LAST VALENTINE PARTY and MANHATTAN～★!

Last Saturday, there was a valentine party! It was a St. Valentine’s Day also!It was a last valentine party for 12th graders. I thought same thing when Christmas party. But this year, valentine party was held in school building. Usually, it’d been held in cafeteria.The morning of the day, I went to manhattan with my friend, Azusa. I wanted to go to my favorite café like usual. I left school at 7:30am! I was so sleepy but I looked forward to going to manhattan, so I didn’t mind! When we arrived the café, there were about 20 or 30 people who lined infront of the café. The café is very very famous and popular so it was usual that lots of people lined. But it was so cold, so I was so worried whether we had to wait much time, like 1 hour and 30 minutes or 2 hours. But we could have seats about 30 minutes later luckily! I ordered special pancake with strawberry and champagne cream. It was soooooooooo delicious! The café’s name was Clinton Street Baling Company. I always go there when I go to Manhattan! I love there! After we left the café, we went to Soho. We enjoyed shopping!Then, we decided to have a dinner even though it was about 3:00pm because there was valentine party from 7:00pm. We ate omrice (an omlet containing fried rice) and Katsudon (a bowl of rice with a pork cutlet, and egg on top). They were so good also!At grand central, we bought junior’s whole cheesecake for souvenir.We could go back to our school at about 5:30pm. Then we got ready for the party. Valentine party was so good! It was very different from annual valentine party. It is always silent and kind of romantic, but the last one was very cheerful! I thought it was good also. I could enjoy the party well! Thanks for committees!After the party, I made chocolates for boys varsity soccer club with other managers because Valentine! We planned to make ganaches. First, we melted chocolate and mixed with fresh cream. My room was filled up with sweet chocolate smell! Then, we put the liquid chocolate into vat. Next day, the chocolate hardened but it was still soft so it was very hard to make it small pieces. We made three flavors of chocolates. Cocoa powder, green tea, and kinako (soybean flour). When I tasted these, I thought these were not good. So I was so worried when we gave these chocolates to players. But everyone said “Delicious!” So I was really relieved! I was happy that players were glad.

I thought making chocolate was easy work because it can melt and harden easily. And every web pages (about chocolate recipes) said it was very easy to make ganaches and ganaches were good for beginners of making sweets. In fact, it was very hard! I thought I could cook something at least if I wasn’t a very nice chef but I lost my confidence this time. I will cook something when I go back to japan after graduation. And I wish I will be a good cook!