ICCA's Cake Decorating Contest

< Article taken from The Star Online >

DO YOU love to decorate cakes? If the answer is yes, here’s an opportunity for you to show off your cake decorating skills.
The International Centre of Cake Artistry (ICCA) is organising its first annual cake competition from October 1 - 3, 2010. It will be held at Sunway Giza, Dataran Sunway in Kota Damansara, Selangor.

There will be two categories: The Wedding Cake and Junior Competition. The Junior Competition is divided into Kid’s Cupcake and Teen categories. The Kid’s Cupcake category is open to kids between the ages of eight and 12, meanwhile the Teen category is for those between 13 and 18 years of age. The theme for the Junior category is Go Green.

Exciting prizes await the winners. Among them is a five-day Squires Kitchen course in the United Kingdom inclusive of flight ticket and accommodation (seven days).

The registration fee is RM50 per entry for the Wedding Cake category and RM30 for the Junior category.

The competition will be judged by an international panel of judges, namely Eddie Spenser MBE, UK ; Rose Wallace, USA ; Debbie Brown, UK and Rosalind Chan, Malaysia.

In addition, you will also be able to learn from the experts as there will be cake decorating demonstrations during the three days.

For details, call 03-6140 8835 or go to http://www.2decoratecakes.com/

Hennessy X.O Appreciation Grows Gastronomy 2010 Event

Chef Alvin Leung, a 49 year old chef who specializes in Asian Molecular Gastronomy with 2 Michelin Star will be down in KL in the middle of this month to create a few of his finest and most interesting menus.

This Hong Kong's one and only Michelin Stared chef with the nickname “Demon Chef, “Sek San”(God of Food) and “Chui Mor”(Devil of the Kitchen) will be serving a decadent contemporary Chinese menu in a specially built ‘gastronomic pleasure dome’ at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club.

The third in Hennessy X.O’s Appreciation Grows series of annual events takes place from Sept 20-26 within a gastronomic experience right on the grounds of the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club in Kuala Lumpur.

Tickets are priced at RM800 per pax. For reservation, call 03-2178 0230.

Or log onto http://www.hennessyxo.com.my/ and stand a chance to get FREE ENTRY by just a simple registration to Hennessy's website!

The one and only chef who looks more like a "hak seh wui tai lou"(mafia boss) in Hong Kong. Seriously!

The Demon Chef who got evaluated by Anthony Bourdain

What are you waiting for?

Get yourselves registered ‘cause its either me or you who is going for this event!

“You’ve got to have a little self confidence.

If you doubt everything you do, you won’t get anywhere” - Alvin Leung

Beer Battered Fish and Chips

Ingredients:

1 Fish (Frozen Dory Fish)

2 Large Potato (Russet) / Processed French Fries

1 Large Onion

½ Lemon

½ tsp Salt

Batter:

230ml Self Raising Flour

1 Egg

1 Can (330ml) Beer (be creative with your choice!)

½ tsp Salt

Method:

1) Defrost then marinate the fish with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Afterward, put it in the chiller for at least 30minutes.

2) Fry the potatoes/french fries till golden brown. Keep warm, set aside with paper towel and toss with salt.

3) Whisk the batter ingredients and dip marinated fish into batter. Deep or shallow fry till golden brown, crispy and fully cooked.

4) Dip onion into batter and then toss it with bread crumb and fry.

*serve with tartare sauce and lemon wedge
**substitute beer with milk if you’re allergic/muslim
**add some salad for a healthier alternative
(3:1 ratio of olive oil to lemon with pinch of salt for salad dressing)

                     Fish and chips fine dining style? :D