Monday, September 29, 2008
Wild WeekendHad great fun on Friday with a bunch of people! Monty, Smartypants, Da Bitch, Ariel, Felicia and Yx were all at St Jame's. The fun actually really started after 1am, when the juggies were going at $19 each. We've got to do this again! Or rather, we've got to do it soon before we all get too old to be allowed. I need party-ish clothes though. And I need to lose that flab. OK, I've got to grab those crazy photos from Felicia and upload those.
Had a house-warming party at Anna's the next day, and I came up with a seaweed salad. I'm afraid I can't quite recall what I added into the dressing though, but it had seaweed extract, sesame oil, tomato and sugar. Alas, I made do with cheapo smoked salmon though, so it wasn't all that great. Here's a pic!
For the greens, I used baby spinach, baby butterhead lettuce, dried wakame seaweed and dried assorted seaweed which contained some of the funkiest seaweed ever. There were Gracillaria, Ulva and a host of others that I can't quite identify. For the savoury part there was smoked salmon, smoked mussels, seasoned jellyfish, faux crabmeat and salmon roe. The secret here is to rehydrate the seaweed in
salt water instead of tap water, as suggested. Tastes very much of the ocean, which was nice.
More from the party:
The 4 poster girls ..
The soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Andrew (something .. I don't know his surname!)
Animated conversation after quarter-bottle of
neat Vodka each. Yx (very unwisely) challenged a German-Pole to Vodka-drinking. I must say, neat Smirnoff is actually very palatable when chilled.
Brownie and I spent the night over at Yx's, but the naughty little boy soiled himself the next morning and had to be brought back home for a nasty shower. Post-shower misery:
And I finally visited Culina today. It's this shop beside Coronation Plaza that stocks artisan gourmet selections. So if you're looking for that elusive duck leg confit, a specific kind of potato, or even seasonal black winter truffles, that will be the shop to go to! Just a little sneak peak at next week's project - can you guess what's coming up?
That little bottle is
fleur de sel, by the way, which I've been searching high and low for.
The shop also stocks
sel gris, but I don't really fancy adding marsh mud into my food. Now these 2 bottles are my preciousssss, so they'll be hidden away from roaming paws in the kitchen. Hmmm ... having some sort of infatuation with salt now. Crazy. Of all things ...
Wenky
12:24 AM
0 comments
Post a Comment
