international bread day

8th October is the day. prasad, my cousin, pursuing a catering technology course called up to invite me for an exhibition of 'international bread day' at his college. amazed by the concept, i was looking forward to it.

i was home by 5. called up mohini for company. she agreed. prasad rang up again to inform harsha and raj wud also be there, so i asked mum to come along too. me and mum set out at 6. as i was half way thru, prasad msgd to bring the cam but it was too late and the traffic was horrible. at that time, i dint realize what i was gonna miss later! anyways, picked up mohini at corporation and headed to the college. i was driving and mum was sitting beside me. it was the worst of her experiences 2day.
the traffic was booming as time passed and i was trying my best to tackle the 'pune bikers'. at one point, there was a interlocked circle of vehicles and no driver was ready to back up. and idiots were only honking horns! mohini got so bugged.., she got out of the car, onto the road and trying to resolve the traffic! wow girl! in the mean while, the passengers from an auto rickshaw got off, shouting at the driver and accusing him of being a bad driver bla bla bla.. it was so funny!!!! the middle aged couple were yelling in there typical punekari lingo and thaska! the driver and some others surrounding the rickshaw (including us) began laughing..!!!!! haste haste, traffic clear hone laga...mohini directed me to reverse a lil and a did my fave acute turning thing! hehe.. as i turned in relief...boom! a huge bus in the front! but it cleared way soon and we reached college finally.

prasad guided us to the amphi theatre where the exhibition was displayed. the way to their was decorated with a theme of 'hansel and gretel'. there was a huge arch at the entranced with lots of biscuits and sweets studded in it just like the witch had to lure the two kids. i also noticed pieces of bread on the way...and that explained! there was a witch at the gate! the entry was a nice lil experience, i was smiling already...and ofcourse the tempting sweets had attempted to kill mohini..lol..!!
moved ahead to the bread display. i must say, i had never seen such a variety of breads at one time. there were breads from round the world. to my witness, culinary art was at its best. there were designs of deer, a chef, a harvest..all made out of bread! like we artists wud make from pop or clay or any sculpting material. it was beautiful!!!!!! thats where i missed my cybershot the most!!!! unable to resist myself from taking pictures, prasad arranged a friend's cam. but it was a canon and i wasnt very familiar with it, tho i took a few snaps.
next was a range of cakes! cakes ! cakes! awwww, mohini was dying...!! they had taken up a theme of a life span, from birth to retirement. so designs and flavours of the cakes were according to the stages. the icing on the first cake was the best. the cake was the bed of a baby with a quilt, and the delicate folds of that quilt were made in icing! so cool...!!!
and finally we turned to the desert section, mousse, gateau, and all sorts of sweety creamy colorful stuff (of which i cant remember the names)... this is pure art! we were spell bounded! yeah, theres a whole lot of difference between seeing photos of such food stuff and then seeing them in real so close! mohini was dead, completely!
and even tho i know all these things are a poison to me, i was totally into it. damn! it was so damn creative! i was amazed the way the colors of fruits and creams or whatever stuffs complimented each other to make a wonderful composition on the dish. theres so much to learn about colors from food!