I can’t believe I forgot to post this! :-O That same day, before our fabulous birthday feast of finger foods, Jac and I attended breakfast at my parents’ home to celebrate my Mum’s birthday! Yes, it was a big day of eating! :D We didn’t need lunch that day! When Jac and I walked in, […]
This is something I’ll definitely miss from my old job – birthday afternoon teas from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie with my now ex-team mates. A cup of tea, something sweet and decadent, chatting and laughing, and forgetting about the stresses of work for just a little while. This was workmate R’s birthday celebration. We’d se…
Thank you all, so much, for your birthday wishes. Your comments and messages trickling in all day made me feel really special! I had a lovely last day/birthday at work – with morning tea featuring sweet and savoury goodies and birthday/farewell gifts and cards for me from my workmates and friends. There will definitely be […]
Ever since being sick on new year’s eve, Jac’s been staying away from heavy meals, rich and fatty foods and red meat. We celebrated her birthday last week with lots of presents, a simple dinner at Nando’s and a nice walk afterwards. She didn’t want a cake, so I didn’t make one. :) We shared […]
We celebrated Jac’s niece Savannah’s birthday with a family dinner last Wednesday. Jac and I made savoury eggs (also known as devilled eggs), specially requested by the birthday girl herself. We weren’t able to get quail eggs this time, so we used ordinary chicken eggs. We ran out of curry powder, so the flavour of […]
We celebrated Jac’s brother’s fiancee Kelsie’s birthday last Wednesday with a family feast of finger foods. We gave Kelsie a break from cooking; the party was at their house, but the rest of us did the food preparation for the evening. This was the first of Jac’s and my contributions for the evening: fresh vegetables [&helli…
J made these lovely cupcakes for her birthday afternoon tea. They were vanilla and raspberry cupcakes with lemon and cream cheese icing. She brought the cupcakes to work un-iced. Just before afternoon tea, she spread the cream cheese icing liberally on the cupcakes and sprinkled little colourful flowers (what are they called?) and silver balls [&he…
Last Thursday was my workmate J’s birthday! We decided to try the East End Pizza Bar – this is one place on Royal Street we haven’t eaten at before. You can buy your pizza as “single”(for one) or “large” (to share between two or three, depending on the size of your appetite). We chose a […]
It was a big family weekend last weekend – on Sunday we got together again to celebrate my dad’s birthday with a satay lunch. Jac’s and my contribution to the meal were two fruit platters. We cut the fruit up and arranged the platters on Sunday morning, just before we left for my folks’ place. […]
Last Saturday, we celebrated my niece Ruby’s first birthday. Ruby’s proud parents, my brother Mark and sister-in-law Ange, really put on a feast for all the friends and family who attended! The first things I ate upon arrival were a couple of these delicious mini frittatas, made by Ange. Jac happily helped herself to cheese, […]