Gastronomic Reflections On Thaipusam

Today's Thaipusam... a day for reflection, a day for contemplation.

Without meaning any disrespect to our Hindu frens, we had a our own day of reflection today, albeit with our tummies.

As with most holiday/celebration, food is never far from our mind. Today Soo Sean and Wei Ye dropped by my place to cook up a feast for dinner.

We headed to Queensbay mall, to get the necessary grocery. We bought lots of stuff... sauces, herbs, vege, salmon, and others. Once back at my place, Soo Sean started working on the mushroom soup by finely chopping the mushrooms. Wei Ye worked on the lamb, while being the one with the super sweet-tooth, i took up the dessert.

After a couple of hours.... ta da!!!

A full course dinner...

We had salmon cocktail for appetizers, followed by a creamy mushroom soup. Entre was mixed herb lamb shoulder with some vege and japanese sweet potato.

And for dessert....


Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of this dessert, I just followed the recipe from Wei Ye's magazine. It turned out quite alright. ;)

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The Chef:


And the Dishwasher:

What's For Dinner???

It's a holiday today... So naturally, I woke up quite late.
The long long sleep is most welcome. It has been a long and hectic week at work. Plus I came back last nite from the Christmas gathering at Chiang Mei's new place.

Waking up late, I had a very late breakfast. So by about 4pm i was quite hungry already. Since it was a bit too early invite anyone out to have dinner, I decided to whip up something simple for myself. So I went out to get a piece of Salmon from Tesco.

Half and hour later... Behold!!!
Cajun Pan Fried Salmon... Doesn't it look inviting? (Or maybe it's just me coz i was starving!)

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Five minutes later....



Burpp!!!
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