Hey seniors, here is some details in regards to the activity we are doing for the coming parade. Do note there are some additional details or minor changes. 🙂
SENIORS
Each squad will be given 90 minutes to prepare a tea time menu which MUST include:-
- Popiah/vietnamese spring roll/spring roll
- You can buy ready-made popiah skin/rice paper from hypermarkets
- Gyoza/dumpling
- The outer skin for your dumpling has to be made from scratch
- Steamed dimsum (eg. Siu Mai/ Har Gao but not limited to these)
- For the skin of whatever you plan to make, you have the option of either buying or making it from scratch
- Please don’t buy frozen ready-made dimsum from the hypermarkets
Scoring
- 5 Taste
- 5 Presentation/Creativity
- 25 Participation (Teamwork/Communication)
- 15 Value (Price)
GUIDE
- Here are some video links for popiah, dumpling, har gao and siu mai. (For reference only, as a guide. You can use your creativity for the recipe but please also don’t forget your common sense okay)
- There will be three Lieutenants present as tribute for taste testing. (Estimate the portion yourself okay, we have to test 6 sets ><)
- The cost of ingredients should be shared among all members of the team, please agree on a budget within your own squads.
- TIP: Will one squad need 1kg of flour or 20 popiah skins?
- Each squad will have 2 gas stoves.
- Communicate! (within your squad, within your platoon, within our company)
- Reminder: no usage of phones or electronical devices are allowed during parade hours
QUESTIONS & ANSWER
Are we allowed to pre-make ingredients like mince meat, dumpling skin, chopped vegetables?
You may buy meat pieces and have them minced/chopped at home (I hope you try/learn to chop them yourself, and not just leave it to your parents or helpers to do that for you) then freeze them. Other things such as marinating the meat, chopping vegetable, making the dough needed for the dumpling skin should be done during the scheduled 90 minutes given.
Is there a maximum budget set for the senior members?
The cost of ingredients will be shared by all members of the squad. The budget for the whole menu would be agreed upon by all squad members, there is no exact figure given.
My squad will have a low turnout next week, can we merge with another squad and form one team?
The activity is a task/assignment given with the final expected outcome of 6 teatime sets and the aims of teamwork, problem solving etc. achieved through the process of completing the assignment. The final outcome is 6 teatime sets. The process of achieving it is up to you all. I have no opposition on how the problem that has surfaced is solved. 😊
RECRUITS
There will be 2 teams, you should already know which team you are in. Each team will be given 90 minutes to prepare refreshments for the seniors (approximately 60 members).
There is no fixed menu given, you may choose what you want to prepare, for example sandwiches, dumpling, noodles etc.
Scoring
- 10 Presentation/Creativity
- 30 Participation (Teamwork/Communication)
- 10 Crowd favorite (vote)
QUESTIONS/GUIDE
- Each squad is given ONE gas stove.
- The cost of ingredients shall be shared among all team members, please do come to an agreement on the estimated budget (Maximum budget for one team is RM90).
- Work together!
- Do something you can finish preparing in 90 minutes.
- Reminder: you cannot use phones or electronical devices during parade hours.
* Remember *
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. If one falls down, his friend can help him up, but pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up.
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10
One TEAM is better than one INDIVIDUAL.
Lt Shean