Our First Menu...

Finally, the cookery practicals began after a lot of hoopla. The menu, which was assigned to us, included Minestrone(starter); Irish Stew, Beetroot Salad, Buttered Rice(main course) and Caramel custard(dessert). Although the number of items seemed to be small, we took about three and a half hours to complete, and we were three of us. This was mainly due to improper planning and carelessness. Anyway, finally it turned out this way....



Minestrone was hopeless, with absolutely no taste except that of pepper. After all it's Italian. I personally like the buttered rice and Irish Stew. Although it had to be thickened using flour, it came out to be perfect. The salad had too much of mustard paste, and we got a kick when we had it. The custard was okay, although it had more of vanilla essence(!), but while unmoulding it, we messed up a bit.

On the whole, I would give our group 3/10 points. Not bad, for first timers...