Now its their turn.....

As Sin and I are getting older its now the turn of the youngsters in our family to cook for us....bring on my brother Yik & Amy!!! (getting embarrassed already!)

Sin and I got to taste some new dishes that originate from China (China at times has different dishes from Hong Kong), including Chicken that had been cooked with beer and chillies!

Thank you Amy and Yik (we even got soup and a dessert!)....Sin and I were very full!  We look forward to our next invite ;-)

xoxo

The Weird and the Wonderful

At first I wanted to just blog about my dinner and what I made for myself and Sin, but instead I want to share what we lovely Chinese eat, as my dinner can definitely be said to be weird and wonderful!

Firstly my dinner.......ready.....ok lets go...................or maybe lets have a look at the ingredients first........

Yes, you see right, one of the ingredients was Coke!  My dish today was Coke Chicken!  Yes you read that right, Coke Chicken and it was yummy!

(Fry the onions, then fry chicken for a few minutes, then pour in 500ml of Coke and cook for 30 minutes - Lomo Lomo Application with Diana on iphone 4)

Heres the final result

So thats just one dish, here are a few other things we eat but I'm sure many would find weird.

(Almond drink, nice hot or cold, toast with peanut butter and condensed milk, lychee and mango fruit pastilles, green tea chocolate - pictures were taken with Lomo Lomo Application but created into this collage by PhotoShake - application on iphone 4)

(Hot green tea milk with taro (delicious), mango ice with mango, green tea Macau tart, big thick toast with lots of ice cream)

In HK theres more of this and its definitely one reason why I miss it so much and why I put on so much weight when I go back!

And finally my Hello Kitty pic of the day (forgot to post one yesterday)

(Hello Kitty Chupa Chups with a free charm!)

xoxo

Shrove Tuesday + 1 day = Ash Wednesday

So yesterday was Shrove Tuesday or for many people like me see it as Pancake Day.  (Did you know it was called Fat Tuesday????)

So why is it called Pancake Day?  After doing research on my favourite site Wikipedia, I found that making and eating such foods (Pancakes) was considered a last feast with ingredients such as sugar, fat and eggs, whose consumption was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting associated with Lent.

One thing I didn't know was when Pancake Day was....Wiki has taught me something new!  Its in the seventh week before Easter, it can be as early as 3rd February or as late as the 9th March.   So a date for your diaries next year is 21st February.

So how did I celebrate? Well with Carte D'Or and Baileys Cream...yum yum, move over 'My Old Dutch', as the YY menu is on its way!!!

 I hope you all had a lovely Pancake day and didn't have to give up too much for lent!

Xoxo

(Pictures from Lomo Lomo on my iphone 4, using the Diana and Bloody Mary and White Russian Lens)

Judgement Night

So preparation was well underway this morning, and it was time for the moment of truth....I continued to slave away in the kitchen making sure my mess was kept well under control!!

Final result.....

Chicken and cucumber, Lettuce wrapped meat parcels, and broccoli...hmmm, I did wonder how they would taste.  Yik and Sin became my guinea pigs for the evening.

Yik seems to be managing a smile!

Sin was deep in thought!

Final verdict, well they didn't say they didn't like it, so I think a good evenings work! Hmmm what to cook now tomorrow...decisions.  I wonder if there is an app that chooses what to cook for you...oh well food for thought for another day

Xoxo

Cooking and me do not fit into the same equation

As you will begin to learn, I am not a cook.  Cooking was definitely not on Sin's pad when he asked me to marry him, if it was, I think I would still be single today! Surprising since Food is one of Sin's priorities :-).

So day off today and whats the first things I do after having some breakfast????.....prepping tonight's food, yes believe it or not, I have been busy cutting up chicken!

I don't like rushing in the evening so I thought I would start prepping tonight's meal this morning, and the fact that Sin said I should really marinate it and leave it otherwise there would be no flavour (I don't normally add flavour to my food!!!)

So guests tonight is my younger brother and my dear husband...hopefully they will like the dishes ;-)...watch this space and their reactions and most importantly my final result!!!

(The picture here was taken from the Lomo Lomo programme on my iphone using the Diana Camera)