Here's To A Food Eating Weekend
I know it's been a while since I posted something, but I didn't realise it had been about 5 days since my last post! :P
It's snippets today because I can't really elaborate too much and I want to be in bed early. So here we go...
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We had our company dinner at +Brewerkz+ last Friday. Nope, the bill wasn't foot by the boss. They used vouchers (now where do they get all these vouchers from?!). The venue was decided because some of the guys prefer beer than dinner (yeah, strange). It was a very good dinner ('cept for the beef burger. TERRIBLY dry), but hmm... the voucher part was kinda... ("You mean if there were no vouchers, do we eat somewhere else?" (--")
Sorry, no pictures here cos I was too busy downing some beer and gobble the food when they arrived. Just go imagine: Buffalo wings, grilled chicken wings, Portabello mushrooms, calamari, potato skins, brownie, apple crumble, very-dry well-done beef burger, some beef ribs... So you get what I mean when I say, "it was all good" eh?
After that I headed to Mediya supermarket to meet P as we were buying some "ingredients" that we need to "fix" the bridegroom the next day. She had wasabi at home, so we got 99% coco chocolate, super lemon sweets, lime and grapfruit juices. Went home after that. Have no idea why I slept at 2am.
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The next day, I got up at 5am to get ready to head to the nearby hotel for the wedding thingy. And imagine my frustration at this time of the day when the dress I was suppose to wear split on the sides! No, I did not grew sideways overnight! I've tried the dress the night before and spotted some rip edge too. I do not reckon the dress was so old and tattered enough to be torn. Fortunately (with the so-many experiences I have as a "sister" of the bride) my wardrobe has a few pieces of "back-up". Pftt...
Head to get our breakfast at Mcdonald's. Asked for extra jam and maple syrup for the activity. And upon arrival at the hotel, things start to roll. We had to "block" the bridegroom before he go pick up his bride at the lobby. He had to eat the ingredients listed above (all representations of the Chinese words "sour", "sweet", "bitter" and "spicy") as a symbol that they will weather all kinds of challenges in life together (actually, it's pretty standard stuff). We had a little more fun on him and his "brothers" before he went to get the bride.
The day then went on with the also-standard following the couple to the bridegroom's house for tea ceremony. We (entourage of brothers, sisters + photographer + videographer) waited there for a long time for the family to take their family pictures and stuffs. In between, we were entertained by the photographer, annoyed by the amateur videographer ("my wedding hor, we don't do like that one... my wedding hor, we did this... my husband hor... I don't allow him hor...my wedding hor, we did that leh" Duh.), and got to know the two "brothers" of the bridegroom. What to do, we had nothing to do. After that, we returned to the hotel to take care of their belongings before heading to our homes to rest.
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I made a record of stopping after the 4th course in a 8 course wedding dinner because I was terribly bloated with the 3 bowls of sharksfin-with-hardly-any-sharksfin soup during the wedding dinner. I stopped at 2, but was made to clear food with the 3rd. So I let dishes of prawns, chicken passed me by after that.
We went to karaoke after the dinner. But before we took off, I spotted this public coin phone in that hotel that I no longer see in my estate, and almost extinct. So I took a picture of it :D
Went home at 4am this morning :D
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Despite having only 4 hours of sleep, I was pretty alert during church service today. During service, I realised that the pastor that I +hugged earlier+ was actually a world bowling champion previously, no wonder I find her face so familiar. Had a craving for some fried chicken wings when I left the service, but I didn't want to eat chunky KFC. Was trying to make a decision to buy or not to buy when I realised something.
Well, there's some seasoned breadcrumbs that I bought from Daiso I haven't used yet. I could make MY OWN FRIED CHICKEN WINGS. Tee-hee! :D So joyfully, I quicken my step on the rainiy morning and look for olive oil and chicken wings at NTUC .
When I reached home, I washed the wings and began to season them in two ways, one with honey and the other with soya sauce, pepper and sugar (I had to ask my bro for the receipe for seasoning, goodness me!). After they were seasoned for about half hour or so, I breaded the wings, baked the honey and fried the soya sauce wings.
Being the non-cook that I am, I didn't add enough olive oil for the frying and there were alot of black bits of the breadcrumbs :S Fortunately, the pan wasn't burnt. But overall, I think I did well, my mom and brother liked what I did. I guess I could do it again next time! :D
On left is the honeyed wing, and on the right, the partially blackened wings. But they both taste good! :D So proud of myself.
Sorry, the later part of the entry was rather messy, because the Z Monster is at my back.
I'll stop here.
It's snippets today because I can't really elaborate too much and I want to be in bed early. So here we go...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
We had our company dinner at +Brewerkz+ last Friday. Nope, the bill wasn't foot by the boss. They used vouchers (now where do they get all these vouchers from?!). The venue was decided because some of the guys prefer beer than dinner (yeah, strange). It was a very good dinner ('cept for the beef burger. TERRIBLY dry), but hmm... the voucher part was kinda... ("You mean if there were no vouchers, do we eat somewhere else?" (--")
Sorry, no pictures here cos I was too busy downing some beer and gobble the food when they arrived. Just go imagine: Buffalo wings, grilled chicken wings, Portabello mushrooms, calamari, potato skins, brownie, apple crumble, very-dry well-done beef burger, some beef ribs... So you get what I mean when I say, "it was all good" eh?
After that I headed to Mediya supermarket to meet P as we were buying some "ingredients" that we need to "fix" the bridegroom the next day. She had wasabi at home, so we got 99% coco chocolate, super lemon sweets, lime and grapfruit juices. Went home after that. Have no idea why I slept at 2am.
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The next day, I got up at 5am to get ready to head to the nearby hotel for the wedding thingy. And imagine my frustration at this time of the day when the dress I was suppose to wear split on the sides! No, I did not grew sideways overnight! I've tried the dress the night before and spotted some rip edge too. I do not reckon the dress was so old and tattered enough to be torn. Fortunately (with the so-many experiences I have as a "sister" of the bride) my wardrobe has a few pieces of "back-up". Pftt...
Head to get our breakfast at Mcdonald's. Asked for extra jam and maple syrup for the activity. And upon arrival at the hotel, things start to roll. We had to "block" the bridegroom before he go pick up his bride at the lobby. He had to eat the ingredients listed above (all representations of the Chinese words "sour", "sweet", "bitter" and "spicy") as a symbol that they will weather all kinds of challenges in life together (actually, it's pretty standard stuff). We had a little more fun on him and his "brothers" before he went to get the bride.
The day then went on with the also-standard following the couple to the bridegroom's house for tea ceremony. We (entourage of brothers, sisters + photographer + videographer) waited there for a long time for the family to take their family pictures and stuffs. In between, we were entertained by the photographer, annoyed by the amateur videographer ("my wedding hor, we don't do like that one... my wedding hor, we did this... my husband hor... I don't allow him hor...my wedding hor, we did that leh" Duh.), and got to know the two "brothers" of the bridegroom. What to do, we had nothing to do. After that, we returned to the hotel to take care of their belongings before heading to our homes to rest.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I made a record of stopping after the 4th course in a 8 course wedding dinner because I was terribly bloated with the 3 bowls of sharksfin-with-hardly-any-sharksfin soup during the wedding dinner. I stopped at 2, but was made to clear food with the 3rd. So I let dishes of prawns, chicken passed me by after that.We went to karaoke after the dinner. But before we took off, I spotted this public coin phone in that hotel that I no longer see in my estate, and almost extinct. So I took a picture of it :D
Went home at 4am this morning :D
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Despite having only 4 hours of sleep, I was pretty alert during church service today. During service, I realised that the pastor that I +hugged earlier+ was actually a world bowling champion previously, no wonder I find her face so familiar. Had a craving for some fried chicken wings when I left the service, but I didn't want to eat chunky KFC. Was trying to make a decision to buy or not to buy when I realised something.
Well, there's some seasoned breadcrumbs that I bought from Daiso I haven't used yet. I could make MY OWN FRIED CHICKEN WINGS. Tee-hee! :D So joyfully, I quicken my step on the rainiy morning and look for olive oil and chicken wings at NTUC .
When I reached home, I washed the wings and began to season them in two ways, one with honey and the other with soya sauce, pepper and sugar (I had to ask my bro for the receipe for seasoning, goodness me!). After they were seasoned for about half hour or so, I breaded the wings, baked the honey and fried the soya sauce wings.
Being the non-cook that I am, I didn't add enough olive oil for the frying and there were alot of black bits of the breadcrumbs :S Fortunately, the pan wasn't burnt. But overall, I think I did well, my mom and brother liked what I did. I guess I could do it again next time! :D
On left is the honeyed wing, and on the right, the partially blackened wings. But they both taste good! :D So proud of myself.
Sorry, the later part of the entry was rather messy, because the Z Monster is at my back.
I'll stop here.
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