Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Kids Cooking Class - Xiao Long Bao (Toys''R''Us and Din Tai Fung)

I have received a Newsletter from Toys''R''Us http://www.toysrus.com.my/.
While school holiday, they have an activity for kids, Star Card member can bring along a kid age between 5 to 8 years old to join the "Kids Cooking Class to make Xiao Long Bao (小笼包), it was organised by Toys''R''Us and 鼎泰丰, I assume my son would like to go.

I and Kok Bee (2nd sister) took leave (normally we will take leave while school holiday, to bring the kids and stay at mum hs for few days), we brought our kids to participate this activity.

It was on 7 June 2011, 10am to 12 noon, it is conducted in mandarin and every kids have to bring along their own apron.
venue: Din Tai Fung, Empire Subang
We almost late, luckily it still haven't start when we reach there.


Entrance with 鼎泰丰restaurant name, Event Partner
  


sister 's kids: Dow Jeng and Yat Shing, lets take a photo before it start
  


Harry with his handsome look with chef hat and apron (pink colour), hahaha
  



excited kids stand along the table, they waited to learn how to make 小笼包
 


Harry in red shirt
 


still interested and concentrate
 


took photo from front
 


wider view
  


Dow Jeng and Yat Shing
 
Briefly tell you what is the process:
1st of all, 鼎泰丰prepare 面团 (一条一条), they teach how to 一粒一粒, after kids捏得一粒一粒, 鼎泰丰 staff will put it into a plastic (不要了), 鼎泰丰 staff will take out their correct 面团 (一粒一粒), 2ndly, they teach how to 将一粒一粒弄成薄皮, after that they will put all the wrong 薄皮 into a plastic (不要了), and take out their correct 薄皮, 3rdly, they teach how to 包馅料, we would not eat the 小笼包 that we , we will eat what 鼎泰丰 make. This class really waste a lot of 面粉. What to do, kids don’t know ma.

Staff  prepare 面团 (一条一条) for every kids, each children has one. Harry with his 面团 (一条), can you see the grey shirt boy? his 面团 beome snake shape.
  
Dow Jeng and Yat Shing with their 面团
   


摆个pose先
  


the chef teach the kids to 捏 their 面团 into small pieces using hand, but seems like the kids not good in doing it.
     


Harry 捏的
 
  


大小不一
 


most of the mummy 唔放心
 


Chef teach harry how to make the 小笼包皮, he is listening
 


Harry do it by himself
 
 


Harry show what he did, finally he can make it.
  


Chef show to Dow Jeng 
 




Dow Jeng and Yat Shing did it by themselves
  


开始教如何包馅料,馅料是豆沙
  


Harry said he is tired, he want to sit down
  


鼎泰丰's chef was making 小笼包 for our lunch
  


蒸小笼包
  
Do you know how to eat 小笼包 correctly?
Normally we will put the whole 小笼包 in our mouth, because it is not big, end up with the soup burning our mouth (too hot).
Below is the correct way:
1st, lift up the bao in a spoon,
2nd, open a small hole of the bao using your chopstick,
3rd, let the soup come out, drink the soup,
4th, put some ginger on top,
finally, eat the whole bao,

below is the way to teach us how to eat 小笼包 in Chinese, organiser make it fun, we read it loud together.
轻轻提,
慢慢移,
先开窗,
后品汤,
沾姜丝,
一口尝.  

Oh, now only i know how to eat 小笼包 correctly and with fun.  


they teach us how to eat  小笼包

It is time for us to have our lunch at 鼎泰丰, they prepare 小笼包 and fried rice, it was delicous, only that harry start 扭计, 这个不可以,那个不可以. He make me miss out the group photo. :( 
Time for trying 鼎泰丰 小笼包

We sit a row

鼎泰丰's 小笼包, delicious

鼎泰丰 fried rice
After 鼎泰丰, we go to Toy"r"us at upstair




See this naughty boy, this one can't, that one can't, he cried because he don't want the children set.
So cute, right?


2 comments:

Yee Ling said...

Wow..this is fun. But i like to eat the pao more than making it..ahahhaha

Kok Ling said...

Yee Ling: Ya, agree.
The children also quite tired.