Potluck at Aaron's!

After having a fab time hosting a BKT party, i bullied Aaron into hosting a small get-together as well. However, this time it has to be a potluck because Aaron said that if he cooks, we won't be able to swallow the food. Anyway, that was a gross exaggeration because he made buffalo wings and it was YUMMY!! Mmm... Koong made the vegetable dishes, Lee Lean brought the salads (chicken and crab), Paul brought sinful cupcakes (I tried to move the cream away but it went so well with the cupcake that I HAD to eat it anyways!), Yap brought the wine and I made my usual tomyum beehoon.

Just before the party, Aaron realised that his dining room table only had 4 chairs. Hence, we ended up doing a buffet and brought our food to the coffee table to eat. Nice and intimate but as usual, not much conversation until everyone has eaten something and is not too grumpy! Hahaha!

Next makan session would probably be a full English breakfast or a Sunday roast... mmm... have to look for yorkshire pudding first though...

Bak Kut Teh party

When I am home alone, it is time to have a house party!

Decided to cook BKT since I had the herbs from Malaysia and since I also had the time. Went to the butchers and bought so much meat until I had to keep half of the pork ribs in the freezer because it wouldn't fit in the pot!! However, I do think it is better to have more rather than less when you invite guests over to the house. Wouldn't want people to go home feeling hungry. I prepared yam rice (mum's recipe with a mixture of white and brown rice), bak kut teh (with pork ribs, herbs, chinese mushrooms, bean curd, golden needles mushroom), fried vegetables and "yaw char kwai" a.k.a chinese doughnuts. I got the chinese doughnuts from the chinese supermarket and heated it up in the oven. Came out nice and crispy. Mmm.... Just right to dunk in the soup!


3 colleagues from Malaysia and 1 from the UK came for my mini-BKT party. I think the next time I do this, I would put in less water. Felt like the soup could have been a bit thicker. I might not have been able to taste much since I spent the whole afternoon cooking and smelling it. Ah well...

The meal was washed down with a nice bottle of Riesling which I received for taking care of Nutmeg. Whee!!! I must remember to buy more herbs to bring back for my next BKT party!!