We had an early xmas + farewell celebration on the 23 Dec for Suan Loong aka Jerry Blake. (don't ask me why I call him Jerry Blake. He instigated it by calling me Carrie Underwood).
For those of you who don't already know, SL is Claudine's bf. He has just left to pursue his education in the U.S. last Friday. And Claudine is super upset. Poor gal.
Suan Loong's family.
My doggies were super excited over the smell of good food. They were giving me those stares saying "we wanna eat too mummy. we want food. we want food".
Front: Cocoa Chanel
Back: Xiao Bai and Xiao Ban.
L-R: Cjay, Cocoa, Ban, Bai.
Cocoa trying her luck to see if she could get any food off me.
My siblings: Caryn, Claudine, Jeffrey
Ken and Caryn
Mum prepared her specialty dishes: DIY popia and Thai basil special rice.
And i made somtam again.
On the table : condiments for popia and the thai rice.
The thai basil special rice is a combination of the following:
Rice cooked with blended basial, lemon grass and other herbs,
Ikan kampong (de-boned),
Cucumber,
Pan fried desiccated coconut,
Sliced onion,
Lime slices,
Fish cracker,
Papadum.
Everyone busy wrapping his/her own popias.
Eating merrily.. :)
I was demonstrating to Jerry Blake's mum on how to DIY a popia.
#1 Spread the hoi sin sauce on the popia skin, you may add chilli sauce if you like it spicy.
#2 Add a slice of lettuce
#3 Top with any condiments of your choice. Here I added egg pieces, tofu pieces, dried shrimps, fried onions, and chinese sausage pieces.
#4 Add the seng kuang (turnip) next. Then, fold the skin and roll.
Viola!
This is the thai basil special rice. It's really really good though you can't really tell from the picture.
Mum made my favourite dessert: "tan dann" with ginger syrup (double boiled egg)
Bro and his gf J-ing, Lau and his gf.
We wish you all the very best Suan Suan. God bless xx.
