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A Special Eclectic Evening with Lange : The Lange Connoisseurs Akademie Part 2

 

Again, a huge thanks to the good folks at Lange for organising this and to Joanna, Michelle and Manfred for their gracious hospitality.

This second night in a series of 3 (and hence the title) was not in an art gallery or hotel.  It took place in an interesting nook and cranny of Singapore in the Queentown heartland of Singapore at Cookyn Inc.  This night was not just going to be about learning some of the intrcasies of watch making.  An electic evening was in store for the fortunate invitees.  More later.

 

Inside the white washed walls surrounded Cookyn Inc, the eclectic "academy" awaits...

The reception area where champagne and some of the most interesting and delicious hors d'oeuvres were served.  This coming from a person who eats to survive (sorry, no pics of the horderves).  The reception was also subtly decorated with Lange articles.




The "lecture theatre" were Joanna and Manfred will share thier wisdom and dedication of Lange.

The "apprentice workbench".

What is a connoisseur event without a dining area.

Manfred getting to know some Lange aficionados.

The radiant Joanna Lange starts of the evening proper talking about Lange's fusee chain, barrel technology, the 31 Day movement amongst other nuggets of Lange methodology.

A shot of a master's workbench for the evening belonging to none other than Manfred Weber.

The masterful hands of Manfred holding a coil (?) as he explains the disassembly after removing it form the barrel.  This is a delicate and patient task as one of the attendees found out after sending his coil flying across the room while attempting the same process and at the same time sending Joanna running for cover

Some of the attendees taking their turns at barrel aseembly and disassembly.  The gentleman with the spectacles and personalized watch making coat looks quite the part I must say.

Manfred providing hands-on tutoring to a lady participant.

Remember the attendee with fat fingers and glasses on his forehead from the 1st Special Night with Lange?  Here he is learning that his fat fingers are still fat

Enough of watch assembly.  Participants after re-affirming that they should not quit their day jobs for a career in wactch making then move on to the next part part of this eclectic evening... learning to become gourmet chefs and the catch... we will have to actually eat what we prepare...

With the personalilzed white watch making coast replaced by Lange labelled grey gourmet aprons, there were 4 groumet groups for the attendees to be broken into.

I was in involved in the Sorbet station where we duly went to put out the best, smoothest, lightest, refreshing, tasteful, absorbing (are you getting the picture already as they are no pics ) to die for Rasberry sorbet.

There was also a shucking station where participants learnt the technique of shucking ... what else... oysters.   Word has it that these 3 (the genlteman in black was the master shucker... that sounded bad...) are all now expecting fathers

Next up was the wrapping station where attendees did a fantastic job of creating the best tasting bacon wrapped salmon (I would know as it is the only bacon wrapped salmon I have had ) and skewed shrimp.

The final station was the rolling station where the dessert of the night, immaculate tasting chocolates with rolled around raisins and pecans finished off with a bitter cocoa sprinkling, were prepared.  The smililng master roller showing off his creation.

A group shot of the master chefs decked out Lange gourmet style.

With the work of the Master Chefs (the ones at Cookyn Inc that is) done, we sat down to enjoy the fruits of our labor in great company.

 

Michelle Chen of Lange pleading with the Master Chef to share his secrets with a real Master Chef in black standing in the background.

It was a great evening and thank you again to Lange for this experience.  Till the third and final evening of this 3 part Lange Connoisseurs Akademie series, the great folks at Lange bid farewell.

I hope you enjoyed this eclectic coverage.