really did well among everyone else in their class. And that made me think, "oh shit I want to be IN that 5". To be honest, I felt bad because I know I didn't do so well in Basic. I never knew that they would recognize the top students. So, during intermediate, me and Pang talked about it (well Pang was in the top 3 during Basic) and promised to do better than before. Every practical, we made sure about our sauce and presentation. We had our mindset that every practical, everything should be perfect. And it worked out pretty well for us. Pang was Top 1 and I got in the Top 5. I kinda expected something for me this intermediate. Selfish, but I have to beat myself from my mistakes. And glad that it gave me an amazing outcome. Well that's it!!! :p Here are some photos from the ceremony last night...

Khun Poom

I made it in the list, but that's not my name... THEY SPELLED IT WRONGGG!!! X)

me and Mar off to watch Argentina x Germany

w/ Chiao ... I'll see you in KL soon!

with P'Bump. Congrats Man! you did well!!!

Miss Marianne

Team Pilipinas, Nasaan ka LEN?!

them with Chef Wilfrid

Ricky and Aby

Chef Jean, Thank You!

me and pang w/ Chef A

huhu bye! he's leaving for Austin, TX

Kip, Great Job Man!

this guy from Malaysia, Sumana and Terrence

THANK YOU GUYS!!!

Kip with his speech

and Chiao

Sir Gary

patiently waiting for a long line of students (200) being called one by one

earlier that day Me, Mar and Terrence went to this unlimited Korean BBQ.
..... SARAP
P'Bump, Mar (incognito) and Babinella

ANYWAY highway,

That's all from Bangkok!!!

I promise to keep this UPDATED with MORE FOOD!!!

THANK YOU GUYS!!!

xoxo

Babinella

Super Foodie Week

Hey guys sorry if I haven't been blogging, school has been much of a stress and next week is our FINALS. And still I have some immigration issues to fix, I'm still on a tourist Visa until now, but the school is working on it. WEEH! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TERM TO FINISH!!! We've got 24 days of vacation to spare after school. I'm not going back to Manila this time. I'm thinking about going to Cambodia and Vietnam with my sister, since she will be visiting soon. But anyway, how are you guys? I'm tired as f*** but still kicking. I could barely-HARDLY use my bed, since I'm always in school. Been cooking since Monday and been going out since last week. I just cannot blame no one but me. xxx I'm feeling like a zombie now. I need to be well-rested by next week. RAAAAAWRRR!!!

But anyway school has been still.... fun. Really? lol.. Well it's almost killing me and my time, so, fair enough. I'm actually benefiting from it... FAIR ENUFF!!! Can't imagine how many times I have washed my whites for this month. BLAH. My fridge won't even accommodate more food since I've been bringing home food everyday and I can't even finish it. Well I've thrown away the rabbit dish...but still it didn't help. X)))) BUT HENNIWAY Hemingway, these are the dishes for last two weeks...

rabbit front legs and baked potato with goat cheese

pets de nonne or NUN's FART... so it's a holy fart then. YUMMY. just like Beard Papa's

smoked sea bream with micro salad

pets de nonne

HELLOW WABBIT! We meet again.

Orange Cream w/ Anise

Tian of puff pastry, tomato concasee and smoked fish

Beef Stew with Olives and Ravioli

X)

Chef Pruek and the GINORMOUS Foie Gras

nougatine dough

nougatine pastry with hazelnut ice cream. HEAVEN

Rumpsteak with truffle sauce, turned potatoes and celery flan

foie gras with caramelized apples

monkfish wrapped in bacon and cauliflower gratin

shrimp with bacon, artichokes and glazed onions and carrots

Vanilla Ice Cream with Caramel Sauce

wth, i can't remember this

Crumble Pie with Coulis

Cassoulet with Duck Legs, Sausages, Bacon and White Beans

mackerel with tomato coulis

pistachio ice cream with raspberry coulis

Tian of Spinach, Mushrooms and Tomato with Lamb A Point in Peppermint Jus

Saturday last week, BonBon dragged me to BK Magazine's "DO it with BK", wherein you will dine out with the staff and other avid readers. We went to Mango Forest @ Narathiwas road. Mango Forest, a Thai/Italian fusion restaurant renowned for its innovative mango-based dishes. We did mango avocado in the sea and tasted the capellini with salmon and mango and caviar in tomato sauce—all paired with free-flow cocktails. It was fun. I met some fun people, and as usual, they thought I was Thai. :p It was a fun night though... will definitely go back here. Well i'll try to grabe the photo from the BK Magazine, which I think should come out by next week. You can see me so serious about my plating with my Mango Avocado Shrimp Salad.. :PPP

a volunteer for the bar mixing session

exterior

Mango Forest at Narathiwas Road w/ football display

tiramisu

nice bar display

BK Magazine staff and readers

the capellini pasta... awesome

listening to the demo

our mango avocado shrimp salad presentation... we had a do-it-your own session. Ours was more original. lol

Well anyway, most of the weekends, I was just at home and probably went out, but everything was just fast. I was too tired to be going out. But here are some...

khao san night with the ladies

Hippie de Bar, Khao San road

my usual afternoon spot. Ubuntu Cafe, Soi Saladaeng

their chocolate cheesecake is a must try

chocolate work by Chef Fabrice

WELL THAT'S IT FOR NOW!!! I'd elaborate more this coming week, but for now, I must go and watch... no not Soccer/Futbol. LOL. I don't really care about it. xxx

XOXO

Babinella