But anyway, today, I held yet another dinner with friends, but this time on a much smaller scale (in terms of food :P) It was actually supposed to be a dinner with my ex-flatmates in Durdham (my university hall in first year) but word got out that I had DDR, and another person wanted to come, hehe. ;) And I thought, hey, why not, it'll be nice to invite my coursemate as well, so she came along too! :D How nice, hehe. Of course, most of them came for the DDR. I knew that. What is DDR? Here's the wiki article ;)
So, here's the menu:
Appetizers:
R's potato curry
This was a big hit with the predominatly (well, actually, completely) Asian eaters. This is apparently a traditional Sri Lankan dish, and involves frying potatoes, then seasoning them with a LOT of spicy stuff. I should definitely get the recipe from her soon, hehe. It was a touch too spicy for me, but everyone else loved it. It was very well-seasoned and tender, which is nice, coz our potatoes almost never are :P
Main course:
Buttermilk Chicken v1
Honey Chicken (baked)
R and A were pleased to see that I had made buttermilk chicken again, since they had tasted it a couple of weeks ago and absolutely loved it. ;) I made it a bit spicier this time, since I know what the crowd likes, hehe. Since I didn't have much time, I did a quick shallow-fry of the chicken pieces coated in flour, instead of deep-frying them one by one. This turned out quite nice, actually. I popped it in the oven for about 15 minutes, and they got even more crisp. Hehe, I might just do that next time. :D
Again, because I didn't have much time, I also did a baked version of the honey chicken. It turned out quite well, and crisp even! You just have to leave it in the oven till its nice and golden-brown, I guess.
Both are sweet, so of course, Hadi was ecstatic. Not helping the diets of some the girls though, hehe. ;)
Desserts:
L's Peach Crumble
This was quite nice, actually. The crumble topping was really good and flavoursome (though Hadi thinks it could've been crunchier) and the peaches were nice and sweet (she used canned peaches). I've only had the apple versions before this, and they are usually quite tart and sour. This one was just ... sweet. It was really good! Even for a fruit dessert, hehe. We had some double cream to go with it, but Hadi overwhipped it and it separated... so we had solid pieces of cream instead :P (Is that what they call curd? :S)
Sainsbury's Triple Chocolate Gateau (brought by F, hehe)
I liked the whipped cream on this cake, but the person who bought it complained that it was too dry. Fair enough, but that's usually why I don't like cakes anyway. Hmmm... maybe I'm eating the wrong types??? It looked good though, and tasted nice enough. Its just that we were quite stuffed after the dinner, so quite a lot was left over.
The dinner went great, hehe, as did the main event... DDR! They all got slowly better at it ;) and were contemplating getting their own mat, hehe. Once in awhile, there would be a squeal from someone on how she wanted one. Which means that I am slowly achieving my goal of getting everyone addicted to DDR, hahaha! (Too bad I didn;t get a lot of pictures... :( of people, that is. I have a lot of picture of the food... Maybe I need to get my priorities sorted, haha! )
Quote of the day: You know you're addicted to DDR when ... your personal ambition is to be a butterfly.
I know, no one gets it - except the true DDR fans, hoho! Oh, alright, here's a proper one... ;)
Quote of the day: I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert.
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