Thursday, April 24, 2008

Day 2 of LCB Orientation

Today I went to LCB again this morning. This time I had a company...Pin, Um, Man and I. We met up in front of QVB around 9 am. and took the L20 bus to school. Pin asked the bus driver whether we can go to TAFE Ryde (LCB is in the part of TAFE Ryde). Then he said '' Have a seat..this bus won't go there, but so close'' Such a kind bus driver! ..we don't need to swipe the red ten travel on the bus (mean we don't need to pay for the fare)..but I have no idea why I did !!!!!!!!!
Anyway, the bus driver let us know where we had to get off and we took 501 bus for 2 bus stops to school...We reached there at 10.00 am..hehehe....not bad, rite?
Today, we come for :
  • Present passport with studnet visa details.
  • Student contact details will be checked and recorded
  • Collect Student Course Notes
  • Collect Timetables
  • Check allocated class groups on Whiteboard
  • Locate the locker

There are 3 groups of Basic Patisserie: BP1, BP2, and BP3

BP1 & BP2 : Monday 15.00 - 17.00 Theory
Thurday 7.30 - 10.00 Demo / 10.30 - 14.00 Practical
Friday 7.30 - 10.00 Demo / 10.30 - 14.00 Practical
Saturday 7.30 - 10.00 Demo / 10.30 - 14.00 Practical

BP3 : Monday 7.30 - 10.00 Demo / 10.30 - 14.00 Practical / 15.00 - 17.00 Theory
Tuesday 7.30 - 10.00 Demo / 10.30 - 14.00 Practical
Wednesday 7.30 - 10.00 Demo / 10.30 - 14.00 Practical

Pin, Um, and Meng all are in BP2. Man is in Cert4. I am in BP3 !!! Everyone wanna change to this group becourse you need to come to school only for 3 days...By the way, I am not sure whether it is good...BP1 and BP2 will see each group for everyday...BP3 is quite seperated !

The LCB orientation day !

Sorry for the so-blur picture...this picture has taken from the Le Cordon Bleu Orientation & Enrolmenton on 23rd Apr, 2008 (yesterday)...I was so excited waiting for this day...As you know, I came here, Sydney, since 14th of Apr and I still have not many friends...Then I hope to meet more friends in the orientation day.

The orientation time was 9 am in Level 1, H Block..Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE Ryde Campus.. But I arrived there about 7.45 am..hahaha....You may think I was too excited ? Yes yes..since I had to take the 501 bus from the george st. to the school and it takes about 50 minutes..

And it was raining...haih.....raining everyday in Sydney ! I was in Level 1 and saw just 2 guys came before me...then only 3 of us sitting on the sofa waiting for the time...One guy, I don't know where he is from, he told us that he finished Cert 1 of Patisserie in London, finished Cert 2 in Paris and then now he will do Cert 3 in Sydney...Wowww...I was so jealous....

9.00 am - Registration
9.30 am - Auditorium, Level 5, Building A

In the Auditorium, we was given some information for the new students, about the school, regurations, immigration things, visa etc...Oh..This time I had new friends : Meng from Malaysia who will study Patisserie same as me (he has been here for 4-5 years already), and another guy, sorry I forgot his name, from Phillipines who will study Cuisine...

After that, about 10.30 am, we got a tea-time break for 25 mins..sorry that i have no photos for you. I always think about taking photos of the event or the food..but still too shy to do :P

The Le Cordon Bleu catered us with the cute mini double chocolate chip muffin, blueberry muffin and plain croissant. I think the chocolate one was good and the blueberry is just fine...and the croissant is good too...And for sure, I had a cup of black coffee.. lol

10.55 am. we came back again in the auditorium. They were continue giving us some information about finance..oh you know what, LCB tuition fees will increase from July 2008:( For the continuing students (current LCB students), if we wanna pay the old fee rate, we have to pay our full invoice before May 15th 2008.

As the picture you see above, the chefs was introducing us about some class regulations...They talked nicely and funny..I hope that in the kitchen, they gonna be like this kind ^o^

12.30 pm...yeah yeah...Lunch time !!!!!!!! We went down for level 4 ..They had many different kinds of sandwiches on the long table. White and whole meal bread. For the filling, as I can remember, they had turkey & cranberry jam- i like this, ham & cheese, veggies, salami & cheese.. Sincerely, I prefer the one that William Angliss Institute of TAFE, Melbourne, had served in the coffee class I took ;P

This lunch time, I met more friends : Alex from Brunei, 3 Thais - Um, Pin and Man...So happy ^ ^

Everything seems to be fun for me in this school :D

I got my visa label

I got it.....my visa ! Just that I applied for the e-visa..then have to go to the immigration to do the visa labelling...The immigration in Sydney is located near the Central station where is near my aparment...and it took only a few minutes to get it done...

Actually, it is no need to do this...Last year, I didn't...but I think it is better to got it in the passpost so you don't need to carry your A-4 printed visa paper with you all the time.

And of course, it looks more cool when you have so many visa labels on your passport :P

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

If you come to Australia, one food that you often find here is a meat pie...It was described by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr in 2003 as Australia's "national dish".

After I read many foodie blogs like Grab your fork and Not quite Nigella about 1 famous pie shop called Harry's Cafe de Wheels....looked at the photos they took...Oh my goodness ! Can't wait to try...So lucky they got the pie cart at Hay market where is easy to go...(but the most successful one is in Woolloomooloo)

Around 10.30 am..I was so hungry cuz had a small piece of bread and green tea at home for breakfast. Since that time most of the restaurant has not open yet, The pie was quickly comed up to my mind...Perfect time to try !

Curry Tiger : Curry meat pie with mashed potato, mushy peas and gravy ($5.30)

Of course, I definitely went for the Curry Tiger Pie (The famous one)..A curry pie is layered on top with a thick of mashed potato, a pillow of mushy peas and filled with a lake of gravy....and beautifully...it comes with a fork !


The pie is on the paper plate...I had to carefully carry it to the table...It's time !!! I digged it ...bite by bite...started from the gravy, the peas, the mashed potato...and finally.......

There were chunks of real hot tender beef underneath. The curry was quite spicy..and the taste is similar as Japanese curry in my idea..haha.. The pastry bottom was just a little gluey, but the top was flaky, the filling was meaty, the potato was creamy, peas and gravy... wow.....It is really good when you have this hot pie in the winter..Don't you think so?


Harry's Cafe de Wheels – HaymarketHay Street,

Haymarket, Sydney

Tel: (02) 9281 6292

Also available at:

- Harry's Cafe de Wheels – Woolloomooloo

Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo, Sydney

Tel: (02) 9357 3074

- Hannah's Pies562 Harris Street,

Ultimo, Sydney

Tel: (02) 9211 2506