Anyway, today we just came from Roy's Hawaiian Fusion restaurant in Pasadena. They have this cooking class every month and it's pretty popular since they book fast! For this event, I made my reservations last month.
I originally intended to go to this event for my sister Cathy's birthday. Her birthday is tomorrow, and since it's Easter Sunday I figure it would be hard to celebrate and go out; since every year our family gets together and usually spend all day long at a designated relative's house - to do the egg hunting for the kids and eat lots of food for all!! I guess, a typical family gathering. But anyway, let me tell you about today...
So, Roy's Hawaiian Fusion is as you have guessed originally from Hawaii. The restaurant is definitely famous in Hawaii and has now come across to the mainland. Ironically, when we were in Oahu, we didn't get to visit their location there. Our first visit to Roy's is actually here at their new Pasadena location. Our chef tells us that this is actually their smaller restaurant and built different from their normal setup. He mentioned that due to the economy at the time of building, they weren't sure how the location would do. Now, he said that they are the third busiest restaurant out of their 33 locations!!!
On to the class... when we came in to do the class, we didn't have any idea how it was setup. We had different thoughts on how it would be and it turned out to better than expected! The setup was simple, they bring you in to the kitchen, introduce you to the setup and food/menu, and then off to work. Most of the work is actually done by the chef; today we had Sous Chef Chris. He showed and explained to us the ingredients while going though the menu. He also did most of the work by doing all the mixing, the cutting, and moving around in the kitchen. While he did all the preparation, we get to watch, ask questions, assist and definitely taste!!! I wouldn't trust us in cutting also if I was him! We were all newbies except for a couple of people that took last month's class and one that is actually a cooking class teacher too, not really sure if she's a chef. I guess she is but she's weird. Of course, as in any class, there's always a show off; asked questions that they already know the answers to and make comments so that the chef will approve of them. Oy vey!!! "Let's move on..." is what I thought! I'm hungry, darn it!!!
Sorry...now we can talk about, better yet, show the food... Overall the class was good and the food was great. The preparation was easy to learn and re-create. They also hand you the recipes for each dishes we made and followed it step by step with Chris. Chris was definitely patient, who took his time to show us the works, and is also professional while not being dull at all! After the seasonings were mixed and fishes and meat ready, he let us prepare the actual dish and cook them! Yes, actually cook them while he observed! This was the second best part, of course, first was when we ate the food! :-p
Here's what's on the menu today. We actually made all these dishes and all of them were good!!
- Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi Mahi
- Hibachi Grilled Salmon
- Roy's Blackened Island Ahi with Spicy Soy Mustard Sauce
- Misoyaki Butterfish
- Honey Mustard Charred Short Ribs
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