Monday, May 07, 2007

Asia Fabulous II - Debriefed

Yesterday was pretty awesome. Pretty much everyone who said they'd come visited the house and joined us for an afternoon of eating and drinking outside in the sunshine. The bonus is that our house is really quite clean and attractive-looking.

beverages included Thai and Malay iced teas and mimosas
dishes included "filichino" pancit, Korean bi bim bap, penang curry, korean-fried tofu with a chili soy sauce, asian salad, adobo wings & hard boiled eggs (we ran low on the chicken and I couldn't stand wasting all the gravy goodness), Shanghai baby bok choy with veggie oyster sauce and toasted sesame seeds, & char siu bao
desserts included Vietnamese seamed sweet mung bean-filled glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaf, egg tarts, Asian cakes via baobaobakery, mango mochi, & sweet red bean buns
The main party crowd left and the die hards moved inside for gender war taboo. Then the babies came! Lisa brought both Holly and their doggie Acer. Jesse came by with Isaiah, too!
In all, good times were had and bellies left full. Until next year's Asia Fabulous!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Asia Fabulous

I'm doing a second annual potluck with my roommates in honor of APA heritage month. It's always interesting what people decide to bring.

Working Menu Basics for Potluck
* Adobo Wings
* Veggie Pancit
* Chicken Pancit
* Thai Iced Tea
* Teh Tarek
* Vietnamese Sticky Rice & stuff wrapped in Banana Leaf
* Asian Snacky-Snacks (shrimp chips and chocolate Pocky)

Potluck Contributions
* dumplings
* curry
* Kalbi
* More TBA