The Hundred Foot Journey

 As part of the prize, I got 2 in season passes to

 The 100 Foot Journey, 

so to find out what the hype was all about, 

caught the movie as soon as possible.

 Glad to say, we thoroughly enjoyed the movie,

 for its scenery, story and the recipes hahaha.

"an Indian family opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant "

this is the premise of the movie.

The Michelin-starred restaurant is 100 foot away from the Indian Restaurant, literally!

I got all my pictures from the BVI facebook :

https://www.facebook.com/BuenaVistaMY

You can view the contest questions here:

Join our The Hundred-Foot Journey contest for a chance to win a pair of Le Cordon Bleu exclusive cooking demo vouchers and in season passes!

• The Hundred-Foot Journey Contest

https://www.facebook.com/notes/buena-vista-international-malaysia/the-hundred-foot-journey-contest/533971343415112

You can see a featureatte of the movie here:

The Hundred Foot Journey - Featureatte

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 Escape to the South of France with Academy-Award winner Helen Mirren.

When the Indian family got stranded Marguerite brought them in and served them visually appealing food on a giant tray like this

Hearty, colourful food that she made, grew and plucked herself!!

 something like this: someone had a lunch inspired by the above!

 Of course, Le Cordon Bleu features prominently in the movie

 It is based on a novel by???? I forgot!!!

ok,ok, here it is....

book tie-up with the movie

 Om Puri  as the quirky, sometimes silly and impractical father

 Manish Dayal  as the gifted cook/chef who married Indian and French cuisine

 Dame Helen Mirren as the haughty but nice owner of the Michelin starred restaurant

and Charlotte Le Bon as Hassan's love interest and rival

The movie is full of cliches and quotable quotes like theses:

 In my kitchen we cook with class, and her restaurant is patronised by ministers on Bastille Day.

Food is Memories, because Hassan lost his mother and is transplanted from his hometown.

Are you ready to explore the South of France

with outdoor cafes like this

and woods like this

 The omelette that he got Madame Mallory to make because he injured both his hands

 Oprah Winfrey chose the book and the story, Steven Spielberg produced/directed the movie

with two big names like that, you can expect an epic movie

 Food and recipes from the movie, I have a post dedicated to these...!!!

 Indian spices readily available in Malaysia too

 They work in Le Cordon Bleu kitchen, I read that these two had to actually observe and practise in real kitchen before they could act as chefs in one

Hassan serves gourmet fish

veloute, Espagnole, bachamel, hollandaise, tomato

can you identify the above 4 sauces mentioned in the movie?

After watching the movie you will be craving Indian food and 

French food, in fact any food, because I am hungry now!!!

My Le Cordon Bleu Cooking Demo Inspired by The Hundred Foot Journey! #100FootJourneyEvent

Had a Le Cordon Bleu experience and cooking demo tied up with the movie "The 100 Foot Journey"

This is my voucher for the cooking demo!

Would you like to know the questions and slogan and how I won? Well here are the questions and answers and my slogan..................

Answer the below questions:

1. What is The Hundred-Foot Journey’s tag line?

Answer: "Life's Greatest Journey begins with the First Step"

MY SLOGAN here!!!!

2. Between French and Indian cuisine, which do you like better? Tell us why in no more than 25 words.

slogan: 

French cuisine is subtle, flavourful, world-renown, 

Indian cuisine is fiery, exotic, full of spices:  

being an Asian weaned on a spicy palate,

 it's Indian, hands-down!

Dear Loo Mee Kuan,

Congrats, you have won yourself the below from The Hundred-Foot Journey Facebook contest.

1. 2 X The Hundred-Foot Journey In Season Pass

2. 2 X Le Cordon Bleu Exclusive Cooking Demo Voucher (Cooking demo will be held in Sunway University, on 13 Sept '14, Sat - details are on the voucher).

We have sent over the passes/vouchers to the address you've given. You should receive it in 2 days time.

Thanks!

Audrey the liason person giving a welcome address

the two chefs today giving the demo: Thierry and David Morris

with a camera man in attendance, we will also be caught on film

but I am caught on my husband's camera first

Theiry demonstrated making of nougats: plain and choc

the fisnished product...

you do not know the tedious process that went into the making of these "Provencial Nougats"!!

tasting the nougats

Photo opportunity

hmmmnnn yum yum, but we did not get any to take home!!

must take photo with Le Cordon Bleu chefs right?

Thierry Lerallu is Pastry Head Chef and David Morris CuisingeChef Instructor

Outside the lecture demo hall

We have a break but no lunch is provided so we went to Madeleine for a set lunch which consisted of

spicy croquette

spicy tuna spaghetti

milk tea and dessert for RM20.00 no plus plus and no GST yet

Now David Morris is going to demo how to cook consomme and a dessert

he shows us how fresh the squid is, it is of shashimi quality and he pops a piece in his mouth

now he is cutting the rock melon to make rossettes

he used the meat slicer to slice the rock melon!!

the egg white has grabbed all the bits and pieces into a raft and floated on top of the soup

shaping the rosettes

nearly done

decorating with coriander, a marvellous herb to him

see, like a work of art: edible painting

Rosettes of MelongMango, Chilli Salsa

now he is using a sieve to dribble the soup on the plate

helper is cooking the rest of the consomme and also blanching the vegetables while chef is preparing the squids

he is pan searing them

spooning the sotong onto the plate

After hours of cooking, this is the result

you would not know how much ingredients went into the consomme and how long it took to prepare that!

Asian Inspired Consomme with squid

Blogger taking close ups of the food

everyone takes photos of the food, it is now a must

He is getting good close ups of the dishes

trays are brought to us for sampling: shot glasses of consomme and a small bowl of rossettes

no seconds!

our serving

hmmmmmmnnn good! but not enought!

savouring the consomme that took hours to cook and with so much spices and herbs and fish that went into it, you must taste everything consciously

selfie time from this blogger

then we were taken on a tour of the designer kitchen that costs RM6 million to build!! We passed by lots of Sunway University students at the concourse.

The kitchen has names e.g. Julia Child Kitchen, Apicius Kitchen and so on

bird's eye view of the students below

lecture in progress

wow!!! Le Cordon Bleu designer kitchen!!!

I do not know how to explain....let the pictures speak for themselves:

Le Cordon Bleu office

And a last word from Chef David Morris......

Enrol in our class!

Rates are here:

Diplome de Commis Patissier : RM64,000

Diplome de Commis Cuisinier : RM64,000

Certificat de Commis: RM22,5000

Certificat de Cadet : RM21,000

Certificat d'Assisstant : RM20,500,00

plus application Fees, Student Admin Fee, Uniform and Book, Tool Kit about RM12,000

Next post I will give you the recipes to the above...