Fishday...

yes, today was fish, fish and more fish.

First a fish practical, then a fish demo and finally the corresponding practical of this demo. In short: Fishday !


Chef P. is testing/judging Erich's hake dish.


It started off with poached hake. Not much taste to a poached fish like this.... but we did ok. I didn't take it home. We had our young chef Patrick 'judging' us. He walks around with his piece of paper close to his chest so we can't see the notes/scores he is making. Cheffie was a bit strict today.



Zis is my resut of the first fishdish. Hake with a Hollandaise suace and turnes vegetables and potatoes. It was very nice , he said.... Don't know if he meant it, but I think so...


The challenge today was the
infamous Hollandaise sauce.
I did good.... (as a Dutchman).




Rosario (Spain) concentrating on the fish !




Then on to the demonstration. Chef Lesourd again. Good fun. He actually showed three fishdishes. Dover sole, salmon and something elso (forgot that one !), all with veggies and sauce or mayonnaise. Tasted good.

In the last practical we had to make the sole, but we got turbot(s) in the end. Gutting, trimming, filleting etc etc. Then we had to make our own fishstock from the bones. Easy. In the picture, Sean is chopping away.. Cutting up the turbot to make the stock. Result not bad - makes good dinner. I also got Erich's fish. Nice dish. See you all tomorrow, Sj