A big challenge is forecoming...

Tonight, I had a date with my family. As normal, we decided the restaurant at the last minute, a steakhouse restaurant called THE KEG. It was the restaurant's policy that no reservations are accepted on Friday and Saturday. Some of us got there at 7:45 p.m. They were told that our table will be ready for us in 1.5 hours. No kidding, 1.5 hours wait for a table (that means we can have 2 meals time for 1 meal, 2 for 1). Anyhow, since it was Saturday, everywhere was also very busy, we ended up waiting....

The dinner was pretty good, red wine, filet mignon, mushrooms, mashpotatos, chololate pyramid, Italian smooth dessert, etc...

Oh, I forgot to say the purpose of tonight's dinner. It was for my sister's new job working at IXX in May.

As we were enjoying our dinner, we talked about my niece's birthday party coming this Saturday. Her parents are going to invite over 30 people to the party. My sister did mention to me that I could bake a birthday cake for my niece. At that time, I thought she was just kidding. Surprisingly, she was serious.

So my big challenge is to make an ever first birthday cake for a party of 30 people. I really have no confidence on it. You know, I am a very very beginner baker. Yes, I am taking dessert class and made various pastries and desserts. But classroom is totally different from home. I have no equipments that cost several bucks nor commercial ingredients that make magical tricks in the final products. I have also tried at home but failed.

This time I can't take a risk of failure, success is the only way out. Sigh....only a week of time left. Can I do it? We'll see.

Valentine's Day and Chocolate Mousse Cake

Have you ever made a chocolate mousse cake on Valentine's day? What is it for?

I have just made a chocolate mousse cake. However it is not for my honey. It is made for my dessert class. Tonight is chocolate night. We used a lot of chocolate.....yummy!

Personally I would not make a cake for my honey on Valentine's day because a lot of guys do not like cakes. Just like K. Lee and A. Lai, they do not usually a slice of cake. Making a cake takes a lot of time and heart. Just like the chocolate mousse cake I made tonight. There were a lot of steps involved. I do not think I will make it again unless I know someone who reall likes chocolate mouse cake and I like him/her very much.

Talking about chocolate and valentine, they are always linked together. Why? Chocolate gives romantic feeling to people, especiall women. Chocolate is a combination of sweetness and bitterness, that are so similar to the taste of love. If we are comparing different kinds of chocolate and love, how would you describe yours? I would say my ideal love is like dark chocolate (60% cocoa). Yes, it is bitter but it is the best chocolate. I like dark chocolate over the other kinds of chocolate. The bitterness of dark chocolate is the "pure" taste of cocoa; the dark colour shows the strength, it is strong and hard; the bitterness brings the sweetness to stand out, sweet is precious; and dark chocolate is healthier and good to our body. To conclude, my ideal love is pure, strong, sweet and long lasting.

I trust my Lord will give me such love, as His love to me is the same.

To all, wish you find your true and long lasting love.