Friday, August 24, 2007 11:34 pm
ok. since my mood is alright today, i shall blog a bit about my life. mainly about last saturday but no harm telling you what i did today. i went shopping. and i bought stuff!! clothes!! ooh.. this is bad, given that i've not been attending class for the past 2 weeks. gah... let's get back to the main topic: last saturday.
ah.. yes. organized dinner for some friends last saturday at my place. spent friday buying groceries and making dessert. spent saturday cleaning the house and cooking and entertaining people.
actually, i've planned this dinner for some time already (supposed to be at the end of week 1, not week 4) but due to some unforeseen circumstances at that time, it was postponed till 3 weeks later. this time, everything had to be right. i spent one whole night thinking of what to cook and even bought a dessert book for this occasion. just so i can make dessert for my guests.
what's on the menu? well, rice is our staple food so of course it has to be chinese/malaysian cuisine. actually, a bit campur-aduk la since i wanna bake fish(our kitchen is maha tiny). it was a 3-course meal with soup and dessert. :)
main attraction of the night: chicken RENDANG. i'm actually not proud of it at all because it didn't turn out the way i wanted it to be. but since everyone else is fine with it i guess it was not too bad. quite a good one for a first-timer i'd say. kakaka. next, it's the fish. salmon, again. but a different recipe this time. wouldn't tell you the ingredients but it's called MAPLE SALMON. it was very much loved by everyone esp dino. and then we have the vege part. but to be safe we ditched the whole vege thing and used beancurd instead. it's BRAISED BEANCURD SKIN WITH MUSHROOMS (i think that's the name in the book. couldn't really remember). since i was quite busy, ei-leen (my tobey :P) prepared this dish. and woah.. it was edwin's favourite. hahaha. can be her dish now.. no more claypot tofu. and as always, we have our soup. to minimise the risk (since everything else is first time) we stuck to our beloved ABC SOUP. and again, as always, it was goooooooooood. to end it all, we had MANGO PUDDING made from fresh mango. not mango extract mind you. maybe that's why the texture is a bit different from the mango puddings you eat outside. since i'm not a fan of mango pudding, i didn't care what the rest think of it. haha. if i'm free enough, i might make it again, if you think it's nice. but yeah.
oh hoh... the housemates served something else: BUBBLE TEA. bubbles in peach tea. that was the "drink" for our dinner. ahhahaha. not bad. not bad at all. can rival easy way. hehehe.
not only that, we had a surprise gift from someone. he bought a cake for the dinner. STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE. *drools* so we had 2 desserts. woah. no wonder i felt so bloated. the cheesecake was a bit too cheesy but well, it was ok after the first serving. i'm not exactly a cheesecake fan but well, it was good. not that i'm saying this because he bought it, but i'm saying this because it was really good and i liked it. i don't mind having more :P. hahahaha
all in all, it was a good night. had fun talking to everyone. and it was good that everyone enjoyed the dinner. well... i think the next time i cook for this many people will be during spring break. and hopefully, the person who bought the cake can join us again. haha.. thank you for helping me in organizing this dinner. thank you for cleaning the house. thank you for the chocolate. thank you for the cake. thank you for coming. thank you for making it happen. wah.. so emo.
i want to start baking cookies!!!!!!!
186^arch♥byz
