she food present - BONJOUR AMANDA

Bonjour, One of my favorite markets in Paris is Marche des Enfants Rouge and it’s the oldest market. There are stalls that sell cooked food (french, african, morrocan, even japanese bento and it’s super good), fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, meat, cheese…… I love this place. I go there for my grocery shopping and sometimes [...]

Bonjour, I finally made it to El Bulli! It’s really an experience and I felt like a child again. I was discovering new textures and tastes. The restaurant is in the middle of nowhere by the ocean. When we got to the small town Roses we thought we will arrive in 5 minutes. We drove [...]

Bonjour, Sorry I haven’t been undating my blog. I’ve been so busy in Paris. I have started another training at a bigger pastry shop so I can learn more. So I have delayed my trip in Paris for another month. I am now interning at L’Aduree since about a month ago. It’s one of the [...]

Eggs Cocotte (for one person quantity) Ingredients: – pan fried mushrooms (see recipe below) – 1 egg – 1 tablespoon cream – 1 teaspoon or 1 tablespoon of olive oil (depends on how weight conscious you are) – seasoning (salt and pepper) – flat leaf parsley leaf -Rub butter on inside of ramekin. -Place a [...]

Bonjour, Sorry I haven’t been posting any entries lately. I was back in HK for 2 months and it was crazy…..too much work and not enought time. I’m now back in Paris starting my internship at Jacques Genin. I love this pastry shop in Paris….. the chocolates, caramels, and pastries are so good. Everyone is [...]

Crème Brulee Recipe Ingredients: -500 ml cream -55 g granulated sugar plus extra 1 tsp per ramekin -1 vanilla pod -5 egg yolks -Preheat oven to 150 C without fan (traditional oven). -Scrape vanilla seeds out of vanilla pod into the cream and heat till it’s just about to boil. -Beat sugar and egg yolks [...]

Eggplant Rollatini Ingredients -1 eggplant -1 packet of mozarella cheese -salt -olive oil -basic tomato sauce, about 1-2 cups depending on the size of eggplant -50-100 g parmesan cheese 1. Preheat oven to 180 C 2. Cut off both ends of the eggplant. Cut thin slices lengthwise. 3. Place eggplant slice onto a dish and [...]

Bonjour, Yesterday I was walking on the street and there was a fire truck. The firemen is dressed all black with a  champagne gold helmet! It looks so cool (or “chic” like the French like to say). The helmet looks like it came out of a futuristic movie. I want one! Bisous

Bonjour, Lately we have been learning about pulled sugar show piece. We learn how to use pour sugar, pulled sugar (flowers, leaves….), blown sugar (balls, birds…..). I made a poured sugar piece on my first day of sugar work. I made a black base with white streaks and red box decorations on top. Our next [...]

Banoffee Pie Ingredients: -1 Graham Cracker ready made pie crust -1 can condensed milk -5-6 bananas -400 ml cream (I only used total of 350 ml cream in the video but I think 400 ml is better) -40 g. sugar -Place the can of condensed milk into a large pot with water. Make sure the [...]