【Workshop(s)】The Lonely Challenge of Black and White Chef

Do you feel endlessly pulled between work, family, and social demands? Time after get off work is often either filled or wasted, and lonely moments have become a rare luxury. When I want to be "alone", I am accused of being "cold", and when I choose to be "lively", I often feel emotional emptiness. When your life is like an unseasoned white rice, lacking soul and personality, then loneliness may not be the enemy, but a side dish that can restore color to life. "Loneliness" is not colorless and odorless. It is a spice of life, which can be salt or sugar. And this black and white chef's lonely challenge is a delicious dialogue with yourself, recoloring your loneliness. 🔸Activity format 👉🏻Phase 1: Black and White Chef Cooking Challenge 90 minutes Participants will make creative dishes with the theme of "Black and White Chef". There are five sets of menus A, B, C, D, and E. You can choose any one to participate in the challenge. The Co-cooking Life Laboratory will prepare the required ingredients, seasonings, cooking utensils, recipes and reference videos for participants. Through the concentration on the steps and the touch of the ingredients, participants can feel the deep connection with loneliness. While the challenge is ongoing, we will take photos from time to time to record your loneliness experience. 👉🏻Phase 2: 60 minutes of lonely tasting time After finishing cooking, each participant will enjoy their own meal alone, making solitude a ritual. After the meal, tidy up the kitchen alone and return to inner peace. 👉🏻Stage 3: Sharing alone for 30 minutes After the meal, include a winter drink or cocktail to enjoy in solitude. At the same time, we will guide participants to write "My Experience of Loneliness" and voluntarily share the insights triggered by loneliness. 👉🏻Suitable age: 18 years and above 🔸Suitable for: Friends who like cooking and want to challenge Black and White Chef's dishes alone. 🔸Event address: Gongzhu Living Laboratory, (7th Floor, No. 337, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Da'an District, Taipei City, 106, near Exit 5 of Xinyi Anhe MRT Station) 🔸Black and White Chef Cooking Challenge Menu: ✅Group A menu 1. Pesto Olive Oil Pasta: Pasta, garlic, olive oil, salt. 2. Chestnut tiramisu: digestive biscuits, milk, chestnuts, mascarpone cheese, chocolate, corn flakes, espresso. ✅Group B menu 1. Tofu cubes and chili sauce noodles: flat tofu, Korean hot sauce, oyster sauce, bean paste, pasta, grapes. 2. Pomelo-flavored tofu pudding: grapefruit sauce, flat tofu, sugar, grapes, pears, oranges, mint. ✅Group C menu 1. Golden tofu: duck egg, flat tofu. 2. Cold tofu soup: flat tofu, pine nuts, soy milk, soy sauce, Korean hot sauce, avocado, apple. ✅Group D menu 1. Ancient style Dongpo pork: pork belly, ginger, green onion, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce. 2. Dongpo meat and ice flower dumplings: Dongpo meat, pork, shrimp, dumpling skin, flour. ✅Group E menu 1. Tofu fried chicken: boneless chicken leg steak, flat tofu, flour, red pepper powder, white pepper powder, salt. 2. Shredded sweet potato: sweet potato, sugar, water. 🔸Limit: Only one person per session 🔸Loneliness challenge cost: 2,700 yuan (including ingredients, recipes and three hours of kitchen space fees, etc.)