Saturday, June 05, 2010

Don't let him fool ya...


...he's been eating all my tomatoes!

4 comments:

Biddie said...

He does look a little hostile .....

Cheryl said...

I just love this :) I would love to explore your gardens, you have such a fun creativity among all your plants.

How did your dinner go?

Michael-Ann said...

Hi Mom and Cheryl!

Dinner went very well. Some very interesting folks. I did end up doing my prep/cooking there. All the woman helped me though and there was a lot of chatting and a good bit of laughter. One couple was from Taiwan and the other from China, they cooked some great Chinese-style dishes that put my little tarts to shame ;-)

The kitchen is very big at their place and at one point everyone one was in it preparing/cooking stuff for a total of eight people in the kitchen all at once busy cooking and no one bumped into anyone - pretty amazing.

Here's the breakdown of the final menu:
- Stir-fry Shrimp with peas
- Stir-fry chicken with celery and tofu
- Fried walnut-crusted chicken
- Grilled salmon
- Eggplant steamed in fish & oyster sauce
- Sauteed Bok choy
- Homemade bread
- Egg custard tarts
- Cantaloupe wrapped with prosciutto
- Chocolate-dipped strawberries

Someone brought fresh coconuts and showed us how to open them fairly easy so as to put a straw through the opening and drink the juice right from the coconut... that was pretty neat.

Cheryl said...

That menu sounds pretty damn tasty! Glad you had a good time :) Boy, I'd love me some of that Shrimp with peas...and a wee bit of grilled salmon!

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