Post-Mortem : Dinner Date

So, as it went, the dinner was somehow ok.

I left office at 5.00 pm as I planned. But not to Jason's but to my clients office!!!

5.15pm- at clients office.
5.30pm- still at clients office!
5.45pm - still stuck! Oh my god...i'm late. I had to do shopping and head home to cook!
finally 5.50pm I left the clients off to rush to Jason.
Thankfully, the market is only 2 MRT stations away from my place. I gave myself time until 6.30 to shop and be back so I can get everything ready by 8.30 pm.

And the list I made of what to buy before leaving my office really helped me to focus.
So I bought all these items...

1) Chopped Almond
2) Asparagus
3) Baby Corns
4) Mint Leaves
5) Capsicum (Red + Yellow)
6) Brussel Sprouts
7) Tofu
8) Maggie Soup Seasoning
9) Pepper Powder
10) Chilly Flake
11) Lemon infused Olive Oil
12) Mango Chutney
13) Ginger
and reached home by 6.45. Oh gosh, I'm late!

So I quickly prepared all the ingredients needed for the cutlet, asparagus, brussels and soup.

As it happened, I changed my menu a bit on the last minute...

1) Soup - tofu, potato, baby corn, capsicum with Maggie seasoning and a bit of pepper and chilly flakes and GARAM MASALA!!!!.
Well, when I was about to bring the flame down and pour the soup to its bowl...then I realised the tofu is no where to be seen in the soup! What happened! Diluted? Can't be. The I realised I didn't even put it in! so I boiled the soup extra 10 minutes and it's done.

2) Asparagus with Almond. Make that roasted Almond. - I roasted the almonds, and stir fried the asparagus with minimal oil and a bit of water. Was trying to keep it crunchy. Then I added a bit of Maggie Soy Sauce, a bit of Aminah Hassan thick soy souce and added half of the roasted almond into it. So the flavor of almond will be absorbed into asparagus. Then I carefully fished out only the asparagus to a plate. Leaving the Almond with the other ingredients in the wok. So, I added a bit of water and some garlic chilly sauce just enough to make it a shiny gravy to be poured onto the asparagus. Then I added the gravy with almond which is in red colour onto the asparagus and added the rest of the roasted almonds to it to add colour to the dish.

3) Brussels - I was trying to make it as spicy as I can. So I put capsicum, chilly, chilly flakes, sambal chilly into it. With some baby corn to go with it. Turned out.....I should have boiled the brussels first! I didn't taste it until the guest was home. So perhaps, next time I will do better.

4) Cutlet- Cutlet to my horror turned out to be the worst dish of the day! I over cooked 2 of them, and almost over cooked the other 2. Finally I managed to save only 1 1/2 of the cutlets. :(

5) Skewed Fruits - had honey dey, kiwi, strawberry and manggo skewed for desert.

6) Final Desert was Haagen Dazs vanila Ice cream on rose stem with daisy, rose petal and mint leaf. This is the best of the lot apart from my Asparagus.

So, all done by 9.00 pm! GOSH I AM LATE! Super LATE!
Then I was informed the guest had to work late. :(
The person can only make it around 10.30. So I was like, what the heck....Argentina game was on TV I could still catch it. HE HE HE.

Happily I watched the game which ended 6-0 to Argies. Had my shower, re-heated the dishes and waited for my guest. She turned up finally at 11.00 pm. We were so hungry that I forgot to snap the dishes served. I only realised it when we were about to have out desert. So, here are the 2 photos...



The vanila ice-cream on rose stem with rose and daisy petals. Garnished with mint leaves.




Simple Fruit Skew