Finally after the long anticipation, we went for our cooking excursion on Thursday. Xuan and friends were all excited when on the coach. Although there were only 12 of us in the class, all the mummies lamented that we were so noisy. haha.. actually the mummies and daddies added to the noise as they got busy catching up with each other. hahaha.. There were 3 distinct groups of parents. One group of Japanese. One group of Koreans and another group consisting of the local mummies and one American born Chinese mummy. However, all of Xuan's japanese classmates' mummies could understand and speak English and so there is good exchange too.
The cooking excursion is led by the Italian chef of the restaurant. He was humourous and slowly explained and guided the children step by step to cut the cherry tomatoes, shred the basil before tossing them together. Next, the children were also required to beat an egg. This step came easy for Xuan as she has lots of experience beating eggs at home. Xuan always asks to beat the eggs during mummy's cooking time and of course not forgetting our baking sessions. Xuan's skilful beat caught her principal's eyes and soon many other mummies joined in singing praises of Xuan. hehe.. :D Next each child was given a big piece of chicken breast meat. They pat the chicken in the tray of flour, followed by coating it in the bowl of beaten egg and finally patting the chicken again in another tray of bread crumbs. haha.. This was a rare golden opportunity for Xuan as mummy has not yet let her have the chance to handle raw poultry, let alone all the marinating work. We could see all the serious look on every child's face. We guess it should probaly be everyone's first experience. However, it was obvious that they enjoyed it. All the mummies only lent their helping hands when needed. Thereafter, the chickens were brought to the kitchen for deep frying.
Xuan and friends were served with the breaded chicken that they prepared earlier on together with chips and cherry tomatoes while the mummies and daddies chose from the set lunches available.
All of us had a fulfilling lunch. That was not the end of the fun! After the lunch, 2 of Xuan's classmates' mummies decided to join Xuan and mummy to Paragon when they learnt that we were going to the Paragon playground and art and craft corner. Xuan and friends were elated as we took the bus from robertson Quay to Orchard. While the children had fun, the mummies had a good time sitting down chatting away too. Mummy was glad of the opportunity to befriend Xuan's classmates' mummies who are nice friendly folks.
We look forward to the next excursion! :)
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