“darren! your girlfriend is on the phone!” and ” come! $5!” . This, my friend, is from the pastry kitchen of Marriot. But they are soo familiar cos at some point of time, Lynn and Chern Shen had said those words to me. haha. and hearing it in the Marriot kitchen made me wanna laugh. 2nd day inside the kitchen and we stamped out the tart shell dough and roll the pineapple filling. Figured out there wasn’t any harm in asking questions and I found out what temperature it needs to be baked in and for how long(Let me put it this way, the GWP kitchen culture forces you to ask questions aka being a KPO).haha. now time to find out the pineapple filling recipe! hahaha. and the thickness of the dough(I am guessing its 7mm, driving me crazy not knowing the exact thickness).Oh yea, I met my primary and secondary school junior, who is intern-ing at Marriot now(she’s in culinary), can’t believe that she’s in this line too!
And somehow, I found myself walking back to GWP after work. I don’t know, for some odd reason, I don’t want to forget their faces. Also, for some funny reason, I almost got emo but there was also this feeling of happiness and delight when I saw them. And relief. Maybe cos Marriot is a strange place so going back to GWP is like going back to home base. There was the usual “wah! you very free arh!” coming from damei and “what are you doing now?” coming from the rest. Told them about the pineapple tarts and lo and behold! Jessica used to work there for 7 years before moving to GWP and she knows Richard(Marriot’s CDP, who happens to be indon)! gosh!such a small world! Now I know why Chef lynn say that the singapore pastry world is small. And she ask me to say hi to him for her on Sunday.LOL. But the most amazing thing is that, Chef ask me to come back[and I think Nat and Shumin too] to come back and help out during the Singapore airshow[so had to reject the service side] cos at that time, there will be no more trainees. I was WHAT? cos in his eyes, I have alot to improve on and he still want me to come back.
But still, an amazing day. And my heart is at ease knowing those guys are still well.
