I just had my first BBQ dinner at the motel tonight. It was supposed to be a mini farewell party for K and me, and 3 other Taiwanese girls who would be leaving Hastings soon and moving to the South Island. It's also the first time i did a BBQ in cold weather: 5 degrees C!
Ah Ming and A went to the supermarket this afternoon to buy the food stuff together with Ah Ming's sister and a few China men. The BBQ started around 5pm, right in the center of the motel where the pit and benches are. We had beef patties with onions, lettuce, carrots and BBQ sauce in burger buns, sausages, fries and lots of chicken and lamb meat. The entire preparation work took place in Ah Ming's sister's unit, and the whole kitchen was a mess.. Fortunately, our unit was the only one upstairs, so we didn't really get our unit dirty. The rest of the units downstairs had to share in the work, baking french fries and other preparations. It was like a mini Asian party, with more than 10 of us from Singapore, Malaysia, China and Taiwan. = ) The beef burgers were so yummy i had two! For the grand finale, Ah Ming prepared lamb's heart for everyone. The uncooked version was so gross i couldn't bring myself to eat it even after it was cooked.
As it got darker, i couldn't bear to stay outdoors and had to keep running inside Ah Ming's sister's unit to escape from the cold.. and then coming out once in a while to socialize with the rest.. It was the first time i met all the folks staying downstairs, cause K already knew them all from work at the vineyard. So it was kinda awkward for me at first, eating and chatting with strangers. Plus, me running indoors half the time didn't really help with the bonding.. haha.. oh well..
We had so much left over food in the end that it will be enough for breakfast for everyone tomorrow!
Here are some photos that i took just now:
Beef sausages
K starting the ball rolling with beef patties and sausages..
Our mini Asian party..
3/4 of the feast we had..
Ah Ming preparing the lamb's heart
Tomorrow K and I planned to go to Napier for some Jazz, buffet brunch and carnival type activities that we found in a brochure. I hope those will be good!
Ah Ming and A went to the supermarket this afternoon to buy the food stuff together with Ah Ming's sister and a few China men. The BBQ started around 5pm, right in the center of the motel where the pit and benches are. We had beef patties with onions, lettuce, carrots and BBQ sauce in burger buns, sausages, fries and lots of chicken and lamb meat. The entire preparation work took place in Ah Ming's sister's unit, and the whole kitchen was a mess.. Fortunately, our unit was the only one upstairs, so we didn't really get our unit dirty. The rest of the units downstairs had to share in the work, baking french fries and other preparations. It was like a mini Asian party, with more than 10 of us from Singapore, Malaysia, China and Taiwan. = ) The beef burgers were so yummy i had two! For the grand finale, Ah Ming prepared lamb's heart for everyone. The uncooked version was so gross i couldn't bring myself to eat it even after it was cooked.
As it got darker, i couldn't bear to stay outdoors and had to keep running inside Ah Ming's sister's unit to escape from the cold.. and then coming out once in a while to socialize with the rest.. It was the first time i met all the folks staying downstairs, cause K already knew them all from work at the vineyard. So it was kinda awkward for me at first, eating and chatting with strangers. Plus, me running indoors half the time didn't really help with the bonding.. haha.. oh well..
We had so much left over food in the end that it will be enough for breakfast for everyone tomorrow!
Here are some photos that i took just now:
Beef sausages
K starting the ball rolling with beef patties and sausages..
Our mini Asian party..
3/4 of the feast we had..
Ah Ming preparing the lamb's heartTomorrow K and I planned to go to Napier for some Jazz, buffet brunch and carnival type activities that we found in a brochure. I hope those will be good!
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August 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
lamb's heart? yucks. did keson eat any? how did it taste?