Saturday, September 27, 2008

Farewell dinner for Angeline

We had a really nice dinner to bid our dear friend & fellow foodie Angeline farewell last night. She is on her way to acheiving her dream of becoming a chef - 3 years at the Cordon Bleu institute in Sydney ! Wish I could spare the time & money to go too, but that will have to remain a dream for a while....
We had appetiser of Marks & Spencer frozen salmon rolls - a requirement by our hostess as part of our food tasting adventure. Personally, I found them okay - not exciting but edible & a good option if you are entertaining & have no time to prepare appetisers...not sure about the cost though. Anyway, it was soft enough to prove ideal for my current state of masticating disability. :-)

Thereafter we took turns to show off our culinary abilities - Angeline made a very nice vegetable soup and delicious saltimbocca ( pork rolled with veal ), followed by some great porcini mushroom risotto by Lynette and ending off with tiramisu prepared by your truly ( from Chef Daniela's recipe ).

We had a great time enjoying the food & company & even wore F1 t-shirts for the occasion ( being the first night of the inaugural Night Race in Singapore ), kindly "sponsored" by Angela.
Not being great F1 fans, we were content to watch the practice rounds on the telly.

However, as we were so busy enjoying ourselves, no photos were taken to commemorate the occasion....guess I will have to do that when we meet for the Ferrari party this Sunday at Daniela & Fabio's home !

Watch this space.....

Friday, September 26, 2008

Back to Baby Food

Just realised that it's been a lmost a year since my last blog....been very busy & a tad too lazy to keep up. However, since I had an unexpected break from work today for medical reasons, thought I'd get back to the business of recording my adventures in the culinary & gastronomic realm.

Actually, it's kind of hard to eat at present as I have just lost 2 teeth & my jaw is swollen & aching.
No, wasn't in a food fight or anything like that BUT it was the dreaded wisdom tooth thing.
Had been a very bad patient & did not do anything about my wonky 3rd molar ( it grew out almost perpendicular to the 2nd one ) until it made its presence felt. I started having pain for about a week & finally got them taken out 2 days ago. They were given back to me in a little plastic bag & looked rather disgusting even to a seasoned pro like me.
Deliberated over whether I should post a picture of them, but decided not to traumatise any poor unsuspecting soul who may have chanced across my blog & was expecting glorious food pictures instead of gore...

So it's back to baby food for I hope not to long....I miss my chewy & crunchy stuff !
Anyone has delicious recipes for soft food that isn't too "babyish" ? Let me know, ta.