Well my day started rather early today and was a VERY VERY long one at that! So YESTERDAY at 7:30 pm (my time-12:30 pm IL time) I sent both of my parents a text telling them to call me...well at 4 am (my time- 9 pm IL time) my phone rings and it's BOTH of my parents on the phone asking if I'm ok cause my dad got a text saying to call me! I was like...it's 4 am...i sent that forever ago...can i go to bed. I couldn't believe it. So i went back to bed. Then at 7 I got a phone call from my friend Jon in the states asking if I was up and I was about to say no I was not up...then I freaked out cause I forgot to set my alarm for 6:45 so I was SOOOO thankful he called to "wake me up!" If he wouldn't have called I would have TOTALLY kept sleepin! However at first I was so annoyed cause it was like my phone wouldn't stop ringing! Anyway...went to school and at 8:30 we had CD and learned Mussel Soup, Veal Chops and Strawberries Italian Style with Pistachio Biscuits,a Marscapone and Whipped Cream Topping and a Balsamic and Orange Juice reduction sauce. Not the best tasting day except for the Strawberry thing! That was one of the most amazing and simple desserts i've ever tasted! I mean we DID learn it in cuisine...so it HAS to be easy ;) I'll be makin that A LOT! It's SOOO good! Anyway after class we ran for coffee because at 12 we had cuisine pictures. Blah! Then at 12:30 we MADE the veal chop. Well...I didn't do horrible...however my jus...was horrible. When I mean horrible...I mean I asked the chef if I had to serve it because I personally wouldn't serve it in my restaurant so why would i want to serve it to him? He said that was ok and I could trash it...especially after he tried it ;) It was nasty. It happened to a few others in class too. He explained to me why it was that happened so atleast now I knew why. As far as the rest of my dish, he said my veal was cooked correctly and my potatoes were perfectly browned. He didn't say anything about my turning though! Oh well. And my other veggies (onions and mushrooms) were cooked correctly also. So besides the jus, I didn't do bad. However...I couldn't eat it. Not my type of flavor.
So we got out VERY early...like 2:15 (normally 3:30). So Katie was feeling sick (hope u are better sweetheart!!!), Kaili went to take a nap and Melissa went to do laundry and now that you know everyone's business (heehee) I waited around to go to the pastry visit! Duh...free pastries...ofcourse i'm in!!! So at 3:45 we left because someone was late...so we walked over to this nice pastry shop called Christian Lecoq. He is the owner. He was very nice and he makes EVERY thing in house which is exactly how I want to do it. And the best part...is he makes 12 different flavors of Millefeuille!!!! I will def have to go back and check those out ;) Well they had leftovers of what we tried...so i told him i liked it so much...so he gave them to me! hahaha. Atleast I was going to the gym afterwards! So after the visit, I DID go to the gym...then after I RAN to this store to buy leggings. I know I know...me in leggings. Well it's what they ALL wear, plus you wear a long shirt and boots...so I tried to pull it off! So then I came home and got in the shower, and dolled myself up in my new leggins! Then I proceeded to walk to dinner which was an hour away (walk that is!) It was GORGEOUS outside. Maybe 50 degrees out and clear weather. I listened to my favorite cd called Our Story So Far, and talked to my mom for a little. It was really nice ;) Anyway, I was going to this restaurant called Dans Le Noir. I am going to write a seperate blog about it!!!! It was for Kaitlin's Birthday. After dinner, at 1 am, Kaitlin (who lives a block away from me) and I walked to a cab stand to wait for 45 min for a cab and eventually got home at 2:30ish! Then at 3 am I went to bed :) Read the next blog for dinner details and pictures!
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