The weeks in brief: 8 April – 21 April
It feels like I’ve done (eaten) a lot over the past fortnight, but I don’t seem to have many pictures. I think I’m getting too lazy to post to Instagram. I don’t really like posting during a meal, and then afterwards I’m over it. Hah. Buhbuhbuh.
In saying that, I still took the time and effort to take a photo of this beauty. Mhmmm cold drip. I need more in my life.
Amazon thinks so too. They keep sending me emails of coffee water drippers. Incredibly expensive, incredibly fragile looking, coffee water drippers.
I think not.
I finally ate at Attica (!) thanks to Kat. We went there for their Tuesday night Chef’s table.
Dinner was good. It wasn’t a wow dinner, but it was really, really nice.
It’s in my “to blog” list, just like everything else in this post.
There was also dinner at the fairly new Masak Masak.
It was the yum. Very reasonably priced too. The satays were particularly good, but I enjoyed everything really. More later.
Oh, news! Mum and dad are back. Whooo.
Alastair and I picked them up last Saturday, and we had lunch at Reading Rooms (where else).
Alastair and I also tried using the Thermomix to do slow cooked eggs. We found the whites a bit too runny but the yolks were perfection. A bit more experimentation is required. Unfortunately, there’s a temperature setting for 60Β°C, for 70Β°C, and nothing in between.
Hey hey, you guys know this view, right? Right?
This week I attended a Belvedere Vodka Dinner at Vue de Monde (disclosure: invited). Aaaand… I didn’t post any photos of the food… so you’ll just have to wait until I post about the dinner.
(Spoiler: omg it was awesome.)
This weekend, I did a lot of cooking. I don’t think I cooked enough food? :p
I made…
Hainanese chicken rice x 2
Ginger and shallot dipping sauce for the chicken
Spicy cucumber salad
Sher ping pancakes
Pan fried tofu with beansprouts in oyster sauce
Pandan chiffon cake
Pandan custard
Ahhh. I think that was it?
Here’s a closer look at the Sher ping pancakes.
Finally, today I went to the Abbotsford Convent for Bursaria’s ‘A Touch of…’ high tea (disclosure: invited).
So lovely. Normally at afternoon / high teas the savouries seem to be an afterthought, but both the savouries and the sweets were good.
Oh and today I received new sporks, thanks to Shellie.
It has been a good day. Actually, it’s been a good fortnight. π
leaf (the indolent cook)
April 21, 2013 @ 11:50 pm
Yay for your mum and dad visiting! Your sher ping pancakes look really good. And I want to go to Masak Masak, I’ve seen quite a few tweets about it already.
Agnes
May 5, 2013 @ 9:35 pm
My parents are here!! Joyful joyful!
And yeah, I enjoyed Masak Masak – do visit if you get the chance. π
Iron Chef Shellie
April 22, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
I am constantly on spork patrol for you, don’t worry π
I don’t think you cooked enough food. Cook more next time okay? cool π
Agnes
April 24, 2013 @ 8:14 am
Bhaha you’re not the only one. I have a whole team on spork spotting. π
Okay! More food next time. Can do!
msihua
April 22, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
Hey DD what are Sher Ping Pancakes? Looks really yum!
Agnes
April 24, 2013 @ 8:06 am
They’re pan fried dough filled with meat. They are good. π
Hannah
April 23, 2013 @ 3:00 am
You’ll mail me some pandan chiffon cake, right?
Agnes
April 24, 2013 @ 8:05 am
Of course! Just wait.
Hannah
April 24, 2013 @ 8:23 am
OH MY GOD this just reminded me of the time you DID and the bloody posties must’ve eaten it. π π π
Agnes
April 24, 2013 @ 8:38 am
Oh yeah! π Your posties are well fed. π
Keren
April 23, 2013 @ 6:27 am
Not sure where to start here … what a wonderful, fun, food-filled fortnight!
Agnes
April 24, 2013 @ 8:05 am
It was a really good fortnight π π
Annette
April 28, 2013 @ 10:16 pm
Wow!! That’s some banquet you cooked up! Looks great….
Say hi to Ken and Lilian from us. Nice to know too that The Reading Room is still high on the list.
Agnes
May 5, 2013 @ 9:36 pm
Will do!
And yep, Reading Room is still high on the list. π