29 July 2007 - Sentidos Tapas - Cooking Class

Learnt how to cook 5 dishes today.. it was an afternoon well spent

- Scallops with cider vinegar butter sauce

- Prawn Pil Pil

- Spanish Bruschetta

- Tortilla Spinach

- Peppered beef

Come to think about it.. i am pro all things spanish.. my favourite painter is Salvador Dali.. and my favourite architect is Gaudi.. enjoyed my visit to Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona... and i love Spanish food.

OK.. back to the cooking class.. the Scallops cider was quite challenging as a first dish.. if the fire is too hot.. or if you don't stir the cider and vinegar long enough, the mixture will not bind properly.. and you end up having a layer of oil as the sauce. Prawn Pil Pil was simple enough.. i've since cooked this dish 3 times.. once i made the sauce just for the fun of it.. and another time i added Squid to the sauce.. Bruschetta is fairly simple.. and so is the tortilla.. i tried to cook the Peppered Beef at home.. strange.. the pepper did not stick to the beef... and most of it dropped off when i fried the beef... why is that ? Did i buy the wrong type of beef.. or i used the wrong type of ground pepper ?? Help help help...

Am going to start a Gourmet Club one day ( got this idea from my Purist friend - his wife has this group of friends.. they get together once a month.. each one cooks a gourmet dish.. and they share recipes after... ). I will be President.. and i'm sure most people just wanna join as the Food Sampler.. so i will end up cooking everything ! Hmmpphh...