Monday, September 19, 2011

Gourmet Pizza at The Cooking House

the other day when i was in kl 
nijam and i went to the cooking house, damansara 
to learn how to cook gourmet pizza

i ate pizza before, lots of time but making one form scratch???
memang tak pernah arrrrrr.....
(actually i pester nijam to buy the groupon for this pizza cooking class. didn't even know how did i managed to convince him.but somehow i did.hehee. thanx nijam :D)

i thought we were late for class.luckily we're just in time.
out of 14 people there for the class, we were the youngest. no surprise there. 
hahaaa. and in my head *shit, having a class with seasoned cooks.* talk about intimidating~~

all of us are handed out with recipes 
the chef, chef ryan starts with a demonstration on making the pizza dough from scratch
ok that is chef ryan. i snapped this pic while he was chopping basil leaves i think.

after the demonstration on how to make a dough 
we went back to our cooking stations, and started making the pizza dough
we shared the station with two ladies. apparently sisters. 
they were in such a hurry , as if making the dough was like a competition
talk a about PRESSURE!
the first dough i tried making with nijam was not a success
it was hard,and when we ask the chef , he said add some water, and we ended up with a SOGGY dough
then we ask him again , he said REDO?
wat the FAK?
we make the second dough in a rush because chef ryan wanted to demonstrate the next recipe 
LUCKILY the second dough was a success. 

chef nijam at work 

chef mim. posing at work  ;p

we were such in a rush for the second recipe,which is the Pizza Dolci
sweet pizza with orange marmalade and fruit salsa
it was a disaster
when all the sweet pizza was out from the oven, we were like, whose flat pizza is that ???
since everyone's was fluffy and nice looking colour
then later we found out that it was ours :/
the result -flat looking and keras gila boleh buat pukul org .serious!
cannot be eaten. dispose. rubbish bin!


this the pizza sauce chef ryan made for all of us
he said we had no time to do it 
so he cooked it for all of us there

some of the ingredients provided

this is pizza quatro sangioni
talk about fancy name
mentang2 gourmet pizza konon
oh! nijam and i made this!


we made this to !
calzone!!!
calzone al salmone affumicato!
nama nak fancy je lebih :/


the end result
calzone
capers tasted so yucky 
euw 
tak sedap lansung 
capers are common ingredients found in italian cooking
*google capers*
but euw tak sedap :S serious!


i guess the pizza was too gourmet for me 
i didn't like it at all 
ok exaggerating
i can eat it so-so
maybe i'm so malaysiannize, 
i prefer dominoes/ hawaian chicken pizza
call me kampung but seriously not that nice la~


these are mini pizzas
supposedly served with salsa
not shown here
these are not made by nijam and i 
these are the kakak nyer mini pizza
i bet they envy our mini pizza because it's better looking than theirs. hahaaaaaa


it was fun and tiring
one failed recipe, three successful ones
good try for beginners :) 

but,
the class could be better if 
*the chef takes it slow, one step at a time
*the chef makes sure everybody can do it (in this case everybody can bake pizza at home once they finish this class)
*the chef shouldn't be so arrogant 
*the chef should check the progress of each table
*chef shouldn't eat their creation, should let students try them instead

but all and all
a fun experience
at least i learn something :)
and nijam was not bad at all in the kitchen :)

The Cooking HouseTel:  03-23001070
Fax:  03-23001070
Add: 20-1, Jalan 31/70A,
50480 Kuala Lumpur

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