post-christmas dinner and gathering…

same to previous years, i made a christmas dinner for friends and enjoy at my home. last year, we got roasted prime ribs. this year, we got roasted lamb chop. lamb chop isn’t cheap ($40 per oz) but it’s mainly b’cos of christmas season. i managed to cook lamb so i can do it next time.

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Menu:
Starter. Tuna Salad with Basil
(similar to http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/soup-and-salad/hot-tuna-salad-with-basil-creme-fraiche, but without creme fraiche on top)
Main. Roasted Crown Rack of Lamb
Dessert. Creme Brulee
Coffee (Nespresso, Latte, Cappuccino)

For kids:
Main. Pasta with Sausage in Cream Sauce

For Sherrie:
Main. Prime Ribs
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too busy to cook so have no photo at all. :(

long vacation….

i have to clear all my annual leave (14-day left) so i am taking a long vacation from 21/nov to 11/dec. (this post will keep updating until the end of my vacation)

have no $ to spend so to stay at home with family. go playground with jayla, bring markus to kindergarten everyday and be health to swim 20 laps everyday.

i am also trying to dine somewhere i can’t go on weekday. below is my list of place to dine in hong kong. let me know if you have any suggestions.
- 勝香園 @ Central (toast is nice; 24/11)
- 大榮華酒樓 Tai Wing Wa Restaurant @ Kowloon Bay (good in term of price; 25/11)
- 再興燒臘飯店 (roasted duck is very good in quality and price; 26/11)
- 安利魚蛋粉 (ok la; 28/11)
- Classified Mozzarella Bar (just cake and coffee, quite expensive and very cold in shop; 28/11)
- 蓮香樓 Lin Heung Tea House @ Central (too hurry for lunch; 1/12)
- Caffe Habitu (bad bad bad, coffee is bad :(; 1/12)
- 松菱日本料理 Matsubishi @ Wanchai for Teppanyaki (lunch set is very good, you should try once; 2/12)
- Burgeroom (5/12)
- Brunch Club & Supper

i also take this opportunity to cook at home. below is my targets.
- 豉汁蒸聖子 (ok la; 24/11)
- steam fish 蒸魚 (24/11 and 27/11)
- cucumber in vinegar 拍青瓜 (nice; 27/11)
- drunk chicken 醉雞 (good; 27/11)
- drunk shrimp 醉蝦 (good; 29/11)
- 豉汁蒸象拔蚌仔 (a lot better than 豉汁蒸聖子; 27/11)
- onion duck 陳太洋蔥鴨 (book told it’s according to anson chan recipe; 4/12)
- 蛋免治牛肉碟頭飯 (from 蘇GOOD, ok la; 8/12)
- steam chicken 蒸雞
- hairy crab meat in pasta 蟹粉義大利麵 (nice idea huh?)

now, swim “10 out of 20 days” of vacation :) keep counting….

very busy ha?

samson, 7 year-old?

samson, 7 year-old?

Originally uploaded by louis, toppy, markus and jayla

thanks for samson mommy invitation.

however, i really forgot how old is samson now :) anyway, happy birthday.

got a pack of blue mountain coffee :P

friends, i got a pack of blue mountain coffee.

desmond and i proposed to have afternoon tea (with cake) in my place one of the weekend. anyone join us?

gathering at onebar today

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Originally uploaded by louis, toppy, markus and jayla.

most of us from group 9/10 while we are studying BScCS in City University of Hong Kong. we haven’t met for a long long time especially jacky and vicky.

the funnest thing today is that hunter (the guy on the photo) looked very smart when he arrived late. but we found that he wore his polo shirt REVERSED!!

shocked!!

i got a call from my old schoolmate. we usually met every year for gathering but we didn’t do so last year.

he told me a friend of us hit the headline and was charged by attempt of murder. he told me more about the story and both of us don’t believe this happened on one of my friend. we know each others over 15 years.
i hope he and his family are fine. god bless.

markus first boat trip to sai kung

yee’s family were back to hong kong for 2 weeks. i planned to go for a boat trip at sai kung last friday. we should be 20 persons to join. typhoon came and we have to postpone to monday. only 10 of us join the boat.

weather was very nice. it’s surprise i could stay on the wakeboard ~1 min!! I will post my video soon if i have it from stazy.

oh oh oh, another good news :)

carol and dominic become parents today!! their baby girl birth today and weigh ~7lbs…

congratulation and looking forward to seeing them soon :)

oh, another good news :)

yan (desiree) is joining jpmorganchase soon… she is going to be an *ar 4* in ceo office, under joe and ralph park who are managing jpmorganchase in asia pacific.

good luck and congratulation.

congratulation to sissi and carl

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Originally uploaded by louis, toppy and markus.

666 (2006jun06) is sissi and carl wedding day. very hot while we were in corridor and at parking space in hotel. i was wet!!! pls don’t plan any wedding in summer time… i was a parttime photographer. it’s my very first time to try my skills in wedding after learning from keeping sir :) i rate myself 80/100… heehee…

technically, nikon sb800 flash (by chris lo) and nikkor 35mm f/2.0 (by philip law) contributed on the color and quality of the images. unfortunately, i dropped my kit lens on the floor and filter is broken :(