What A Blastful Of Goodies...

My partner and I attended our friends, Zee and Lorraine's house-warming celebration today. Zee is a teacher, and she invited her present colleagues as well as some of her ex-colleagues to her house. Lorraine was the chef of the day, as usual. For she's a cook by profession, feeding the little children and of course the adults (teachers) in a primary school.

Came and went, there are probably about 40 people all in all. Zee's place was divided into 2. 1st half included people like my partner and myself, and of course other friends of theirs whom we both also know. The 2nd half of the house included teachers, their partners/spouse and of course, their kids. We were all introduced to one another. But of course, we won't be able to recognise nor remember their names. Zee and Lorraine's friends from Holland - an elderly couple visited them and are staying in their place. Ohhh.. And you know what? This couple loves Asian dishes and they can both take spicy food too!!

Every single food item was cooked by Lorraine herself. She cooked her speciality - Devil's Curry. The other food items included, very Spicy Squid (i don't eat squid so i do not know how spicy it was..), Stewed Beef, Mixed Vegetables, Beef Rendang and of course, Mutton Rendang.

I love the Devil's Curry...........!!

I love the Mutton Rendang......

I love the Beef Rendang...

I'm not so much of a Stew person but yes, the Stewed Beef is wonderful too....

Oh... Not forgetting the Mixed Vegetables - it tastes yummy too...

I had 3 rounds of serving all in all. And my partner had 2 servings. We had wanted to pack some of the Devil's Curry home for my mum and brother to try. But after all the hours of waiting, and all the people having their 2nd, 3rd or 6th rounds, we decided that it wasn't our luck this time and we'll never be able to bring some of it home.

We didn't know more than half of the people there. But everyone who walked through Zee's iron gate, was greeted with a very cheery, "HELLO!!" or a "BYE BYE!!" when they left. And guess what?? As Zee was talking to some of her teacher colleagues, the name, Tayyiba kept popping up. So, curious as I was, I asked from across the room to Zee, "Zee!! Who is this Tayyiba that you're all talking about? Which school was she formerlly from?" Zee said that she doesn't know but one of her teacher colleague said, "KC, I think." I knew there and then that the Tayyiba that they're all talking about was once my ex-classmate from KC. And when Tayyiba finally arrived with her husband (she married an ang moh guy) and had her son (7 months old) in her arms, I knew I was 100% right!!

Her son is such a lovely boy. His eyes are so blue. He has such a charming face. And best of all, he doesn't cry wanting for mummy when "strangers" like us carried and played with him. Don't you all reckon that he's a lovely boy?? Well, Tayyiba and I exchanged mobile numbers and we promised to meet up soon at another one of our friends' gathering.

And before we left for home, I requested that Zee unwrap the present that we bought. Lorraine loves the 16 litre Pot. And the rest of the presents included, a Hairdryer, a Airpot and a Dining Set.

It definately was a good and heart-warming house-warming that I enjoyed.

Thank you, Zee!

Thank you, Lorraine!