My First Dinner Party Hosting of 2010
Enter Joo, Ivy, Zoe and Jin. First thing...restroom and water. Ah, Zoe darling needed a cup of coffee. Next we break open a bottle of Jacob's Creek Shiraz Cabernet to go with an appetizer of pumpkin pizza. Yeah I know it sounds weird. Just go along for now. Next course...no next course. I give the tour of my apartment and point out Suzhou Creek, Ctrip headquarters and Songhong Road. We argue about my plants releasing carbon dioxide while I sleep...then go into the kitchen to finish up the rice dish. I sauteed some mushrooms and zucchini, adding a bit of salt and instant chicken granules, then about 4 cups of cooked brown rice. This is the side to slow cooked bbq pork ribs which the butcher proudly chopped exactly opposite of what I was looking for...never mind. And made 1 clay crock of medicinal chicken, slowly baked in huangjiu, olive oil, carrot and celery with some dates and wolfberries added in for flavor. One big salad with homemade dressing and voila...dinner was