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A Most Memorable & Delicious Homecooked Dinner on 13Nov2015
fried hokkien prawn mee-bestest!
a RI friend invited us to her newly done place for homecooked dinner on 13.11.2015. ^^
it was a wonderful evening of fun, laughters & memories.
we decided to have a PCK theme. some friends went to get a S$1yellow helmet for all, and we had the round floor protector pads for molds. haha! ^^
btw, my favourite dish for the evening among all the good food was the fried hokkien prawn mee! (top photo). it was done by the hostest brother, who made a couple other dishes & joined us for dinner.
it was the bestest! i have not tried making that. not sure i can do it. 🙂
cheese board
the host & hostess had some cheese board which we enjoyed before & after dinner.
cheese board
the blue, an english stilton blue cheese, was excellent! i really enjoyed that. 🙂
chicken wings
chicken wings were good.
good curry chicken
curry chicken was the thicker, more powdery type. chicken was sweet. curry was tasty.
i quite like this curry though it was different from the nonya curry chicken i make.
roast chicken
roast chicken was good too, moist, tender. 🙂
some veg
there were broccoli & carrots.
nice chilli long beans
the chilli long beans were done well. 🙂
love the soto ayam
& i love the soto ayam! 🙂
love the soto ayam
i helped myself with a bit more.
love the soto ayam
there was also itek tim, but i did not take photo.
very good pork ribs
pork ribs were fork tender, and taste great.
very good pork ribs
it inspired me to make my own louisiana styled pork ribs afterwards.
roast pork ribs (or soft bones?) – super
& the roast pork ribs. i had a few pieces. it was fatty but really excellent! maybe it was soft bones rather than ribs.
i want to do this one too. still thinking how to do it. 🙂
very good bread pudding with vanilla ice cream
a friend brought a very good bread pudding.
very good bread pudding with vanilla ice cream
especially nice served with vanilla ice cream, no need to prepare separately a hot cream custard.
very good bread pudding with vanilla ice cream
it was convenient & great party food, no need to cut & you can scoop what you want.
i went home & make one myself, a very good bread pudding also.
very refreshing fruit cokctail jelly dessert
there was also a very refreshing fruit cocktail jelly dessert. we were full to the brim. still i had 2 helpings.
frozen eclairs
& i tried a frozen eclaire, not my favourite though. 🙂
we had a lot of sharing among old friends which now meet frequently in recent years. really good fun & company & delicious food, thanks to the hostess.
c.h.e.f andy
(My First) Bread Pudding
bread pudding
seems to be doing many “my first” these couple days. ^^
reason is we are doing a RI friends eat-together at a friend’s house & maybe the theme is kampung spirit. it requires a bit of logistic planning eg packing food in aluminium serving dishes or tupperware etc, and hence the type of food best suited to be served to say 20pax and ferried by car with minimum transfers/heating up etc before serving.
hence i was testing out 2 other dishes these 2 days for the first time –
recently we had a gathering at another friend’s house & someone brought a bread pudding. that is a convenient party dish, no need to cut, just scoop out so easy to serve. 🙂
bread pudding
i decided to try out a bread pudding.
i looked at online recipes. i found a good recipe = best bread pudding with vanilla sauce at allrecipes & decided to follow it.
turned out that it is one of the easiest (maybe the easiest) dessert to do. 🙂
bread pudding
i cracked 3 eggs into a mixing bowl, added 3 cups milk, 60ml melted butter, 1 flat tbsp white sugar, 2 flat tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla essence, & 1 flat tsp cinnamon; and whisked.
(my sugar totalled only 3 tbsp whereas the allrecipes had 1.5cups white sugar & 2 tbsp brown sugar – that’s like 8x the sugar i added)
bread pudding mixture
i then cut 7 pieces of stale bread diagonally into 4 pieces each, and added & combined with the liquids. added some macadamia nuts & dried cherry tomatoes.
i pulled a cling firm over the mixing bowl & leave it for 1/2hr for the bread to absorb the liquids.
transferred to oven dish
the i greased the bottom & sides of an oven dish (don’t have spray), and emptied the bread pudding mixture into the oven dish. 🙂
transferred to oven dish
i had the oven preheated to 180degC, and placed the oven dish for 50mins. it’s ready when a tooth pick of fork comes out cleanly after inserting into the pudding.
bread pudding
must say the result was quite wonderful.
bread pudding
although after it cooled the pudding sank & shrank, but taste wise it was quite perfect especially when served with vanilla ice cream, which my daughter bought & brought home.
it is really a very convenient party dessert, can serve many people, very easy to make & to transport. 🙂
c.h.e.f andy
Ingredients :-
- 7 slices stale bread
- some nuts & raisins (i used what i have available which are macadamia nuts & a dried cherry tomatoes).
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups milk
- 60ml butter
- 2 tbsp flat brown sugar
- 1 tbsp flat white sugar
- 1 tsp flat cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Directions :-
- whisk in a mixing bowl 3 eggs, 3 cups milk, 60ml melted butter, 1 flat tbsp white sugar, 2 flat tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla essence, & 1 flat tsp cinnamon.
- cut 7 pieces of stale bread diagonally into 4 pieces each. add & combine with the liquids.
- add some macadamia nuts & dried cherry tomatoes.
- pulled a cling firm over the mixing bowl & leave it for 1/2hr for the bread to absorb the liquids.
- grease the bottom & sides of an oven dish and transfer the bread pudding mixture into the oven dish.
- bake for 50mins in a preheated 180degC oven.
- serve with ice cream (i did not prepare the sauce this time)
c.h.e.f 