Monday, July 12, 2010

breaking in the kitchen officially :)

i've been really busy entertaining my dearest cousin lauren... she's been staying with me for the past few days and i'm really going to miss having her arnd. as an older cousin, i never understood how parents do it but with just a blink of an eye, all these young kids all grow up so fast esp coz i only see her once a year. and like her brother, the next thing i knw, she'll b in her teens and dating......

since the cece sarah and cece gina haf been busy all week, i had them over to my new place to break in the kitchen
i think i've definately gone over my spending limit this month......
do u spy my new love? i freaking spent a fortune on it... and it weighs a ton too sigh
the next heartattack i had was when i was buying the beef.... i cant believe crappy beef was soooo expensive here in sg its pure daylight robbery! i think it was just made worse coz grocery shopping in LA would not cost me that much esp with the quality of beef i had just purchased

anyway menu for the night was....
beouf bourguignon
garlic mash
blanched asparagus
mac&cheese (for the cousin)
a platter of cheeses and pate
sausages and onions (frm a cousin)
and dessert i attempted key lime pie!
into the beef bourguignon was a whole bottle of red wine.... and just a tiny bit of beef stock -  not even a cup!

of course since im such a scatter brain now.... i totally forgotten that i needed a blow torch for the meringue. so as always when im in need of extra ingredients.... sarah comes to the rescue! she went all over sg helping me find one for the meringue
do u see the cool browning effect? hahaha
and the result of it! heh

my sat didnt quite end there as sarah and i adjourned to zouk for a bday gathering of all the ac boys and after sending my few drinks wonder of the nite... i joined my own group of more ac boys where a good surprise lay in wait for me :) i cant believe all the young girls these boys haf hanging on them! one even looked freakin 12 with her braces on.... yeesh

oh well.... what good are these kind of girls for other than to play with?

anyway its really late and i really shd head to bed as tmr is a start of another week. hopefully some good news will happen tmr!