I was late fortunate to live invited to become on a Makansutra Food Safari and next on from that I received an invitation to attend a Makansutra cookery masterclass amongst KF Seetoh - how could I say no to that?? Apart from a footling trepidation given my consummate lack of culinary skills I did non hesitate inwards maxim yes!
Our cooking bird was held at Tools of The Trade or ToTT every bit I've discovered it is also known as. This was a identify I'd truly heard close (thank goodness) via Twitter from boyfriend Tweeters who are no uncertainty far to a greater extent than at abode inwards the kitchen than I am. Having at nowadays visited I tin appreciate what a depict this identify is to cooks as well as those who honey pottering inwards the kitchen. So if you lot are a fan of cooking, baking as well as hosting, are inwards Singapore as well as direct keep non yet works life this identify I recommend you lot become as well as direct keep a peek sometime.
Anyway dorsum to our masterclass, when I arrived I was given a booklet amongst details of the 3 dishes nosotros would live making, these were, Rojak, Hainanese Pork Chops as well as Bubur Cha Cha Ice Cream. Quickly glancing at the dishes I was glad to run across they all were things I'd happily eat, somehow I imagine it harder to compass something that you lot personally would non desire to swallow as well as that they all seemed fairly straightforward.
As it was a bird led yesteryear KF Seetoh he filled us inwards a chip on the history of these dishes as well as so demonstrated each dish inwards plough earlier letting us issue on them. Thankfully I was non the alone novice compass in that place as well as he is an incredibly relaxed, fun private so I figured that if I made to a greater extent than or less terrible error I would non acquire a Gordon Ramsay mode roasting for it! As nosotros were making 3 dishes inwards alone a duet of hours nosotros did direct keep to a greater extent than or less attention inwards price of pre-chopped as well as prepared vegetables etc. as well as to a greater extent than or less really helpful people tidying upwards later us. If alone cooking inwards existent life (or at to the lowest degree my life) was so organised!
We began amongst the Rojak, something I'd heard of but to live honest was non just sure what it was. I've at nowadays discovered it is a fruit as well as vegetable salad as well as is mutual non alone hither inwards Singapore but also inwards Malaysia as well as Indonesia. Rojak truly way 'a mixture of' inwards Malay as well as traditionally the ingredients include edible bean sprouts, turnip, cucumber as well as pineapple. It seems similar anything goes though! The salad is served inwards a spicy dressing (and it definitely had a boot to it) made of prawn paste, tamarind, sugar, lime as well as sambal chili.
The verdict on this dish was that I'd missed out yesteryear non trying it before. At to the lowest degree at nowadays I know what it is so I tin social club it again. Luckily nosotros were given footling 'doggy bags' to direct keep our dishes abode as well as I finished eating the salad the adjacent day. I personally shout back that was a error though every bit yesteryear that phase to a greater extent than or less of the ingredients had gone a chip soggy. In hindsight a dish that needs to live eaten when it is freshly made.
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| Rojak |
Then nosotros moved on to the Hainanese pork chop. I was in all probability a footling to a greater extent than daunted yesteryear the idea of cooking this 1 than either of the other dishes only because of the grooming involved, despite us having to a greater extent than or less attention every bit I mentioned before. I shout back though I was only letting my vogue to convince myself I can't compass as well as in that place is no hope for me direct keep over as well as I was thankfully pleasantly surprised yesteryear the halt result.
As for a chip of history close the dish, the Hainanese were 1 of the lastly dialect groups to migrate to Singapore inwards the belatedly 1800s. By that fourth dimension most of the jobs available had been monopolised yesteryear the other dialect groups as well as thus many of the Hainanese ended upwards working every bit cooks inwards the British homes. As a consequence they learnt to compass western mode dishes every bit well. You even so run across inwards Hawker centres a lot of what you lot may shout back of every bit western nutrient but amongst a quirky twist based on the ingredients that are to a greater extent than readily available.
Personally I'm non sure you'd desire to swallow this dish likewise frequently though. It was delicious but given that the pork chop is deep fried (in to a greater extent than crude oil than I've ever cooked amongst inwards my life) I don't know that it is the most salubrious option. Isn't it ever the way that the best tasting nutrient is non necessarily the best for you! The chop was served amongst Irish Gaelic patato wedges as well as smothered inwards a tangy love apple tree based sauce which contained of all things Worcestershire sauce! Fantastically yummy though as well as a dish I've promised to endeavour for my married adult man soon.
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| Ingredients for the Hainanese Pork Chop |
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| Preparing the potatoes to become amongst the pork chop |
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| Finished consequence - Hainanese Pork Chop |
Our concluding dish of the even out was Bubur Cha Cha Ice Cream. Given that nosotros alone had express fourth dimension to brand all this nutrient our version was slightly adapted from the traditional as well as nosotros did non brand the H2O ice cream ourselves. We were shown how to decorate the H2O ice cream to our gustation as well as of course of report amongst this dish nosotros had to so swallow it straight off away earlier it melted!
The dish, which is traditionally prepared during the festive seasons is a Peranakan dessert made amongst sweetness potato, yam as well as tapioca pearls. It is sweetened amongst Gula Melaka (palm sugar), this is incredibly sweetness but tastes divine, it reminded me a footling of golden syrup. I could direct keep happily eaten it yesteryear the bucket load!
I was a footling uncertain if I'd similar this every bit I've had yam inwards a dessert earlier as well as it was non something I enjoyed. Despite my reservations though I truly quite liked it as well as the Gula Melaka surely helped it to become down.
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| Ingredients for the Bubur Cha Cha Ice Cream |
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| Bubur Cha Cha Ice Cream |
Our even out ended as well as nosotros headed off abode amongst our 'doggy bags' of rojak as well as Hainanese pork chop. I thoroughly enjoyed myself as well as came away quite inspired to direct keep a become at these dishes again. If they don't plough out just every bit I hold off at to the lowest degree I tin ever become to the local hawker centre instead!
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Thank you lot to notatourist.sg, GOODSTUPH, SingTel and, of course, Makansutra for a wonderful evening.