It's another Sunday lunch at my friend CW's. This time she hosted to it to welcome an college mate who has migrated to Australia with his wife and young family. On top of that CW took the opportunity to bake a cake in celebration of another friend KY's birthday which occured a few days ago.
I always look forward to having a meal at CW's. Firstly, it is always a happy and relaxed vibe when I visit and this is a genuinely nice family to hang around with. Her two girls are great to chat with and have fun with. I also look forward to the great food that consistently appears. Why would I decline an invite to a meal at CW's?
So the lunch theme this time is Malaysian. We had curry laksa (Penang style) and wonton noodles (dry style) which was served with home made barbeque pork (Char Siew) and home made roast pork (Siu Yoke). Auntie (CW's mum) made the barbeque pork and roast pork. I couldn't stop nibbling at the roast pork, it was so tender and the skin was so crunchy!
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| BBQ Pork and Roast Pork |
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| Wonton Noodles |
You would have noted that I mentioned that the curry laksa was a Penang style dish. Well, I did not know until yesterday that there was a variation of the curry laksa dish in the first place. You learn something knew almost every day, I tell you. Well, what is the Penang style? It turns out the laksa is served with a prawn and bean sambal (relish) which I must say did go very well with the laksa.
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| Prawn and bean sambal |
The laksa gravy was quite spicy, it had a kick but I loved it! I did sweat a little as I was eating the dish but that is what makes a good laksa. Auntie made the wonton noodles for the kids as there is way too much spice in the laksa for them to eat it.
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| Curry Laksa with all the toppings |
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| Curry Laksa without the toppings |
There were lots of conversation througout the meal and we decided to take a breather before we moved on to desserts.
Dessert was konyaku jelly, KY's birthday cake of chocolate and espresso cake, salted caramel ice cream, black sesame ice cream, strawberry sorbet and last but not least my mango pudding. CHW (CW's hubby) also served us some nice cups of coffee from their Nespresso machine. The cake was delicious, it was moist and had a lovely texture and I had it with the salted caramel ice cream (home made courtesy of CW) and the combination really worked!
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| Jelly |
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| Mango pudding |
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| Chocolate and espresso cake |
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| The cake served with salted caramel ice cream |
I can say with certainty we were all full from another feast courtesy of the Wan family.
2 comments:
Great post... great company as always. What a great way to spend Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the mango pudding. Love it. I need to ask you for the recipe.
I could not resist both the cake and Penang styled curry mee. Auinty Ellen had made a mean and excellent prawn and bean curry to top up on the curry noodles. Evemn if the wanton and egg noodles with char siew prok slices were meant for the children, I requested for a serving - and it was like back in Malaysia! Mango pudding and jelly were refreshing round-ups to the meal!
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