Sun, 3rd June 2007

When you are really dog tired and all you want to do is sleep and find your kids starving at 1 pm, this is what you give them. Toasted tuna cheesy bread. I made two plates of this and went back to snoozy land immediately after.

p.s. In our household they are called 'slippers' for their shapes.

Sun, 3rd June 2007

I made a Chinese chicken salad today. This is yet another very easy recipe. First you clean the chicken thoroughly and put aside. Next add crushed ginger, whole white peppercorns, five spice powder, salt, Chinese cooking wine, sesame oil and light soy into a pot of water.

Add the raw chicken and let the water come to a boil. Turn heat down and simmer gently for 20 mins. Turn heat off and let chicken sit in the hot stock till it is cooled.

Next remove chicken and reduce stock gently. Put chicken in the fridge to cool. And debone it and return it into the fridge. Just before serving, pour a few tablespoons of cool stock over chicken and add fried garlic chips and oil. Garnish with chopped chinese parsley.

Sat, 2nd June 2007

The Birthday Cake. Way too sweet for all of us but very nice all the same - with real real chocolate and none of those chocolate 'flavouring'/brown colouring which certain cake shops are so fond of using.

Sun, 3rd June 2007

In memory of Dad. 2 years gone.

Sat, 2nd June 2007

Happy birthday to my precious son, Mark, who turns all of 13 today.

13. 13..... 13............ 13! 13!!!!!!!!!

p.s. Thank you to Nonnie, M, Mr & Mrs AB & Rano for your kind wishes. This mama here worked 12 hours per day on Thurs, Fri & Sat, hence did not had time to cook..... We had dinner at a restaurant last night.

Friday, 1st June 2007

Last night's dinner.

The Venue

The Entertainment

The Menu

The Starter

The Main Course

The Dessert

It can't be easy to serve hundreds of guests sitting in the tiered seats of a theatre but I think the Empire did it pretty well - the food came out hot and was pretty good despite the volume they had to prepare.

There seem to be a lot of these 'lazy' posts recently!

Weds, 30th May 2007

Dinner at Signature city Club Private Dining Room on the 6th floor of the Sheraton Utama Hotel.

The Menu.

The little nibbles with pre-dinner drinks.

Table setting.

The enormous wine glasses - I think half a bottle can comfortably fit into the red wine glass.

The Starter.

The Soup.

The Main Course. (My dinner companion and I had a laugh about the size of the 'lamb' which this piece of meat came from - it's actually grilled prime rib which they had cut into the traditional shape of a lamb cutlet)!

The Dessert.