At first, I kind of felt that I might have bitten off more than I can chew. I said yes to the catering as soon as it came out of Chef Bull's mouth. After I came home, I felt nervous. Should I have said yes to it? I will be catering for a caterer. Worst, I will be feeding a roomful of chefs! God was I scared. Yes, I am confident with the food I serve. But these are Finns! Yes, my in-laws like 'em. But these are high caliber chefs. Yeah, I went back and forth with these emotions, that in the end, I was so sure I had gone crazy!
My assistant for the day was Sugah Mama Hanna. A trainee from Tredu. I get along well with her and she was a huge help. She was also in on the secret and we have been talking about the menu for a few days before. So she has a fairly good idea what will be served and how it will be served. I am truly indebted.
Chef Bull had a few more surprises up his sleeves though. He has hired a beautiful woman to teach us how to do a fire performance with lit up batons. And after a few mishaps, and the unrelenting rain, THEY were asked to do a catwalk - on hot COALS! I say THEY, because I was too much of a coward to walk on hot coals that I refused. I even threatened that if they want to eat later, they shouldn't push the cook to walk on it. haha. Yes, I was a chicken!
But the highlight of that night for me, was the long lasting oohs and aahs from these chefs after their first bites. I was so overwhelmed that they genuinely liked the food. I even made a joke to our wonderful Herra Eero that the buffalo sauce isn't soup, as he ladled one after another onto the siopao.
Our Maitre d had some problems though with the chili. His own words: 'Omppu, what did you put in that chili? It just keeps on burning and burning!' hahaha. I warned them when they came in, that it will really give problems in the morning.
As a cherry on top, everyone was well fed and happy. So I was happy too!
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