Iron Chef reflection – Rees Racho

Iron chef was a fun end to the semester of foods 12 and having Kasey as a group member really helped. We chose the Bundt cake recipe that we found online and that was a gamble because neither me or Kasey had Bundt cake in the past. With just the recipe it was a bit plain and needed more of a topping so me and Kasey decided on adding a blueberry sauce to make it more fresh and powered sugar to add sweetness. The first days lab was a bit hectic because it required so many different ingredients that were scattered across the classroom. Second day was also fast paced because we instantly had to put our cake in the oven and start making the sauce to put on top of the cake. The baking of the cake was a bit late even with us cranking the oven higher so it cooked faster and we took it out of the oven a bit sooner than we anticipated. We served it to the judges without even tasting it so we hoped that it was all good and not a failure but the judges loved it. I was also later informed that the other groups were sneaking behind us when we were presenting and stealing pieces of our cake and running way. Me and Kasey were the winnings and im looking forward to the cookies as a prize :).  The lab was great and the Bundt cake tasted amazing and i’m most likely going to make this in the future.

Foods 12 oct/nov/dec reflection – Rees Racho

Pho (i don’t have pictures of it):

 

This lab was a fun one because it gave me a chance to talk to my group when we were all still pretty new to one another. It also did not require lots of skills for the actual cooking part, especially with Huan having made it more times that he can count. With just the base recipe the lab was not overly tasteful but Huan made a spicey sauce that made the dish taste great and it got me to eat much more of the lab than initially would have. I don’t remember what he put in the sauce because i was working on another part of the lab but it wouldn’t have been the same without it. Doing the lab again i’d either ask him what the sauce was so I could replicate it or I would find something similar online because the base recipe was lacking on flavour. The group that I had when I did this lab always performed very well and was one of the better groups i’ve had, especially with the Pho lab.