Saturday, November 18, 2006
Last couple of days we have been experiencing freak weather here in Melbourne. It is late spring now and we had two days of snow in the highlands which is uncommon and the city was freezing cold. The news reported that Mt. Baw Baw had 30cm of snow and Tuesday, 14th November 2006 was the coldest November day in 53 years!! It was hailing in the city and there was gusty winds so we thought steamboat with some friends over at our place this weekend would be perfect. However, Melbourne's weather lived up to its reputation of being unpredictable. The weather changed so quickly that it was hot hot hot at 26˚C and a BBQ would have been perfect. Unfortuantely we had planned for a steamboat and went ahead as planned.
We had the following on the menu and used Marcus' huge rice cooker as a steamboat:
Entree
Nachos with Salsa and Cheese
Fresh Oysters with Lemon and Tobasco
Main
Home made Chicken Stock
Fish slices
Chicken
Squid
Sausages
Fish Balls
Home made Shrimp Pork Dumplings
Egg tofu
Vegetables
Vermicelle
Steamed Rice
Dessert
Home made Mango Pudding
 Home made pork shrimp dumpling |
 Taste and look pro! |
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 We need a bigger pot? |
 Waiting, waiting ... |
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 Yummy |
 Whose big bowl is that? |
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 Home made mango pudding! Yeah its mango season once again |
We ALL got too carried away eating and enjoying ourselves and playing good hosts that we forgot to take pictures of our guests in actions ;-)