On Saturday, my friends Brendon and Christine hosted a most fabulous BBQ down in the ghetto. Well, the term “ghetto” is used relatively here. Basically, they pretty much live across the street from the Ministry of Sound nightclub and back in my hey day (because yes I am old), that minuscule proximity to MOS would have totally rocked my world. But these days? I’d much rather live across the street from a farmers market. Or a Byron. Or something equally tasty.
So nightclub scene = ghetto. Me = boring, I know I suck, but deal with it.
Anyways. There was a LOT of meat. We had chicken wings, lamb chops, steaks, sausages and OMG the most delicious variation of pigs-in-blankets ever – dates wrapped in bacon! So Good I Could Die. I didn’t get photos of the steaks, lamb or sausages. Too busy eating. Our host Brendon also managed to burn the wooden spoon, leading us to understand why BBQ utensils are generally not made of wood.
EDIT 10-July: Ok, I have these photos on Facebook and my Danish friend left a comment saying “In DK we call it baconsex.” OMG AWESOME lol!
I made my avocado salad with spring onions and toasted almonds (recipe here) and there was a potato-salad-off between two potato salads. I’m not going to say which one was better, because you know, friendships and pride are all on the line here. Let’s just say they were… different
Desserts were pretty fricking awesome (as usual). Our hostess with the mostest, Christine, made a giant fluffy pandan cake (her specialty and the sole reason why I’m keeping her ;)). Another friend Mags made the most divine individual baked lemon curd cheesecakes and lemon curd cupcakes. NOM.
Oh, we also had fruit, but who wants photos of that?
I {heart}… my friends…
… but I {heart} this poster even more:
Can’t you just feel his satisfaction?