Our first stop of the day brought us to L'Oree des Bois, the home of wonder-chef, Eric Bichon. I love the translation of the restaurant...it means "edge of the woods"
Chef Eric had an unfortunate kitchen fire a little while ago...but he took a crappy situation and turned it around by replacing all his old kitchen equipment with the most insane set of cooking toys around! His new playground includes a paco-jet (sick!), a cryovac machine, and two combi ovens (I can't even begin to explain this thing...it's kind of like Chef Eric is playing an XBOX 360 in 1988 while all his friends are playing the original Nintendo).
After meeting Chef Eric and his apprentice, Matthew, we were immediately prepping for our 5 hr lesson. The next post will get into the actual dishes, but I need to take a moment to give props to Chef Eric for his unbelievable garnishing skills. As you'll see in the picture above, he flawlessly knocked out champignon tournes each one more symmetrical than the next. For those unfamiliar with the delicate touch required for a proper tourne, it's a bitch...here was my effort:
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