Chefie’s World

The pictures here were taken the day after I arrived in Princeton, New Jersey. The last colors of autumn taken middle of November. Beautiful…..since after a week it was so so so so cold…winter just came with out warning. Four clothes layered on top of each other, walking 7 blocks every weekday from the Path Station to FCI on Broadway. Maybe it was the main reason I lost weight in the US.

The weird thing about the pictures in my last post is that there is no form of explanation to what it was. The first picture are the lighted trees fronting Time Warner Building on Columbus Circle. I bought Truffle Salt in the William Sonoma branch inside which I got for free but that’s another story. Next picture is the gigantic red Christmas balls fronting a building on 5th Avenue and last, are the trees in my brother’s house a day before I left, snowing! Everytime I visit America during winter, the day before I leave it always snows…..first snow so it is very pretty…..

It was a whirlwind and tumultuous when I got back, after a day of rest, I started teaching again a bunch of eager, excited group of students…..with diverse personalities. Even I was in school for 12 hours, I enjoyed it since I was in the new kitchens of our annex building….sarap magturo doon. To the point that I even asked Apol to go and get my stainless high chair from home so that it becomes the instructor’s chair there.

Next day, I had the privilege to tour, one of my idol chefs from the States. Chef Robert Danhi, a CIA chef instructor who I met during one of my USDA tours. Brought him and his wife to Antonio’s Grill in Tagaytay, CACS / Cafe Ysabel and King Crab for dinner. Tried my very best to entertain them even with the hardships of Christmas season. But I was very happy I got to drop them to the airport for their flight to Hongkong….I love bringing people to the airport…..

The next days were a bit more confusing since right after Christmas, the whole Gavino family and moi left for Macau….that’s a longer post to write about.