Winekaki - 22 October 2011

The winekakis... or shall I say, wine-keteers gathered again last Saturday at our home. We haven't been hosting for a long time since without a domestic helper and this time, we graciously played host to our fellow wineketeers.

No particular food theme, just the usual bring-whateva-you-like pot luck.

 Our fellow wineketeers brought KFC, braised chicken wings, Kajang sate, salad and braised duck feet (not in pic)

I prepared bacon aglio olio and prawn spaghetti for mains and the olive and cheese chunks are for nipping into while sipping wine.

The piece de resistence.... Roast pork

I finally got it right this time. Not blowing my own trumpets but hubs said this roast is the best and the mother of all roasts dished out from our oven. I tried a very simple and fuss free method of blanket-ing the rind with rock salt and roast.  However, X-factor here is to choose a good piece of meat.  I go to the the butcher at Taman Tun Market - Lee Wah Trading for a perfect cut of meat. Belly is the most expensive part of the porcine and I want to make sure I get the best to. Lee Wah's  pork is absolutely fresh, clean and odorless. This piece of has even layers of meat, fat, meat, fat and meat and fat.... simply divine for roasting pork !!!

I made tiramisu in a cup, in perfect serving proportions.  I find digging into a dish of tiramisu totally yucks. The first slice is always nice and the remaining pieces gets sloshy and sloppy. Tiramisu is such a delicate desert and I want my guests to enjoy their servings. I used the little drinking glass I got from Ikea.

I also baked a french almond cake.  

 

The 4 wineketeers who was present.

The selection they had.

Good food, good company and good wine. The wineketeers are already talking of another round to wrap up 2011.  :D

Winekaki Gathering - Hari Raya

*photo post*

Another post borrowed by hubs to memo down his winekaki gathering.

We gathered at Steve's on Raya Day 1. Since it was a holiday, everyone was relaxed and came early except for KK who flew in from HK and missed the earlier hours but nevermind, he came in just in time for the best wine. 

Steve and Fun called for a theme dinner, to jive food and wine, we had italian/western (KFC and PHD included) and moi cooked a pot of bacon aglio olio..

The selections :

Can't comment on the wines. I was busy with the kids and on iPad and didn't have many sips

 the gang

 the girl

 the kaki-s

 the guys

and kids played lanterns and sparkler :D

and that... was how we spent our Hari Raya  :D

Winekaki Gathering - 19 Jan 2011

**backdated**

The hubs and his winekaki's had another a do to kickstart the gongxi gongxi spirit on 20 Jan 2011. This round was at Steve and Fun's.

the wines we had

the ones that did not make it. Leonard got it exchanged at the wine dealer's. Always recommend to buy from credible dealers and be a regular. At least when the wine goes wrong.. either from bad storage, bad shipping or bad handling, we can get an exchange. Logistics is very crucial here. One error in the chain, the wine turns bad.

Steve set up a tent outdoors for the kids.

Fun had plenty of toys for the kids too.

Fun had loads of scrapbook-ing stuff from materials to machines for us to meddle with.

We had our first lou sang toss. The first is always the best. Always :)

The food we had.. mostly takeaways as it was a working day and no one had the time to cook. Nevertheless, food was excellent.

One taking notes, while the other giving..

Even the husbands were fascinated with her scrap booking tools. Plenty and she has a whole attic room for her stuff. *envy*  *envy*

Amber likes the Haji Samuri satay, Kajang original :)

The best tool had to be the iPad. ES had a program downloaded just for wines, to memo down the wines we had. He is now promoted officially to be our 'wine librarian'   :)

 

Wine, crafts, food and kids.. it was a very enjoyable evening for our winekaki's and families.

Next stop - Leonards !