On Easter Sunday, we went to my parents’ home. The plan was to turn up in the afternoon to play mahjong for a few hours, then stay for dinner. Mum was making nasi lemak. Jac volunteered to bring along a vegetable curry as our contribution to dinner. She cooked up a big batch in the […]
On Easter Saturday, we had bacon and scrambled eggs with buttered toasted bagels for breakfast. See the golden glisten on my bagel? That’s maple syrup! To be honest, I briefly considered pouring maple syrup over everything on my plate. Why didn’t I? Because if I cross that line there’ll be no turning back. :) A […]
My folks had been away on holiday in Malaysia since mid-January. They got home on the 15th of February. We all got together on Thursday last week after work for a Chap Goh Mei/belated family reunion dinner, to celebrate Chinese New Year. My cousin AM, her hubby C and little daughter E were at dinner […]
Last Sunday we went to my brother Mark and his wife Ange’s place for lunch. We hadn’t seen each other since before Christmas, before Jac and I went on our NSW holiday, and we were really looking forward to catching up. It’s looking to be a little cooler this weekend, thank goodness, but last weekend […]
It was Jac’s birthday on the 13th of January, and we had an Indian-themed* lunch with her family to celebrate. Jac’s brother B and his partner and kids have returned from a year on the road, travelling around Australia in a caravan, and so Jac wasn’t the only one to get presents, as we also […]
Let me preface this post with a little story about: TFP and air-sickness The first time I flew in a plane with Jac was years ago when we went to Queensland for her cousin’s wedding. On that flight, I ate the meal (a kind of spring roll with Thai green curry chicken filling, followed by […]
On the Tuesday before we left for Sydney, we had dinner with Jac’s mum, Pattycakes. Before we left home to go to Pattycake’s house, we had a Christmas hamper to assemble. This was to be Pattycakes’ Christmas present from Jac’s brother Jon. He lives in Sydney (we stayed with him on our holiday) and had […]
Also known as: Death by Curry. Last Sunday (21/10), my family held a “full moon” celebration for the newest member of the family, my brother and his wife Ange’s first child, my first ever niece Ruby. The full moon celebration is usually held when a baby is around a month old – in this case, […]
The Leaf Tea Merchants has closed down. Today, we belatedly celebrated my sister Juji’s 21st birthday with morning tea at the Leaf Tea Merchants in Mount Lawley. We all had the Parisian Rose Morning Tea (AU$25 per person). This post is subtitled: Ohhhhhh, the sugar… The Morning Tea came with Parisian Rose tea as standard, […]
We didn’t have a birthday cake, but after the dinner dishes had been cleared, Juji brought out a tiramisu she’d made (one of Mark’s favourite desserts) – and we all sang happy birthday. Obviously we didn’t bother with candles! The tiramisu was gorgeous. The coffee flavour was just perfect. I had intended to just have […