Weekends that Whizz By

We've had a couple of lazy ish weekends and weeks doing what we do best: eating, cooking, entertaining friends. Last weekend Steve and I cooked up a storm as Ling, Noah and baby Bunty and Stef all came round. I had warned them about the volume of food to the extent that Stef actually changed her outfit to an elasticated waistband!

Poor little Bunty was not very well with a cold but she was still on good form and open to giving lots of cuddles. The little cutie coped so well being passed around and being under the weather.

Steve and I started off with a visit to Queen Vic market on Saturday morning followed by supermarket trip and as the rain set in we worked on marinading ribs and chicken and creating a chilli con carne.
The next morning we started on the salads and the pulled pork which we cooked long and slow and by the time our guests arrived it was perfectly pulled. So what was on the heavily laden table:

• Sticky chicken wings Chinese style
• Spiced drumsticks Indian style
• Chilli con carne
• Pulled pork
• Bourbon and caramel ribs
• Coleslaw with a buttermilk dressing
• German style potato salad
• Pickled red onions and cucumbers

We ventured out in the drizzle to N2 for gelato for dessert and I packed up a lot of the leftovers to feed the crew and me for lunch the next day and the day after!

There was a midweek excursion to the Food Society meet for May at Morris Jones where we feasted on Kobe beef and truffles. The theme was mushrooms and pinot.

We enjoyed the company of our table - strangers at first, friends by the end and the food was just amazingly good.

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Highlights were the beef Wellington and dessert was a triple cream Brie which was infused with black truffle and served with sweet truffle honey. Oh my lordee, was that cheese heavenly or what? I remember it so vividly! All the courses were delicious but these stood out for me! I love our monthly meetings of the Food Society at Morris Jones!

This weekend is a long one with today (Monday) being a long weekend for the Queen's birthday. Thank you Ma'am. It's been pretty leisurely with evenings in, walks during the day and yesterday we went to the matinee performance of Wicked seated in the second row.

I missed Amelia on Skype this weekend. Timings didn't work but we have had plenty of photos including cheeky faced ones as she enjoys baking chocolate cupcakes and going out for yum cha with the family.