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, […]
Fans of family feasts, you guys will LOVE this post! We celebrated Jac’s mum Pattycakes’ birthday last month with a feast of finger foods. Jac and I contributed to the feast, but most items were prepared by Kelsie, Jac’s sister-in-law, and she did an amazing job. Kels, if you’re reading this and I’ve gotten any [&helli…
My niece Zoe (sister of Ruby) was baptised* last month, and afterwards we all went back to my brother’s place for lunch. My sister-in-law Ange (Zoe’s mum) had done some cooking, but family and friends brought along dishes too. It was quite a feast! Earlier, when I arrived at my parents’ home (I grabbed a […]
Sushi feastJuji and Jay came over for lunch a few weekends ago . They’d told us of their hankering for sushi, so Jac got us a feast of takeaway sushi. The jars and bottles you can see on the left are Kikkoman soy sauce, an extra bottle of sushi soy sauce, and a jar of […]
We had a family afternoon tea recently at my parents’ home. Jac and I contributed siew mai to the meal – we bought three or four serves from Fook Kee at Spencer Village International Food Hall (200 Spencer Road, Thornlie) and brought them along. Mum and I placed them in a dish to heat up […]
On Mothers Day, we enjoyed a late lunch with Jac’s family. We brought bunches of flowers for the mums. Jac and I prepared the first course. We’d marinated chicken thighs pieces in a mixture of half hoisin sauce, half oyster sauce and the juice of an orange. The marinade smelled a little peculiar to me […]
On our first evening back after our holiday, we went to dinner at my parents’ home. It was their friends S and T’s last night in Perth (we ‘kids’ call them “Uncle S” and “Auntie T”). Auntie T did what she always does on the last night of their stays – she cooked up a […]
This is post 7 out of a series of 8 posts (the full list is at the end of this post). The dinner cruise the night before was fantastic, but we managed to have two magnificent meals the next day, our second-last day on Hamilton Island. I was keen to go out to lunch. While […]
This is post 3 out of a series of 8 posts (the full list is at the end of this post). The weddingFriday was the wedding day! The wedding ceremony was held at the island chapel. It took the bride and groom around 15 years and two kids to get to this happy day, and […]
In early April, my family held a “full moon” celebration for the newest member of the family, my niece Zoe, the second child of my brother and my sister-in-law. Regular and long-time readers will remember the full moon celebration we held for Ruby about a year and a half ago. Zoe’s full moon followed the […]