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A New Cooking Adventure has Opened in Hip Santa Ana

11/26/2014

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Here is how the fun class is set up.  It is about three hours unless you break open another bottle of wine.  It is located in a very hip and cool section of the revamped Santa Ana.  My brother, Bob stumbled upon Hipcooks while exploring the first Saturday of the month, Art Walk.  It happened to be the Day of the Dead so the town was really hoppin'.

Next thing I knew I was scheduled for a Paella Class with Bob.  I love our adventures together.

As you can see, it is a participation class not a demonstration so you get hands on experience making these dishes. The unique thing about these classes is that there are no recipes.  It's all based on your palate to create the flavors.  You know me I used a lot of chili powder.
Tomato, garlic, and olives
Squid, lemon, herbs, chili
Squid, tomato, salad
There were 10 people in the class. We were divided into three groups. One group made chicken and chorizo paella. The other two groups cooked the fresh seafood paella. My group cooked one of the seafoods. Not to brag, but I think we won the prize.  We had that great crust on the bottom of the pan which is essential in making paella and our flavors were really bold.

We all had a part in making the sauteed Squid, tomato, bread salad.  The key to that salad was dipping the toasted bread into the  sauce before building the salad.  The flavors were amazing.
We all sat down at a big square table to dine on what we all had created.  After the wine was poured, the OC Wino got on a roll and taught the class about toasting etiquette. So we were all making eye contact and toasting with our left hands because we didn't want eight years of bad you know what.

We made a bunch of new friends, learned about their lovely town and even got a restaurant recommendation.  So stay tuned for the review.
Hipcooks also has a fun retail store.  They carry all the cooks tools and spices used in class. I bought two unique items.  Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean paste which I will use in custards and desserts and Maldon sea salt flakes used to flavor and garnish. 

"Hipcooks shows you how to be as cool in the kitchen as you are everywhere else."

Locations in LA, San Diego, Portland, and the newly opened Santa Ana.

All classes are $65 per person which includes wine.

Hipcooks 

125 N. Broadway Suite C, Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-479-0855


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