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

kisah lemon la pulak

hari itu aku bersama mama aku ke supermarket..
aku suka ke supermarket bersama parents aku..
parents aku umpama 'atm machine bergerak'...hehe.. kalo aku di uni aku mesti ragu2 untuk membeli belah...takut2 hujung minggu sudah tidak ada wang lagi utk dicucuk di dinding..
membeli belah bersama parents aku memang best.. kerana aku tdk ragu2 mengambil barangan yang dipamerkan di atas rak..\

so pada hari itu ..
aku telah membeli lemon pulak ..
dengan harapan nak buat lemonade.. kononnya nak jual di depan rumah aku ..
ntah apa la tebiat aku .. tapi 'sesekali ku rasa teringin' sedutan sebuah lagu berlegar di mindaku...

sekembalinya aku di rumah ..
parents aku sibuk memasak .. aku pun sibuk memerah lemon juice...
setelah aku perah aku pun masak air untuk mencairkan gula..
sementara aku menunggu air utk masak.. aku pun pegi menonton tv...
semasa aku menonton tv aku terdengar bunyi papa aku mencuci pinggan di dapur
( oh bgus jugalah .. aku pun malas nak cuci pinggan hari ni .. bisik hati kecilku)

setelah air masak aku pun kembali ke dapur...
setelah aku mengacau gula dan air panas.. aku pun pegi utk mengambil jus lemon yang telah diperah sebentar tadi...
aku mencari extract jus lemon itu... malangnya gagal.. tidak kelihatan di mana mana
tiba tiba aku menjerit..

papa aku telah mencuci sekali bowl jus lemon yang aku telah perah itu..
sekaligus membuang sekali extract jus lemon itu..
hmm .. nasib baik ada lemon sebiji lagi... kalo tak mesti aku kempunan...

LEMONADE

what u need
lemons
sugar
water
ice

• mula mula extract jus lemon menggunakan peng-extract jus ataupun guna saja teknik naked chef,Jamie Oliver.. perah saja guna tangan

• lepas tu.. dilute kan gula ngan air panas

• then.. campur extract jus lemon ngan gula yang telah di-dilute ngan air sehingga cukup rasa

• sejukkan dalam peti sejuk

• hidangkan dengan ice utk kenikmatan yang lebih masyuk

kata tukang cerita : zella bilang lemonade aku sedap tapi masam sikit... hehe