Well, while Dad was recovering from his operation, my cousin Yen pop back into Kuching for a brief holiday. He also brought along 2 of his friends from Singapore for a trip here as well. He was working very hard to get his meal just right.
As with any meal, the cutleries and placemats were laid out. Doesn’t look like a simple BBQ eh? Well, the food was great. Never turn down dinner at the Tans. Never.
We had a selection of two wines. Red and white.
The salad definitely didn’t look like an everyday salad. The cherry tomatoes were interesting though. They were brought in by Yen from Singapore. It was a very refreshing salad, that’s for sure.
This was a backup dish : some sliced Italian sausages with dragonfruit. Yummy! Somehow, pork always taste better with some fruit.
Yen baked this huge dish of Paela rice with prawns inside it. Yum. Interesting taste. And believe me, this little kitchen helper was trying very very hard not to pinch a nibble here and there.
I think this is the Middle Eastern Chicken. It was slightly spicy but not much. Also there was a touch of tumeric in there.
And this is the Moroccan Barbequed Lamb. And believe me when I said that it was utterly tasty, sweet and succulent.
Now this was a great and simple way to liven up bread. Grilled them lightly over the grill after all the meats have been BBQ-ed and you’ll get some slight BBQ flavour into the bread. Easy to do.
Divine Dessert. Home-made chocolate cake with icing. Sigh. It literally melted in your mouth. Auntie M is a great cook in the kitchen. Like I said earlier, never turn down dinners at the Tans. Never.
Oh, we also ended the dinner with this great desert wine. Brought by one of the dinner guests. It was amazing. It was one of those ice-wines i.e. grapes were harvested just before the winter really came. It was definitely chilly and sweet. Very very sweet.
And so ended a great dinner one fine day in August.
