Chocdoc and eG friends in LaLa Land

[Kerry Beal]

7 hours ago, FrogPrincesse said:

 

Does anybody know if this is related the same principle as Herve This' chocolate chantilly (which predates the water ganache)? Just curious.

Sort of - but Herve is whipping it and Paul is just making a ganache from it.

[FrogPrincesse]

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

Sort of - but Herve is whipping it and Paul is just making a ganache from it.

Interesting. Thank you!

[Kerry Beal]

 

Donald (the Guittard chef) has a lovely garden outside.

 

 

 

Chocolates for the 150th anniversary.

 

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[JoNorvelleWalker]

13 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

Donald (the Guittard chef) has a lovely garden outside.

 

 

 

Chocolates for the 150th anniversary.

 

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150th anniversary of what?

 

[pastrygirl]

9 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

150th anniversary of what?

 

Of Guittard chocolate.

 

https://www.guittard.com/

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

 

Chocolates for the 150th anniversary.

 

They are a buttermilk ganache with sourdough crumbs on the outside.

 

 

 

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[Kerry Beal]

We dropped around to our friend Christine's new shop (Milla Chocolates) which had opened today. 

 

 

 

 

She does lovely panned products and one of her signatures is very thin dried orange slices. She sells little jars of them - hard to see in these pictures. 

 

 

Here are slices incorporated into a bar.

 

 

These are the speakers on the wall.

 

 

And of course I had to sneak out back a capture a picture of her EZtemper in situ.

 

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Totally bagged last night - I didn't post all the pictures of our day. 

 

 

 

The Guittard studio has every ingredient known to man. These are a bunch of peppers from Akesson's. 

 

 

 

 

A water ganache with Myer's rum and salted caramel.

 

 

Prep before we started.

 

 

The making of the salted caramel.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Dinner after leaving Milla Chocolates at a place called Public School across from our hotel.

 

 

 

 

Guavalajara for me.

 

 

A manhattan variation I can't recall the name of.

 

 

A Moscow Mule with another name.

 

 

The calamari at the table next to us!

 

 

Steak Tacos for me.

 

 

Fish and chips for @Chocolot

 

 

Thai shrimp salad for @Gwbyls

 

 

Burger and parmesan fries for @TandemChocoPC

 

 

[RobertM]

We went to an Italian place (I have friends with me) while the rest of the crew went off....

a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio

[RobertM]

Caprese Salad

[curls]

44 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

They are a buttermilk ganache with sourdough crumbs on the outside.

Sounds interesting. Did you like the flavor & texture?

[RobertM]

Caeser Salad (not very exciting)

[RobertM]

Margherita Pizza

[RobertM]

2 minutes ago, curls said:

Sounds interesting. Did you like the flavor & texture?

I did....I thought they were quite good

[Chocolot]

1 hour ago, curls said:

Sounds interesting. Did you like the flavor & texture?

It was wonderful!

[Anna N]

5 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

The calamari at the table next to us!

 

 I do not understand this sentence.  

[AAQuesada]

Love to see my town in pictures! We have a lot of fun moderately priced restaurants in town  

 

Check out Little Fatty for a chef's take on Taiwanese american food in Culver City (and the attached Accomplice Bar).

 

Father's Office (Culver City)  The bar that launched the burger craze in LA years ago has incredible food (smoked eel salad) with a nice patio as well as beer/wine/cocktails

 

Sawtelle/Japantown/Little Osaka is also not far away 

 

Gjusta (Venice) defines the LA food scene for me with incredible produce, in house bread/ pastry program, Cured fish, smoked meats, good coffee and eclectic atmosphere 

 

Enjoy!!

Edited November 14, 2018 by AAQuesada
enthusiasm (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

10 hours ago, Anna N said:

 I do not understand this sentence.  

 

Admiral Ackbar's table.

 

[Anna N]

6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Admiral Ackbar's table.

 I had to look this up. That’s what you get for not being a Star Wars fan.

Edited November 14, 2018 by Anna N (log)

[gfron1]

Looks like this was a small intimate workshop. What, maybe a dozen attendees?

[Kerry Beal]

 

A few assorted pictures of yesterday's production and one of Paul with his bundled up EZtemper.

[Kerry Beal]

3 minutes ago, gfron1 said:

Looks like this was a small intimate workshop. What, maybe a dozen attendees?

Eleven.

[Kerry Beal]

With a bit of a rush to the airport hotel for @Gwbyls and to the airport for me - we went out in search of a bite.

 

Never having tried a Chipotle - it seemed time. 

 

 

Next time - think I'll hold out for the In and Out Burger or Five Guys.

 

 

[rotuts]

in and out , unless you want the 5 guys fries.

 

not their burger.