Basic Sugar Flower Class

Salam and Hi,

I've been getting a lot of exciting mails lately, snails and e-mails. These tickets came though snail mail yesterday. The BSG's Cake Show 2012. And I've tickets to dem shows by Alan Dunn, John Quoy Hoi, Marion Frost and Ceri DD Griffith. How exciting is that? 

But I'm still contemplating whether or not I should go...

BSG's tickets. I've got a set of 2 for entrance and dems. I don't know..I don't know.

In the meantime, I'll be having a BASIC SUGARFLOWER CLASS on the 22nd & 23rd FEB 2012, this coming week. So if anyone of you, a beginner, who'd like to learn about wired gumpaste flowers, please call me at 013-355 4399 for info and bookings okay.

BASIC SUGAR FLOWER CLASS WITH FARIDA ISMAIL

DATE : 19 & 20 FEB 2012

TIME : 10am - 4pm

COST : RM250

TOOLS : PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SUGARFLOWER TOOLS. 

If you don't have any tools, we can help source them out for but please provide ample time for us to look for them. So let us know of that soon as you book the class.

Gumpaste, colors, cutters, wires and tapes will be supplied during class. If you would like for us to purchase Rose and leave cutters for you, please let us know, we'll do our best to get them for you.

Btw, Chef Amer's class this coming Saturday had been overbooked. I'm sorry I had to turn away some of you. We'll bring him on again later, insyaAllah, if his time permits. Coz, maaannn, he one busy Chef! In the mean time, I'm sure we're gonna have a lot of fun this coming Saturday!

I'll blog about it during the weekend, insyaAllah.

I had a blast yesterday, over coming my fear of using the BIG double decker oven. I had to really stop thinking about it and just face my fear. LOL! of course the whole shop was blurry from all that smoke that came from the oven. 1st round of baking genoise sponge - underbaked! despite having all that smoke!

2nd attempt was successful, the genoise came out just nice. Minus the smoke! Phewww!! Okay, so the class will go on..hahahahaha...kidding! I finally know how to control those BIG BUTTONs on the oven. BERJAYA!!

Have a good week ahead people!

Love, 

Farida Ismail

BASIC FOOD STYLING & FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP 4TH FEB 2012

Salam & Hi,

Our 2nd Basic Food Styling & Food Photography class on the 4th Feb was fabulous! The class was 80% hands-on and the rest are theories done briefly while exploring the functions of the participants DSLRs. I totally liked the format Pak Uda!

Thank you so much to Chef Ali Mohamad Nor (or better known as Pak Uda Ali among his many students) from Food'O'graphy for coming back again to teach this fantastic and informative class to us.

Another shot of the Blueberry Tart while doing the food styling prep

Pak Uda Ali guided the students through understanding their DSLRs. Some never ventured out of the Auto program button. After this no one should touch that button ever again okay!

Yani of Kitchen Guardian. Perfect pose for TDT's next class flyer.  Also thanks for helping with the prep a bit Yani! and as usual your macs are fantabulous and dangerous! I had it for breakfast laaaa...

The participants discussing among themselves. I wonder what it could've been :)...

Blueberry Tartlets Shot

Mini Cheesecake Shot! I forgot to put some cream on top, it would've looked ever better !

More photos and reviews on www.alimohamadnor.blogspot.com or google FOOD'O'GRAPHY.

Thanks to all that came for the class - Yani, Chef Amer, Diana, Eshah, Sham, Sheriza, Cikmin who came all the way from Bentong, Elizabeth - the travel photographer, Marliya and her daughter Ainaa - who bought another camera to come for the class. Wonderful and gorgeous people! It was wonderful meeting all of you. Hope you'll come back for more of our classes and workshops in the future ya...

Next class Update 18th FEB 2012 : 

Our Chocolate class will be replaced with Commercial Chocolate cakes Class also by Chef Amer. MARK the DATE ok!

PLEASE CHECK THE SMALL BOX ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF THIS BLOG FOR MORE INFO ON THIS EXCITING WORKSHOP.


Till then, take care...

Farida Ismail
The Dessert Table

Assalamulaikum wbt and Hi,

So, while munching on Lyza's delicious biskut udang kering, am staring at the screen, long enough to realize that I've been in 'real' business for 1 1/2 months. Hmmm... sure feels like I've been doing it a looooonggg time. I mean we haven't even launched The Dessert Table properly yet. I'm still juggling up brochure designs, menus and class schedules and orders and some other business prospects that I am now officially a mess. Like today I completely forgotten where I put that newly develop cake photos I picked up from the shop yesterday. 

If it weren't for my two gorgeous friends, you'd probably find me under the bed, hiding from the world, in my comfort zone.

But I thought bout what Hubby asked me the other day, well on the 17th to be exact, 'would you rather you had gone traveling around the world or would you still rather do this? This means opening up Dessert Table.' Hmm... I would open up The Dessert Table and then go traveling..hahaha..oopppsss!

Anywhooo...for the past 1 1/2 months, I've met wonderful and soooo very very helpful people with the most gorgeous souls indeed. I love it that my days now are feel with new experiences and new friendships that I hope will develop into a lasting ones. Am so grateful to Allah for sending these beautiful people along my way...they certainly enriched my life with wisdoms and funny bones...hahaha..

Indeed only Allah will repay all your kindness to me. I pray for your happiness and blessings and bounties from Allah for you and your families. Someone get me a tissue...

Cik Mas, my smurfette, looking so serious at what I was showing her :) . She helped with the cactus tree and Vie the traffic light...you rock Girl!!

The hand responsible for Wilson. Thanks Lyzs, *huggsss*

Jher Wey said, mom where's Coco? hahahaha... Sorry kiddo, no space for  aunty to put Coco neh..

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY JHER WAY!
Jher Wey's mom had this to say :
Hi Farida. I would like to sincerely thank you for the nice cake you made for Jher Wey. The kids were having lots of fun eating the 'sand and stones', even the 'railway tracks' today. Thanks so much for the great work. The cake tastes very good too. It is fresh and moist. We adults enjoyed it very much.
THANKS NIC!

Wedding Anniversary Cake for Datuk E & Datin N
plus 50 cuppies bearing monograms of their initials, which I didn't get to snap, coz I forgot, duhh!

Updates:

Our next Food styling and Food Photography Workshop will be at the end of this week. Am still thinking of the subject to prepare for the shoot. What would like to see being shot? Yani, who's coming this time around, will be bringing in her famous macs. I've also asked her to make some bigger size meringue, we'll see what we can do with that. In the mean time, I'm still blurrish bout what to prepare. Cakes seems so boring. I'll have to pour deep into those mags and books to find some inspirations.

In the meantime, let me go back to those menus and pricing and so many other things pending.

You have a great week ahead!

Love 

Farida

The Dessert Table