Had my company's 2nd team quarterly event on Friday and it was awesome!!! I was just brainstorming for ideas for our quarterly event over lunch when someone mentioned something about a private cooking lesson stint she saw on tv. I immediately grabbed by iphone and viola...Cookyn with Mervyn came up on google.
If anyone is interested, below is the link:
http://www.cookyn-with-mervyn.com/
Even though the price was way too steep for our budget, I was impressed at how accommodating and efficient they were. I was greeted by a very sweet voice over the phone which turned out to be Mervyn's capable wife. She took the trouble to fit as much as possible within our budget. With all the trouble she went through within such a short notice (I only gave her 2 days of notice) and such a sweet voice over the phone, I was dying to go for the lesson!! :)
The team embraced the idea and we were set for a night of cooking!
Below is a pic of all of us before we started, all decked in our aprons. We were greeted by a very young couple and a beautiful kitchen the moment we stepped into the place. Perfect setting for cultivating one's cooking interest.
Chef Mervyn and his wife Amanda.
Our chef doing some demonstrations.
The menu for the day includes 2 dishes + 1 dessert. I am really impressed at how simple it is to cook up some sophisticated dishes we get in the restaurants.
We started off making the dessert which was Chocolate Mousse with Fresh Berries. We had to fluff up creams and eggs. It really trained up our arm muscles heh.
The 1st dish we made was Chicken Leg stuffed with Feta Cheese.
For the vegetarians, we made Wild Mushrooms with miso paste and lemon.
The 2nd dish was Spaghetti & Seafood tossed in Cashew Nut & Laksa Leave Pesto.
Check out the final product of all our dishes on 1 plate :) We were ready for dinner!!
Mervyn also did 1 chng tng sorbet. I love it! I intend to turn my mum's chng tng into that the next time.
Check our our happy faces :)
Thanks Mervyn and Amanda!
If anyone is interested, below is the link:
http://www.cookyn-with-mervyn.com/
Even though the price was way too steep for our budget, I was impressed at how accommodating and efficient they were. I was greeted by a very sweet voice over the phone which turned out to be Mervyn's capable wife. She took the trouble to fit as much as possible within our budget. With all the trouble she went through within such a short notice (I only gave her 2 days of notice) and such a sweet voice over the phone, I was dying to go for the lesson!! :)
The team embraced the idea and we were set for a night of cooking!
Below is a pic of all of us before we started, all decked in our aprons. We were greeted by a very young couple and a beautiful kitchen the moment we stepped into the place. Perfect setting for cultivating one's cooking interest.
Chef Mervyn and his wife Amanda.
Our chef doing some demonstrations.
The menu for the day includes 2 dishes + 1 dessert. I am really impressed at how simple it is to cook up some sophisticated dishes we get in the restaurants.
We started off making the dessert which was Chocolate Mousse with Fresh Berries. We had to fluff up creams and eggs. It really trained up our arm muscles heh.
The 1st dish we made was Chicken Leg stuffed with Feta Cheese.
For the vegetarians, we made Wild Mushrooms with miso paste and lemon.
The 2nd dish was Spaghetti & Seafood tossed in Cashew Nut & Laksa Leave Pesto.
Check out the final product of all our dishes on 1 plate :) We were ready for dinner!!
Mervyn also did 1 chng tng sorbet. I love it! I intend to turn my mum's chng tng into that the next time.
Check our our happy faces :)
Thanks Mervyn and Amanda!
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