Deliciouz

Happy Valentines Day!

2010-02-08T21:56:00.003+08:00

Yes, we at Deliciouz do believe that beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder! However, it wouldn’t hurt to have help from some external sources just to make your day go a little better!!!

Here are several helpful and practical tips on making that venture out into the wild world of dating so much easier!

1. Appearance
Be yourself! As much as we recommend dress to impress, there must be some limit as to how far we would go on that special date.

The key point here is to be comfortable, dress for the occasion and never outdress your date! (extra tip: always compliment how lovely your date looks as well!)

2. Location
Be creative!

Try to think outside the box!

The place need not be fancy or expensive. It can be a stroll in the park, a day out at the vines or even Kat surfing at South Perth.

For first time dates, we do recommend some sort of activity to help break the ice. An activity might even help get you out of a tight spot when you run out of conversation topics.

3. Romantic Gesture
Say what? We are not talking about some act of declaration to announce your undying love. That could seriously scare her off!!!

Display small simple gestures to show you care. Like opening the door for your date, helping her carry her grocery bags or even serving her food first before yourself. Simple acts go a long way! Trust us, she will take notice of all of the above!!!

And if you were thinking about going on a picnic just like our video below, take time to look through our instructions and recipes in the video!

Wishing you all a very lovely Valentines Day, whether it be spending it with a special someone or just with friends, we hope you have a lovely day and also Chinese New Year!

Happy Valentines Day and Happy New Year!!! :)

~ The Team @ Deliciouz ~

Deliciouz Movie - Julie & Julia!

2009-10-04T15:45:00.004+08:00

Do You Love to Cook?
Do You Love to Eat?
Have you ever been inspired to do something more?

Join us for a Deliciouz Movie & a taste of some of Perth's finest French Pastries and Petit Fours!

Date: 17 October 2009 (Sat)
Time: 9.45am – 1pm
Venue: Ace Cinemas, Subiaco
Ticket: $15
(includes a Nespresso coffee/tea and a taste of French Pastries and Petit Fours!)

RSVP: Alison Tang or Elizabeth Wu at deliciouz@zion.org.au by 13 Oct 09 (Tues)

P.S. You can check out the trailer at http://www.julieandjulia.com/

Very Pretty Indeed!!!

2009-08-25T22:42:00.012+08:00

Indeed the class was filled with very pretty and creative cupcakes!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped out and who came for the class!!! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! :)

BIG BIG THANKS to Karen from "Kakes by Karen" - the day would not have been possible without you! Thanks for sharing with us your knowledge and skills!!!

Thanks for the wonderful and encouraging feedback, we are so blessed!

We'll be putting up a Flickr account soon with more photos from Saturday's Pretty Cupcake class! Hope to see you all at our next Deliciouz event! We'll be updating the blog with further event information!!! :)

Till then, have fun creating more pretty cakes! :)

Drop us an email or comment if you have any questions from the class, where to purchase the cake supplies or just to say Hello! :)

Everybody received a Deliciouz Cupcake Kit with supplies to create the Pretty cupcake!

Everyone was taught how to make these really pretty, real life looking sugar Frangipani flowers!

Hard at work - rolling, kneading, cutting...

Karen from Kakes by Karen -

taking the lead and teaching the class how to make a yummy chocolate ganache before covering the cupcakes with decorations!

There are lots more photos, so we'll be putting up a Flickr account soon with more photos from Saturday's Pretty Cupcake class!

Hope to see you all at our next Deliciouz event! We'll be updating the blog with further event information!!! :)

Pretty Cupcake Class is FULL!!!

2009-08-14T00:13:00.006+08:00

Thanks to everyone who has signed up for the upcoming Deliciouz Pretty Cupcake Class! We really look forward to seeing you there and are excited to see all the pretty creations that will be made! :)

Pretty Cupcake class is now full!!!

Pretty Cupcake people, you'll be receiving an email soon outlining details of next Saturday's class! It's going to be really good!!! :)

In the meantime, enjoy your Friday and have a good weekend!!!

A Taste of the Pretty Cupcake Class

2009-08-09T21:21:00.005+08:00

Hi Everyone!

This is Part 1 of our cupcake promotion videos!

We look forward to seeing you on the 22 August 2009!

Pretty Cupcake Class

2009-08-03T18:33:00.002+08:00

Deliciouz invites you to join us in creating…

Your very own pretty cupcakes!
You’ll learn how to create frangipanis and leaves from sugar plastic icing, make chocolate ganache, how to perfectly cover your cupcakes, and create a mini iced cake with a bouncy or cut out flower!

(Recipes and detailed notes provided in cupcake kit!)

Teacher: Kakes by Karen
(Award winning pastry chef, cake decorator with over 20 years of experience)
Date: 22 August 2009 (Sat)
Venue: Bull Creek Community Centre
(at the corner of Hassell Crescent and Leichhardt Street in Bull Creek)
Time: 10.15am to 3pm
Cost: $35 per person (includes a light lunch)
(All supplies provided except for a few simple items that you can source from your own kitchen!)
Register by: 13th August 2009 (Thursday)
Contact: Alison Tang or Elizabeth Wu at deliciouz@zion.org.au

Good Food & Wine Show - In Perth!

2009-07-15T22:13:00.005+08:00

A Celebration of Good Food, Good Wine & Good Times!

Come and discover thousands of tastes, flavours, products and techniques from hundreds of exhibitors at the 2009 Good Food & Wine Show.

It's like Australia's biggest gourmet deli, most fascinating kitchen shops and delicious restaurants - and it's all waiting for you to discover!

Imagine the delights of:

Seeing your favourite celebrity chef appearing live in the LG Celebrity Theatre presented by Lifestyle FOOD Channel, with demonstrations and book signings throughout the show
Tasting new dishes designed by our celebrity chefs including Tobie Puttock, Matt Moran and Alastair McLeod in the Show Restaurant
Trying your hand at the new Cheese Matters Masterclass or the tasty recipes in the Gourmet Garden Cooking School, as well as exciting wine sessions in the Riedel Decanter Bar.

Alison and Elizabeth will be checking out the Good Food & Wine Show on the 1 August 2009 (Saturday) - come join us as we check out the most delicious and highly anticipated food event in Perth!

Tickets: Tickets on sale now through Ticketek.

Call 13 28 49 or Contact Alison or Elizabeth @ deliciouz@zion.org.au for more ticket information!

For more information on the Good Food Show: http://www.goodfoodshow.com.au/

Continue to stay tuned for Deliciouz's awesome August Event! Keep 22 August 2009 available! More details to follow shortly... check in again soon! :)

A Foodie's Review - Restaurant Amuse

2009-07-04T18:25:00.018+08:00

Those unfamiliar to the culinary dining experience called a ‘dégustation’ may find themselves in unchartered territory with Restaurant Amusé as all they offer is a dégustation or a petit dégustation.

Wikipedia defines a dégustation as ‘a careful, appreciative tasting of various foods’ and focuses on the ‘gustatory system; the senses of high culinary art and good company’. It involves ‘sampling small portions of all of a chef’s signature dishes in one sitting usually consisting of eight or more courses’.

This is fine dining at its best and probably described as a western dimsum- not really but you get the idea. Hadeleigh and Carolynne Troy, a husband and wife team opened Restaurant Amusé in 2007 after stints in Perth’s very best restaurants Jacksons and Loose Box, 5 star hotels in London and Michelin Star Restaurants. Since opening they have won numerous awards, and I was interested to see what the fuss was all about.

Situated in an odd location in East Perth, one would not notice the unassuming front on 64 Bronte St. As you walk in, you are greeted by staff and escorted to one of two closed off sections. My ‘good company’, aka my date and I were situated in a nice cosy corner. It was a Thursday night; usually a quiet night for normal restaurants; but Amusé is not your typical restaurant as not one table was empty.

At $115 per head for the full dégustation, this is not your usual dinner out. It’s purely for that special occasion or special person! Note: Don’t kid yourself by going for the cheaper alternative by going for the $80 petit! For $35 more, you get 3 more courses.

For those new to a dégustation, be prepared to sit down for a solid 3 hours and although portions look small, after 11 courses, it all adds up! You can also add on matched wines for $65/$35 (7 pours for the full and 4 pours for the petit). If you’re adding the wine on, be prepared to take the cab home as you will be getting a pour of handpicked wine at each course of the meal which will surely bring the blush to your cheeks.

The ingredients on the menu look sparse, but I challenge you to catch what your attendant says when they give you a run down on how each dish in created including the ingredients. Me and my partner tried to remember ingredients in each dish but failed miserably as they seem to have rote learnt each description and have probably repeated it countless times day-in-day-out to the point that they seem to have lost the purpose of even saying it.

One of my all time favourite Jacksons in Highgate, which serves a dégustation they call the Dego, did seem to have more confident attendants. Dishes were served with white-gloves and an articulation of the ingredients and method in which way each dish was created was added with poise; an elegance lost by Amusé’s staff.

Start with some freshly baked warm crusty bread and some French Normandy butter- Beurre D’Isigny, which has 82% butterfat. Absolutely glorious.

1) Amuse bouche, translated as ‘mouth pleaser’, or also known as a hors d'oeuvres was an appetising parsnip foam soup served with croutons to get your taste buds rolling.

2) Crab, kingfish and horseradish, an interesting mix of avocado and juicy pop in your mouth roe and a hint of Japanese mustard- wasabi! A unique mix of ingredients, textures and flavours starting with little droplets of heavenly roe and ending with a slightly spicy wasabi afterthought.

3) Chestnut, balsamic and truffle: this was by far the highlight of the night for us, but unfortunately, my date and I let our excitement get the better of us and did not take a photo. It was in fact a chestnut polenta sitting under a balsamic ice cream (yes, that’s a balsamic vinegar ice cream, and yes it was divine!), topped with shallots, chilli, crouton and a shred of truffle.

3) Marron, witlof and vanilla emulsion and caramelised with a twill pastry and sesame seeds.

4) Rabbit, foie gras and parmesan broth with linguine, tomatoes, spring onion and mascarpone cheese- pasta like you never had before. Parmesan cheese flaked on top of pasta will never be the same again! I can only dream that every restaurant offered you a parmesan broth poured over your pasta...

5) Salmon, cooked medium rare to perfection which falls off layer by layer but which yet has a consistency that befits the freshest salmon, with perfectly sautéed scallop and fennel. A crisp salmon skin rested on top with bordelaise sauce and bittersweet orange puree and a melt in your mouth fatty pancetta (the way it should be!). As I look at this picture, I find it hard to decide which is my favourite for the night, as both did amuse me!

6) This was also known as the ‘main course’ and you get to pick between the beef or pork. The beef was by far the winner in this course; a Margaret River Wagyu beef cooked to medium rare (the way meats SHOULD be cooked), with avocado puree, artichoke and mushrooms. A lone spring roll sat on a creamy sauce, filled with beef floss made from moist and tender back strap. The other main was a pork and crackling with compressed pineapple, squid and blackpudding.

7) A palate cleanser with lime vodka jelly and celery and apple sorbet, to remove any flavours from the main, and prepare you for the next course and in preparation for dessert.

8) The combination of parsnip, berries, muesli and yoghurt sorbet may at first sound weird, but like everything else so far, all the flavours and textures were a hit.

9) I was never a fan of the beetroot burger, but beetroot is as Australian as one can get in food. A homage to all things Australian, we had a chocolate, beetroot and honeycomb plate as well as a beetroot ‘Rollup’ (like the Uncle Toby Rollups we had as kids) and finished with a bitter dark chocolate truffle.

10) Last dish of the taste journey, was the petit four, a mix of chocolate and cake served with coffee.

A food adventure that did not disappoint, and without a doubt, one of Perth’s best restaurants which needs to be savoured for that special day or that special someone. With a discount in the Entertainment Book this year, giving you up to $40 off the bill, save those pennies and give this one a go! Try something similar at Jacksons, Loose Box or Star Anise but Amusé sits amongst the echelon of Perth’s best.

Thanks to Jason Tay...

Bachelor of Food (BFoo)With 23 years of experience in the industry, Jason started his love of food with humble beginnings and developed his taste over a lifetime. He puts his 2 greatest loves as food and Fran, and is at war with which he loves more, but believes they go very well together.

***If you know of a great restaurant, cafe or cool eating spot - do write up a review and send it to Deliciouz - we will love to hear from you!!!***

Deliciouz's First Cooking Class!

2009-06-29T21:41:00.020+08:00

Dear All,

We would like to thank you all for coming to the first Deliciouz event ever!!!

It was a great success and without you, it would not have been the same! Thank you for your encouraging and helpful feedback - we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! :)

Upcoming Event
Stay tuned for the next event on 22 August 2009! (Sat)! Details will be blogged shortly!

Other News
Also - a fellow foodie will be blogging on a famous restaurant shortly -so stay tuned! :)

Have a great week, stay warm & safe on the roads!!!

More pictures can be found on Flickr.

~ The Team @ Deliciouz ~

Thank you thank you thank you...

2009-06-15T21:52:00.008+08:00

Deliciouz would like to thank the following special people who have shared the same vision, hopped on this exciting food trolley and spent hours of their time laying the foundation of this very yummy interest group...

The Iron Chef Cast (thank you to Adrian, Jimmy, Samuel, Gabriel, Ivy, Jason, James)

Our brains behind the production of Iron Chef - Joshua

Our lovely friends who so generously let us use their home for our production - thank you so much! :)

Our photographers: En and Gerard

Our Webmaster: Gerard

Our Design Artist: Nikki

ZPH: Pastor Patrick & Boon Wai

ZPH Media Team & Stage Managing Team

Thank you for the great times and sharing the same vision as Deliciouz, to connect with people through food! :)

The Launch of something totally Deliciouz!

2009-06-14T17:45:00.005+08:00

Deliciouz was launched on the 24th May 2009!!!

Thank you to everyone who came up to say Hi and to sign up to be a part of ZPH's food interest group!!! We are so excited that you want to be a part of this! We aim to connect with people through food, hopefully impart some useful practical domestic skills and most importantly, for everyone to have fun!

Tender, moist and totally heavenly chocolate cupcakes made by Alison! Love the ganache! Stay tuned for more cupcake events in the coming months!

A four layered vanilla sponge, filled with freshly piped whipped cream, topped with a tangy passionfruit icing and fresh kiwi fruit and mandarin slices made by Elizabeth!

Continue to keep in touch - we have exciting events planned for the next few months, so stay tuned!!!

We have sent out a mass email with our upcoming Cooking Class on the 27th June 2009 (Sat!).

If you have not received an email yet - please drop us a line at deliciouz@zion.org.au !!! We couldnt interpret all the email addresses so there have been bounced emails! We want to be in touch so email or come talk to us at church!!!

Have a great week everybody, and we hope to see you at Deliciouz's first Cooking Class!!!

~ The Team @ Deliciouz ~

Error in e-mail address ...

2009-05-26T23:43:00.003+08:00

Hi everyone,

If you've sent us an e-mail recently and wondered why no one has responded or received an error message instead, there was an error on the e-mail address posted on this site. The correct e-mail address is:

deliciouz@zion.org.au

My apologies, please resend your e-mails and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks!

~The Team @ Deliciouz~

Deliciouz Iron Chef - Episode 3 - Final!

2009-05-24T18:32:00.006+08:00

Hi Everyone!

Hope you enjoyed today's last episode of the Iron Chef!!!

We'll be posting more posts about today's cake and candy booth this week, thanks for your encouragement and we'll be in touch with those who signed up soon!

For those who haven't, it's not too late!! - drop us an email at: deliciouz@zph.org.au

Continue to check the blog for lots more exciting posts!!!

Have a great week & stay warm!!!

~The Team @ Deliciouz~

Deliciouz Iron Chef - Episode 2

2009-05-17T22:22:00.000+08:00

Stay tuned for our Grand Finale this coming weekend………

Deliciouz Iron Chef - Episode 1

2009-05-13T22:19:00.000+08:00

Stay tuned for episode two.

Whose cuisine will reign supreme?!!!

2009-05-12T23:56:00.000+08:00

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all managed to catch the video promo over the weekend! :) Some of you may be wondering what is this all about?!!!

This is the launch of ZPH’s very own food interest group, DELICIOUZ!

We’re passionate about people, and we’re passionate about all things related to food!!!

We have a heap of great ideas and events lined up – and will be updating the blog regularly. We can’t let anything out of the bag at the moment, but it’s going to be awesome! We hope it’s going to be a time of great fun and also hopefully increase our culinary skills and appreciation of food!

Stay tuned, and make sure you cast your vote!

Whose Cuisine will Reign Supreme???

~Ally & Elizabeth – The Team @ Deliciouz~

Master Chef Samuel

VS
Hiroyuki Sakai, Iron Chef French

Coming soon ... stay tuned!

2009-05-01T23:55:00.000+08:00

Hi Everyone!

Thank you for visiting “Deliciouz!” – stay tuned for an updated and exciting blog! Wont be long!!! :)

Hope to see you soon! :)

~The Team @ Deliciouz ~