delicious evening… with friends

January 14, 2008

Back in August of last year, we commissioned Simon, a professional house (re) builder, a one-man-machine (literally!) to renovate rooms in out home. That included the entire kitchen, living room, toilet, my husband’s office and the garage. He was such the best in the business as he single handedly demolished our fireplace, old kitchen, and all that needed to be rebuild. I think he has worked on about 60% of our home. This spring he’ll do our main bathroom so we;ll see him again.

Anyway, Simon is such a nice guy and he became a friend. During his stay (working days) with us, I would always made him and my husband lunch, I liked cooking for those two. But little did we know that he wasn’t only a human machine but the guy can also cook! And not just cook, his preparations are far more better than some of the restaurants I have visited. Really my hat’s off to Simon…I miss your cooking, man! Hurry back from Thailand and cook for us again, ha ha ha!

I thought I’d post what he’d (together with his wife Marjan) one night when we got invited for dinner at their home. verdict: WOW! Everything was delicious and…just wow!

1st appetizer : salmon with crunchy salad bed sprinkled with sesame seeds and oil

2nd appetizer: miso soup with chicken and mushroom

1st main: grilled shrimps in avocado

2nd main white fish with pumpkin/potato mash..with mussels

1st dessert blackberries with mascarpone cheese and creme

2nd dessert: I was not able to take photo (thus I forgot what we had…sorry about that Simon ha ha!)

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