1st year and final year International Hotel Management and Tourism batches and senior Excellence in Culinary Arts and Patisserie batch organized a Fine Dining session a few weeks ago.
Following the theme “Under the water”, the rooms division students (front office and housekeeping) transformed one of the labs at the college into an underwater-themed restaurant. The rooms division students welcomed the esteemed guests to the restaurant that they called Aqua Koh, which denotes an island in Thai. The entire decor is comprised of blue, green, brown, and other marine colors. Starting from the blue paper boat chandelier with fairy lights, through the swimming paper fishes on the walls, to the blue and brown tableware, everything was befitting for the theme.
The beverage prepared for the guests was a Manchiko mocktail, a blissful concoction of mango juice, coconut milk, chili syrup, and pomegranate juice and it was prepared by the students with Food & Beverage Service Management as their major subject.
The students with Food Production as their major prepared the following items as per the Thai Cuisine:
Amuse bouche- Homemade prawn crackers with spicy cabbage salad and sweet chili sauce.
Appetizer: Chicken satay and som tam salad.
Tender boneless chicken skewers marinated in Thai aromatic herbs and spices paired with a tangy Thai papaya salad.
Soup: vegetarian-
Tom Chuet. Vegetarian dashi broth served with aromatic seared vegetables and teriyaki glazed tofu.
Tom Yum Goong: Thai spicy seafood broth with plump prawns and refreshing lemongrass aroma
Massaman curry: Thai curry traditionally served with pork or beef, but served here with seared steaks of Bhetki. Accompanied by Jasmine rice and prawn compound butter
Dessert: Can thi si – Lemongrass custard with microsponge, meringue drops, and dragonfruit.
Guestlist:
- Mr. Premjit Roy (Indigo Airlines)
- Mr. Samik Dutta (Sommelier)
- Mr. Subhodeep Dey (Manager, Fenicia Lounge & Bar)
- Ms. Kristie Banerjee (F&B sales and marketing)
- Mr. Peter Mondal (Front Office, Oberoi Grand)
- Mr. Pushpak Saha (Cruise Manager, Pandaw River Cruises)
- Mr. Chowdhry MD Talib ( Chief mentor, Krystal School of Excellence)
- Ms. Siddhika Ghose Chaudhuri (Academic head and mentor, Krystal School of Excellence)
