Cheese craving satisfied at I.E. Kitchen Academie Culinaire

After having the cheese and ham brioche I was craving for cheese again so I attended the cheese fondue class ($650 for two ppl) where you get to eat cheese fondue as well as learn how to make it!

I was surprised to learn that the ingredients were simple, it was cheese, starch, white wine, Kirsche, black pepper, paprika and garlic.
NOTE THERE IS NO MILK IN THE RECIPE however local restaurants put milk in the fondue because they think milky is cheesy!!!
Err I don't think so somehow!

We started off with a plate of appetizers of air dried beef and bayonne ham accompanied by pickles to balance the waxyness of the meats.

After we finished the appetizer, the Chef demonstrated how to make the fondue!
It was simpler than I thought.


I have skipped the steps here but it is pretty easy.
Anyway, the fondue was finally ready to eat and it was divine dipping soft bread into the piping hot melted cheese.
The cheese was moreish because the acidity of the white wine decreased its heaviness.

There were three breads available: Brioche, white bread and walnut and rye.
The white bread and walnut and rye were good for dipping because it was soft with a good yeast taste but the brioche was a bit too heavy for the fondue because it was buttery.

After finishing the fondue we had the apple tart for dessert which was a sweet ending.

As well as the fondue classes, they also sell fondue packs for $200 which includes all the ingredients, fondue forks, burners and sufficient wine for the fondue experience.

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Green tea fondue at Nasubi

Went here especially for the green tea fondue after seeing MKK's photo.



The green tea fondue

It comes with two square dishes of fruits and Japanese sweets.

Not an expert on Japanese food so I don't know the names of the non fruit things.

The white pearls are almond pearls.


The green tea fondue was better after a while because the sauce goes thicker and coats the fruits better.
It had a mild grassy taste with a strong creamy white chocolate flavour which went well with the fruits.

Overall the staff were really nice and attentative but the only complaint was the chemicals from the burner because they made my nose feel a bit sore when you breathed in the vapours.

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Nasubi:

Shop 6-8, G/F, Tonnochy Towers, 260-264 Jaffe Road Wan Chai.

Cheese fondue @ Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant

Saw the cheese fondue set and the extra instant noodles you can order to put in the fondue so went in for that.

 

 

The service was slow and there were crowds of people waiting to be seated and there were so many empty tables inside.

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Cheese fondue:

 

 

The fondue ingredients that came with the fondue were: bread, frankfurters, broccoli, prawns, potatoes, cherry tomatoes and a piece of red pepper.
The bread itself was nice because it was layered bread just like the ones at bologne, however it was disgusting with the fondue because this bread was sweet. For the chocolate fondue it makes sense to have sweet bread but for a cheese fondue that was foul and weird.

 

The cheese fondue was quite nice because the cheese was quite cheesy and not too creamy with a hint of white wine. The brocoli and the prawns taste the best. the potatoes were disappointing because they were hard.
Before the noodles came, most of the cheese had already evapourated and got burnt.

 

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Extra instant noodles:

 

 

The portion of instant noodles were quite small and it came with the soup base powder in a separate tiny bowl.
The extra cheese that came with the noodles did not taste as nice as the cheese in the fondue because it was just creamy.
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Balanced buffet with superb range @ Farm Vegi

When I first saw the restaurant name, I assumed it was Vegetarian until I saw pictures from the review.

However, they serve very fine dishes under the all you can eat menu.

There was so much choice, ranging from carpaccio's, fried items, western dishes to cheese fondue.

There is also a salad bar.