Michal Week 5 Exam Special: Lucky Dip

Boof and Michal decided to continue with the Exam Special tradition in week 5 considering that exams are still on at Deakin University. This week we thought that we would try something different once again. This week, we utilised the $5 student budget for the ingredients and then both Boof and Michal wrote the ingredients on small pieces of paper and put them into a hat.

Lucky Dip!

This week, the ingredients Michal had to use were:

- Mi-Goreng

- A Pear

- Baby Capers

- Mint

- Brown Onion Gravy

Michal proceeded to boil the Mi-Goreng noodles, completely discarding the flavouring. He boiled water and mixed the brown onion gravy mix and whisked it until it thickened. Michal then let this gravy set for a little bit in a bowl. He began melting butter into a frying pan and then fried two pieces of bread. Once the bread was ready, he placed it on the plate, mixed the noodles in together with some baby capers and the brown onion gravy until it was one thick shitty stew looking spew. And then placed some of that on the toast and it was ready.

For dessert, Michal cut the pear into three pieces: from small to large. He then proceeded to spread some sugar over the pieces and placed it in the oven at 250 degrees. After 15 minutes, Michal took the pieces out and made tower out of it. He then sprinkled some mint over the top of it and served it up. The sugar had melted really nicely and had caramelized over the pear pieces.

This week, Michal scored a 7 out of 10 for taste. Essentially, the main meal was mediocre. It wasn't anything special, the toast tasted nice but the rest of it was... well it was... "meh". The dessert on the other hand, was absolutely amazing! It caramelized perfectly and the mint was an amazing touch! Presentation, once again, the main meal was mediocre but the pear was once again smashing, bringing Michal a 7 out of 10 for presentation. Michal was lacking in creativity this week, Both him and Boof agreed that Michal should receive a 6 out of 10.

This brings Michal's total for the week to 20 out of 30.

His running total is 113/150