More walking around....
For dinner, we went for traditional belgium food
a little expensive but i guess is okay to splurge for husband's birthday
and for us to taste the real authentic food
and ladybug landed on my hair -.-"
Oh, there was a summer music festival happening
and we managed to sneak peaks while standing at an area near it
so free music and watching the big screens!
Surprisingly, there was a funfair near our hotel
I challenged husband to take the 50m ferris wheel
I admit that it was scary with the wind and open concept
but we survived!!
Then it was time to rest and to prepare for our trip to brugges..
So about a month ago,
husband's friend invited me to prepare Singaporean food party
at their apartment for our friends
after some reserach on authentic singaporean food
and testing out the menus over the weeks
i came up with the menu:
Starter - Curry and sardine puffs
Main - Hainanese chicken rice and oyster sauce bak choy
Dessert - sweet beancurd (Tao hua) and mooncakes
husband complains that i dont make Singaporean food at home
after seeing how intensive the preparation and cooking is
he understood why i dont make singaporean food at home
To shorten the preparation time,
I prepare the chilli and ginger sauce (chicken rice) the day before
and the tao hua, which required 8hours of chilling
In the end, we have 9 paxs for dinner
due to the new kitchen environment,
first time cooking for 9 paxs,
the intensive amont of preparation,
and cooking in a team,
we ended up with 5 hours of preparations and cooking!
I think all the friends were shocked at the amont of time required.
Probably the time can be shorten if i bought 2 large chicken,
instead of 3 smaller chicken,
but i was worried that they do not have big pots.
Thankfully, husband is well trained in preparations and cooking,
that i can just hand tasks to him.
Surprisingly, husband's friend was so good at making curry puff,
much better than me!
I think my mum will be so proud of an ang mo making perfect curry puff,
haha
Thankfully, there were not much leftovers,
washing were done by the friends
but we still end up with aching muscles the next day!
Oh, but my ricecooking cover accidently broke :(
Anyway, with only 6 months cooking experience,
I am really proud to be able to complete the menu,
no one ends up in food posioning,
positive feedback about the food,
and the experience to manage a team of chef! haha
I think another year more,
I can join Masterchef France!
Oh, we are planning to start the trend of cooking at different homes
i think they are just planning to make pizza the next time...
At last minute, we decided to go for a short holiday for husband's birthday!
But it was so last minute booking + france public holiday + summer holiday,
all the train and flight tickets were so expensive
that we ended up taking a coach to beglium
luckily, it was just 4-5 hours coach but much cheaper!
So on the birthday eve,
I made a simple cheesecake and we celebrated at home
Husband is very happy with the cake
while i think the texture is a little too rough
As I didn' have a big budget for husband's gift
end up, he had 7 small gifts to be given at every 4 hours..haha
Early morning, we went to the bus station quite far from home
and board our coach!
As there was no assignment of seats,
we ended up in separate seats and i fell asleep
assicdently, stroking the old man's arm beside me
SOOOOO embarassing.. haha
And we arrived in Brussels!
Since it was husband's birthday,
i secretly emailed the hotel and hope for some extra freebies
and they gave us a free room upgrade!
I think it was the first time we stayed in a big room at that price
however, we were busy exploring the city
and didnt really spent much time at hotel
Unexpectedly, we were staying near the arab area of brussels
and accidently discovered the weight=price seafood restuarants!
Apparently, they are only available in the arab area
the seafood were fresh and cheap!
we ended up returning on the last day for another seafood feast!
in addition, i discover how much i love arab mint tea
and started making them at home
not good for diet with the crazy amount of sugar inside
Beglium is the land of chcolates, waffles, fries and beers
I lost count of the number of shops selling these
and we did had a good share of all the items during our trip
So the day were spent eating,
visiting husband's fave (chocolate shops),
searching for famous wall grafitti,
visit the still-building flower carpets,
drinking beer,
visiting the famous peeing boy and girl,
which are really small!
Even the chocolate shop has a bigger pissing boy!
