October 10, 2007

I had my alarm set for 7:45 but I quickly went back to bed :) I woke up at 10 am and still no internet. I got dressed and left the house early to go pick up pain au chocolat for my class. Then went to school to use the internet and talk to people. Then from 12:30 to 4:45 we had practical “atelier” style in which we worked as a group. Chef assigned each of us a portion of a dish to complete. Chef then combined them all and plated the dishes. In total, we made 6 dishes. 1) Tuna Sashimi with aubergine puree and sour cherry coulis with vinegar 2) Rice wraps with fresh salmon, celery and mint, with a passion fruit and basil vinaigrette 3) marinated salmon on a bed of oven roasted tomato, and couscous with condiments 4) Fregola Sarda cooked in saffron bouillon with squid, mussels, langoustine, peas and chorizo 5) pork cheeks in a casserole with diced celery root and morel mushrooms 6) Confit duck parmentier with a duck bolognaise sauce
All of the dishes were AMAZING! I wasn’t feeling well today, but the food perked me up! Just unreal! I came home after sitting with some friends and chatting and relaxed for a bit til I had to leave for dinner with Alex. Dinner was at a nice Italian restaurant which happens to be one of his favorites. We had a nice time together. I went home and got to bed around 11.