Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Let's do small talk. Have a stack of letters, appointments, bills etc to sort out, but I'm going to forget about them for now.
Some stuff happened over the weekend - granted, I spent almost 80% of it shopping for groceries and cooking (had to scour a few places for that elusive artichoke), but it was time well-spent. First off, my bed finally collapsed on me. (Actually, it collapsed
under me). Mom promptly got rid of it before my DIY-maniac dad came home to try and fix it, so now I'm sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I ain't complaining though, and neither is Brownie!
Kind of disappointed with Scanteak. The bed's supposed to be made of teak, but sure to hell it isn't. Teak doesn't splinter in this way, nor does it go to pieces when hit using a hammer by a woman.
Had some friends over too! Vincent and I had a fetish for chilli crabs over the last couple of weeks, and decided to do some sort of end-of-posting party at the same time. Of course, Yx did the chilli crabs. And honestly I think it turned out even better than the previous time, if that's possible! Dawn, Rita - when's our turn?!??? Potluck?? =D
Some pics!
Other than the chilli crab - which had the place of honour in that big bowl - we also came up with thin crust pizza, stuffed artichoke and crayfish wraps with mango and mustard sprouts. The wraps were a huge fiasco though. I couldn't find really great crayfish anywhere and had to settle with sub-quality ones, the wraps refused to roll properly without splitting, and I over-marinated the crayfish in wine - which caused it to taste quite medicinal.
Crayfish soaking in white wine and fresh sage - I left it in the fridge for HOURS and forgot all about it!
Reducing the mango in its own sauce. Surprisingly, the marriage of crayfish and mango was
perfect. Next time though, it'll need just a touch of cinnamon.
Preparing the artichokes was quite a pain. It was yummy though, and we had a hollandaise sauce dip to go with it.
Stuffed the artichoke with breadcrumbs, bacon, portabello and cheese.
Drinks, friends and laughter. I really think that's what life is about.
Wenky
6:56 AM
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