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Home ยป Reviews ยป Love, Cook, Learn with Four Seasons Wine

Love, Cook, Learn with Four Seasons Wine

February 17, 2013 by Raksha Kamat

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I always wanted to celebrate Valentineโ€™s Day with my beloved. But my hubby never felt that Valentineโ€™s Day was a day to celebrate love. I was wondering how to celebrate Valentineโ€™s Day this year and to make him realize that this is also a day to celebrate love, just like our wedding anniversary.
Surprisingly, I got an invite from PoshVine and Four Seasons Wine to attend the Love, Cook, Learn event at Pink Poppadom, Hotel Ista, M G Road, Bangalore.

I was a bit skeptical to attend the event as I had to travel alone. But then I found out that 2 other bloggers Deepasri and Satrupa were also attending the event. I joined them, we traveled together and we had a great time at the event.
The event was a masterclass, that allowed us to cook and serve the perfect romantic meal. A meal that whispers โ€˜I Love Youโ€™ from starter to dessert. The class was held on 9th Feb 2013 at Pink Poppadom.
The menu was designed for romance and love and was perfect for the Valentineโ€™s Day celebrations.

Chef Sumeet during demo of Rice Phirni
The event was started by an introduction by the Pink Poppadomโ€™s master chef Gautam Chaudhry. The menu was designed by him. Then the class was conducted by Jr. Sous Chef Sumeet Priyadarshi. As the class started, we all gathered around the cooking table and were lost in the demoโ€™s. Four Seasons Blush Wine was served as a welcome drink just when the demoโ€™s started.

Four Seasons Blush Wine

The dishes demonstrated by the Chef were:

  • Ricotta Kabab on a bed of Zucchini Carpaccio 
  • Seafood Hot Pot 
  • Rose Syrup infused Strawberry Phirni

We got to taste in all the 3 dishes.
All the dishes were just awesome and it made us left with the feeling to have a little more.

Ricotta Kabab on a bed of Zucchini Carpaccio

 Ricotta Kabab uses paneer and the chef told us to mash the paneer with the palm by rolling in the plate. The taste was great. I could get a mixed taste of cumin and paneer.

Sea Food Hot Pot
Steamed hot pot was the next dish which was demoed. 3 types of fish namely pomfret, squid and prawn were used in this dish. The taste was mind-blowing. I learnt how five star chefโ€™s make fish curry, how they marinate the fish and how they present the cooked dish. Every dish that they cook is cooked with love and passion and that is the reason why their dishes taste so good.
Rose Syrup infused Strawberry Phirni
The next dish was Rice Phirni with Rose Infused Strawberries. This dish was something which I had for the first time. The strawberries infused in rose syrup and the rich flavor of cardamom in a rice base was awesome. While eating this dish one could taste all the flavors.

The chef gave us lots of cooking tips like knife skills, deglazing, how to make vegetable stock and to use it in cooking, to use the coriander roots in cooking to enhance the taste of food, cleaning fish, re-using the pans, etc. All the attendees were either clicking pictures or were enjoying the demoโ€™s with the chef or were busy noting down the tips given by the chef.
We did not realise when the class got over. Soon we were asked to taste the demoed food.
It was also lunch time and we were damn hungry after a โ€œyummyโ€ class.
Apart from the class, I liked the pink decor at Pink Poppadom. It very well suited the Valentineโ€™s Day theme.

Decor at Pink Poppadom

For lunch we were served with the dishes which we learnt during the class.
We also did some wine tasting and wine pairing.

Four Seasonโ€™s Wine
The starter Ricotta Kabab was paired with Four Seasons Sauvignon Blanc,
the main course Steamed hot pot was served with rice and it was paired with Four Seasons Chenin Blanc and the dessert Rice Phirni with rose infused strawberries was paired with Four seasons blush.
All the dishes served were yummy and the wines served with them paired well.
Phirni with the Wine Bottles
The masterclass was a great experience for me. Specially learning to cook from a five star chef, getting a lot of cooking tips from him and learning how to present the dish were the key takeaways for me from this unique event.
In the end we all were gifted with a Four Seasonโ€™s Blush wine bottle.
Takeaways
The event which I attended was worth Rs. 1250/- and it was sponsored by Four Seasons Wine and Ginger Claps.
Thanks Ginger Claps for providing me this wonderful opportunity.
I hope to attend more of such events in future.

P.S: I made the Rice Phirni and Steamed hot pot for my Valentine soon after coming home from the event. My Valentine absolutely loved the dishes ๐Ÿ™‚ Have to try Ricotta Kabab soon.

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  1. Kitchen Queen

    2013-02-17 at 9:49 pm

    lovely write up and clicks too.

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  2. WeR SAHM

    2013-02-18 at 2:59 am

    nice recipes and wonderful write u dear

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  3. Priya

    2013-02-18 at 10:53 am

    Wonderful write up and droolworthy dishes.

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  4. Lubna Karim

    2013-02-18 at 6:49 pm

    Love the way you wrote everythingโ€ฆ.that phirni is haunting meโ€ฆ.i misses itโ€ฆ.

    Reply
  5. Photorecipe Stepbystep

    2013-02-18 at 7:20 pm

    Delicious meal, congrats!

    Regards,

    Photorecipe

    Reply
  6. Indrani

    2013-02-25 at 12:23 pm

    Great shots from the event.

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