Roasted Sweet Potatoes Salad with Blue Cheese Plump Cranberries

This is the results of today shot, my second assignment for the foodstyling course that I am taking online. Its interesting actually how your eyes and camera see, and how you see it again on the screen an hour later. So different! I am really learning to take my time and be patient, really! But yes I was having so much fun and it was nerve wrecking ( although did not involve bungee jumping or any kind of extreme sports), silly me I think I was too  excited. Well well well. I think it would be a pretty damn good salad too:

So this is what I thought of thanksgiving salad:
Sweet potatoes roasted with olive oil with drizzled honey with various greens ( spinach, baby arugula, chicory), then the gooey blue cheese, plumped cranberries ( just normal dried cranberries taht I soaked in cranbery juice overnight), some toasted pecans, and berry vinegrate!

Its almost like thanksgiving without the turkey, and minus the 5 pounds gain because how much can you pigging out on salad?
But anyways  I know the picture is not perfect, any critique on the photo is welcomed.

Thank you: good eat!


Passion + Patience *Gastrobutterfly* A food to your soul.

Sliced ham sandwich with caramelized beets

First shot of sandwich after years ago.  This is a sliced ham sandwich with caramelized beets, mushroom and gouda cheese. Who needs the conventional normal ham and cheese? This is definetely a hearty meal. I love how the beets adds  sweetness and balance the salty ham. Seems like the mushroom and beets combo brings out the earthiness of this sandwich. Love it. What do you think of the styling of the sandwich? Its quite tricky to layer and make sure every different ingredients is showed off nicely.

Passion + Patience *Gastrobutterfly* A food to your soul.

10 Food to Shoot

I am so excited that my food styling course is almost here! In an effort to learn as a sponge, I decided to make a lists of food that I think would be substantial to shoot for my food styling practices and a staple for portfolio. If you are lucky, it might come with the recipe too. So here is the list:

1. Lobster panini
2. Ramen
3. Pancake
4. Pasta
5. Burger/ Sandwich
6. Egg any style
7. Homemade soup
8. Es campur/ Es teler
9. Traditional Food
10. Yoghurt Parfait

I am aiming to complete  this before the end of the year! So wait for the next blog for pictures!
Meanwhile have  a good eat everyone!



Passion + Patience *Gastrobutterfly* A food to your soul.

Fish and Shrimp Tofu

Bought some fresh Spanish Mackerel yesterday to make Pempek. But since the process of making one is quite rigorous, and everyone is already hungry,instead I decided to make the steam tofu with fish and shrimp paste for tonight dinner.I am learning about food all over again now that I am venturing into making my food styling hobby into a realization. I have lists of foods that I thought would be challenging and fun to shoot, mainly to give me a little push and feel good situation. Nevertheless I think this experience will be a humbling one for me to start over and reinvent the me.One of the food in the list is Lobster panini. The idea came random, and I can picture it exactly how I want it to look like. Sadly enough our grilling machine broke just few days ago, so this one might have to wait. But I am going to post the list later so I can share with you all.

Anyhow, making this steamed tofu is very easy. The ingredients is shrimp, fish, and egg and tapioca flour and green onion .If you are feeling fancy, you can always add fish roe for decoration and extra heavenly pops in your mouth.15 minutes on the steamer  and you are good for dinner!

Passion + Patience *Gastrobutterfly* A food to your soul.