Punting

All of a sudden (即興)... we went to punting... actually I did the punting... so many punts on the river today, but it was good....

Easter Weekend

A round of applause is needed to all sections who contributed the fabulous dinner at Easter weekend!! Well done to all sections!!

Biking together

Two photos of us on our bikes, having just got back from city centre. Note the bag of rice at the back of my bike.

Pasta sauce using Venison

We have made pasta sauce according to Jamie's idea of using chopped tomatoes and herbs. This time though we tried venison mince, bought from the Wolvercote Farmers' Market and it tasted pretty nice. ^_^

西炒飯

Earlier this week we tried another "蘋果" recipe - 西炒飯. It is very easy and tastes good too (I think anyway ^_^) !

Roast Sea Trout with spinach, orange and crushed new potatoes

We have tried another Gary Rhodes' recipe. This time it is the Roast Sea Trout with spinach, orange and crushed new potatoes.

It looked okay and tasted not bad. Although the orange sause was a bit different, the potatoes was definitely one of the best I have made - smashing! This meal went perfectly with a glass a white wine!

Sea bass fillets with tomato and olive oil

A recipe I have found from the telegraph other than the fact we also cooked rice and used chopped onion as well!! According to the recipe the portion supposed to serve 4!!! (and guess how many it really served?)

印尼炒飯

Yesterday I dashed out on my bike into the horrible weather to do grocery for dinner, and
Last night we have made 印尼炒飯 (without 印尼蝦醬).


Not too bad I say...

Lime, coriander and coconut pan fried salmon

A dish we made tonight with salmon fillet, coconut milk, lemon grass and chilli....


Not bad I think... although next time we should try using fresh coriander to add a bit more colours to it ^_^

Tomato Soup, Pasta and Homemade Meatballs

We have tried some homemade meatball (肉丸) (not 肉球 ^_^) tonight...


Meatball or Meatball?!

It is a healthy dish, meat cooked separately from the soup, the soup is all veggie with only a bit of oil.

My first moussaka

Here is my first homemade moussaka (μουσακάς) ^_^.


Before being baked....

After being baked...

Certainly looked ok and tasted fine... although I would prefer the aubergines to be thinner and smaller....

The Big Question is... How was mine compared to the one I had in Cyprus??

1st Wedding Anniversary

At our 1st wedding anniversary we have home-cooked the following for dinner

pan-fried sea bass with smoked bacon and caper cabbage (link)
served with
Asparagus risotto (link)

For wine we have black tower rose wine.

Apple Crumble

My first homemade apple crumble...
I should really tried homemade custard (just like I said before)


now I know what is in it I think...!!!

From flour, sugar and butter .... to bread crumbs...
over peeled, cored and pieced apples

After 45 minutes... voila!!

I think it looked okay with 鳥牌 custard!!
Although I should really use cooking apples next time...
Just A BIT TOO SWEET!!

My Lunch

While SOMEONE was having a nice CHRISTMAS LUNCH.... I have made myself I nice 茶餐廳快餐 kakakakaka

Bread AND Butter Pudding

My first homemade bread AND butter pudding.... I should try homemade custard next time hahaha


Waiting.........Waiting.........(to be baked)

Baked.... Waiting..... Waiting (for 鳥牌 custard)

Served!!

Online TV

Below are some of the Online TV apps I have been trying out.

BBC IPlayer, this one allows you to watch upto 7 days old BBC programmes and each programme downloaded and unopen has about one month expiry, whereas once they are open there is only 7 days expiry.


Channel 4 on Demand, this one allows you to watch upto 30 days old Channel 4 programmes and each programme downloaded and unopen has about one month expiry, and again once they are open there is only 7 days expiry.


Joost, programmes here do not expire and they can be viewed when available. Although this is different from 4oD or IPlayer since it does not have a terrestrial counterpart.

So I suppose even I do not have a TV now, there is still loads to watch (when I am not working obviously kakakaka)

Dragon's mum 親自下廚

本來要去小舅家烤肉... but Dragon's mum 說會親自下廚! 所以我們也留在家裡吃晚飯

As you can see... Dragon is not helping at all!! 後來還出鎚 kakaka!!

Bytheway 這道清菜是我炒的!!

包春捲

今天我們到阿嬤家包春捲, 以下圖為證.

Dragon did hers and came out square like .... how weird!!

阿嬤在旁指點(介入)... fortunately mine turned out to be the right shape
(a bit squashed in width I suppose haha)

超讚的拉麵

Yesterday, Dragon's mum 炮製 two bowls of ramen with 貢丸!!


一個字 --- 爽

Spider-Pig

"Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig.
Does whatever a Spider-Pig does.
Can he swing from a web?
No he *can't*, cause he's a pig.
Look out! He is the Spider-Pig! "

A weekend of nothing

Ha! After a busy week of conference (and subsequent nights out)... I finally made all the correction for my report and have actually had it printed off on last Friday!! Ye!! Now I am waiting for some "forming filling" to be done by my department and my college. So this weekend has been a bit of a slacker really... not been doing much at all!! However, I watched Live Earth on Saturday night and found KT Tunstall a very good singer and indeed although I was quite familiar with the music she played but I did not know they were hers!! (I could not find any good recordings of her at Live Earth from youtube and so I used this music video instead.)

Anyhow... back to work this coming week... no more slacking!!

Frittata Omelette with Sausage, Cheddar Cheese and a Tomato and Yoghurt Salsa (with a pinch of sugar)

We have followed the recipe of Frittata Omelette with Sausage, Cheddar Cheese and a Tomato and Yoghurt Salsa, but we have added a pinch of sugar to our yoghurt... GOOD!!

Curry for Magha Puja (in progress)

Curry for Magha Puja (in progress), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Me and Denise spent the evening "contemplating" this curry... (trust me it is masaman curry) but there are just too much in it... it turned out to be ok (I reckoned we brought more food than anyone else this time due to this big pot of curry...) it lasted till my lunch on Monday!! (probably dinner on Monday for Denise kakakaka)...

making lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner almost ready (using a new pot kakaka)

making lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner almost ready (using a new pot kakaka), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

When you are on your own... you can make lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner at the same time... If you know what I mean??

Peppers with Shank (用老抽)

Peppers with Shank (用老抽), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

This was definitely a good experience... Peppers with Shank 用老抽炒!!

Cheese with rice and chicken (using dog bowl haha)

Cheese with rice and chicken (using dog bowl haha), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

A nice dish to have as we have invited Denis to come around our place for a casual dinner!! (A little secret: He HAD A LOT!!) hahahaha

Wendy and Peter marriage ceremony 1: before

Thanks very much Sherman again!!

Wendy and Peter marriage ceremony 2: after!

Thanks Sherman!!

After Gee's (toast with chocolate spread - much better!!)

After Gee's (toast with chocolate spread - much better!!), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Although we dined at the posh restaurant Gee's (was not THAT GREAT actually) on Valentines'... the best part was going back home and have a couple of slices of toasts YUM!!

Pancake for breaky yeah!

Pancake for breaky yeah!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Nothing beats the odd pancake(s) for breakfast with a warm mug of coffee hahaha

Our tea set!! hahaha (for informal occasion)

Our tea set!! hahaha (for informal occasion), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Our lovely tea set for daily use (that is if we have tea everyday... umm... should make it a habit really hahaha)

Good choice of bag!!

I thinks this is a really good choice of bag (none of those dog stuff!!) hahahahahaha

Good choice of bag!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Filling

Just had my first tooth filling (consequence of not bothering to see a dentist for a longer period of time....) ... I have got to tell u that needle was very long!! and she used it on my gum!! Too bad well my face is half numb... and it is time for some work....

Gym

I went to the gym today for the first time for a long long time!! It was tiresome after being advised to use the ROWING MACHINE!! I only rowed a 1000 m (that's less than 5 mins) and I was complete knackered!! Then proceed to the swimming pool and best of all the SAUNA it was good!!... I am still considering if I should join the club... it is a bit dear but I might just be able to handle the cost since I do not really spend on other things... umm

Which one to pick?

Which one to put on gift list?? (cheapest one or ... nicest one??)

Nice health club

I have paid a visit to this very nice health club today and some of the facilities are brilliant... people look better there even hohoho...

New apartment

This is our new apartment... the landlord (as you probably have gathered this place is rented haha) seems like a nice person and terribly young to be one haha.... this place is situated at the edge of the nice nice area... umm should I say a bit like Earls Court/Chelsea in London haha.... but only much cheaper!! Hope we will find this place enjoyable in the coming months.....

New apartment, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

ex-neighbour!!

We are going to miss our ex-neighbour... hope he will find a good neighbour soon!!

ex-neighbour!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

To Summertown

Have finally settled into summertown with internet!!... have been doing a lot of moving around lately and actually for the last couple of weeks I was virtually cut out from the outside world i.e. the media!! Luckily now internet is restore and I actually drove down to london from leicester and from there back to oxford so am kind of tired. Got to get up early tomorrow for the PRG conference (departmental) and am actually going to give a presentation in the afternoon... hopefully it will be ok... fingers cross!!