Im currently working at a bakery now! Miki Ojisan Fresh Cheese Cake at Holland Drive..
Working together with ningfei (actually i asked him to intro me to this job..hee) and James..hahas..Im alternating with James, taking Tue Thur and Sat and him taking Mon Wed Fri due to CDAC..
This job is really fun man!! (Though nf commented that aft one month i wont find it fun anymore) Of course on the basis that u must have interest in baking too! =) Actually i thought my 1st day of work would be spent on countless sai1 gangs1..but i was quite wrong i would say..
Basically i start learning the moment i step in till i step out, no exgaggeration!! Anyway, heres what i did on my 1st day of work..by the way.. im doing the morning shift, 730am-330pm..
When i reached this phillippino guy (forgot his name) handed me a punch card which u need to indicate ur start work and end work time, and i was asked to wipe clean the display shelves. U need to take out all the cakes and whatever inside before u clean of course, and the glass part u need to use old newspapers, they say it gives a good shine..
And then soon after this middle aged guy whom i think is the head of the workers and a worker himself came in and passed me the working shirt, just a white shirt with alot of big buttons..and apparently it was oversized for me..hahas..oh he was super nice throughout!! As in he keeps asking if u are tired anot and if u kept urself hydrated..=)
And then he roughly taught me how to operate the eggwhite beater (by the way,eggwhites and edd yolks are beaten separately), how much sugar and eggwhite to add and stuff.. And then it comes a lot of washing, really a lot, but quite fun..hahas oh by the way, the Holland Drive outlet is the main one, so every morning before 11am is the busiest, since by 11 the cheesecakes must be sent to Takashimaya, Raffles City, Paragon and Centre Point to be sold..
So u need to wash a lot of stuffs like containers and whisks and seieves and whatever not, since u are a new comer..hahas..actually washing can make u fa1 xie4 qing2 xu4 at the same time.. Soon after that i helped to peel the baking paper off the cakes and pack them into the boxes, and into the respective crates for the other outlets..oh they only make 7 chocolate cheesecakes per day! And Yywonne (she looks 90% like muppet de sis!! trust me!!) taught me how to use the cashbox, which i havnt managed to figure out till now =X..
More washing, i need to wash 48 cake containers plus trays and asap, everything was quite rush la in the morning, but very very fufilling, really, because u are doing things all the time..
In the afternoon it was quite relaxing, and Yywonne actually taught me how to bake cookies!! Yay man!! NF said i was so lucky since his first day basically just involved washing and more washing..hahas..anyway ya i helped to baked almond cookies (maybe it was because i told her i used to bake cookies at home =D)..
Actually they have already prepared the cookie dough for u, so u just have to roll it into 12 times 9 cookie doughs on the cookie tray and then brush it with egg yolk and then sprinkle it with sugar before putting them into the oven..it was fun looking at what the other bakers are doing..basically nf made cakes most of the time anf also filled the chous(like cream puffs but nicer!!) with cream..hahas..
Left home at about 5 plus..hahas very fun!!
As for today, it was even more enriching!!
When i reached Mr Lim( the head of workers remember?) wasnt there yet, but anyway he came soon after..
He taught me how to use the main beater,which was the most important tool other than the egg white beater. Every morning the 1st person who reaches will turn on the stove and boil water, after which i was taught to complete the rest of the job..I need to add 1500ml of milk and 3 giant sticks of cream cheese to pot number 1, and also pot number 2, and whisk manually till the cream cheese just melts, but not suppose to whisk for too long, and at the same time go to the sink and see if theres anything to wash,and also at the same time Yywonne will start the egg white beater, then the next minute i need to transfer the pot number 1 stuff to the main beater, start beating, then go to the sink again, come back and add a bag of flour to the beater, and prepare new ingredients for pot 1, come back and add a container of egg yolks to the beater, check the sink, stir pot 2, add a container of melted butter to the beater..the cycle just repeats la!!
And also when the 1st 16 cakes are ready i need to "iron" on the uncle Miki logo and also pack the cakes..just every minute u are doing stuff lor! hahas..
Oh and i got to wash 12 trays times 4 cotainers and other stuff la, after that i got to clean the display shelf and sweep and mop the floor and at the same time look out for customers..
After lunch i helped to crack eggs, about 100 plus i think..hahas, and separate the egg yolks from the eggwhite, and divide them into different containers for the next day..
Following which i spread cookies with cream and packed them into bags.. Lastly, i need to line the cake tins with the baking paper and prepare for the next morning..
Thats all for 2dae..hahas oh 2dae nf went to buy condense milk and got 20 plus packets of free curry powder..hahas and they didnt know what to do about it..so i suggested they can start making curry puffs from the next day onwards..hahas..
Ctually it sounded quite boring issit? but really u will be doing things all the time la..and its quite fun..more of a pastime for me..hahas..
Oh the cookies are really nice la..come and try next time!!!
Happy baker assistant =D
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Li Tianjiao 22+ 身高体重皆为秘密 有点没大脑 07/04/88 喜欢大笑 有时自闭有时外向
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