Since one of the monthly general meeting and nomikai fell on Feb. 14 this year (on purpose or not on purpose), Sachi one of the leaders of Niji arranged a night of making chocolates at a rented kitchen space.
It looked a little something like..this!
A crispy chocolate exterior and a melty ganache center.
My Canadian chocolate and chocolate head. One of my friends actually ate the little man..to be fair he did look a little like him.
After the party I headed off to Yujiro's place to make some more chocolate, this time for ourselves to eat. By that point the insides of my stomach were swimming with chocolate and the thought of eating more of it made me a little queasy. But I persevered!
生チョコ. Essentially ganache chocolates
We also attempted to make chocolate fondant cake but it turned out a little..mushy.
But chocolate is chocolate and it still tastes good no matter how it turns out.
Being the great host he is, Yujiro also made us spaghetti to go along with the chocolate. He's a great cook and constantly holds food parties for people with various themes like nabe parties, takoyaki parties, chocolate fondue parties..but this was my first time going to one of them! (So honoured)
This is his tomato and eggplant spaghetti, while the other is seafood.
And here are some bonus pictures:
Hehe Valentines Day in Japan is fun. Even though the gift giving process is the opposite for us. 笑 The chocolates you guys made looked pretty decent ! Wouldn't eat spaghetti along with it though... lol
ReplyDeleteI tried making chocolate for my Japanese bf this year for Vday, but it was a total failure... hahah. He was glad that I least tried though. I ended up buying him a waffle and melting chocolate over it instead. I'll improve next year!! XD
Anyway, I look forward to reading more about your future blog posts!! Enjoy Japan. :)
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