Gourmet Chocolate Workshop

The long-awaited chocolate workshop organised by NUSS, whereby the instructor of the day was an ex-pastry/dessert chef from Ritz Carlton. We were so looking forward to it.

I would say that the chef herself was probably very qualified and great at her job. But it was probably the first time that she taught. The way it was carried out was unorganised and not very enlightening.

The chocolate mix was done for us, like a kids' class. They gave us the ready ingredients and the chocolate mix and you get to mould them etc. The Chef was unable to give clear instructions and left the class in bewilderment. She couldn't verbalise the steps that she was doing, assuming that we understood. Thank goodness for the facilitator who spoke clearly and conveyed our questions. However, some questions were never really understood and answered.

The recipe sheet given was not clear enough and it didn't have all the items that we were making. In the end, I just gave up paying attention and just played with the chocolates like they were playdough. Not worth my $48!

* we started making cornflakes in white choc.

* and went on to coconut truffle (forgot the name) and rocher.

* it was one messy processs

* weiming went along too. He made all the big-sized chocs!