Monday, March 31, 2008

Potluck Vol. 1.0 @ Sid's

1.0    Details

Date: 23 February 2008
Time: 7.30 pm - 11.00 pm
Venue: Sid's (of BigBoysOven)
Theme: Chinese New Year (technically)

2.0    Attendance

Food bloggers, chefs and their families.

3.0    Menu

The menu consisted of local/international fares. Fusion included.

3.1    Mains

3.2    Desserts

4.0    Discussion

4.1    Food

As all the dishes were distinctively flavourful and scrumptious, classification of level of deliciousness was impossible. For the mains, an interesting observation was the ability of the dishes to complement each other, in an arbitrary manner. For example, the chee cheong fun with the curry sauce or the pasta with the roasted meat or the white bread with the caramelized meat. The desserts, which ranged from tiramisus to desiccated coconut coated nian gao to Chinese New Year cookies, provided a good finish to the meal.

4.2    Ambiance

The noise level, though bearable, was still high due to the laughters and interesting conversations (sharing of recipes and travelling included) among the attendees.

4.3    Satisfaction

Unanimously, the fun level was high. The session was extended until 11.00 pm as there were many unfinished storytellings, post-potluck activity plannings and doggie-bagging of the unfinished portions of the dishes.

5.0    Conclusion


Overall, the potluck has exposed attendees to many interesting (and new) aspects of food as all were of different backgrounds and interests. A sense of camaraderie was also felt among the attendees. At the time of departure, there were already talks of organizing another similar event in the near future.

6.0    Acknowledgment

Deepest gratitude to the organiser for the desserts as well as time spent in realizing such an enjoyable event. And not forgetting the attendees for the interesting ideas and jokes as well as Teckiee for the additional photos to complete report.

7.0    Appendices

Please visit the following sites for a more detailed review of the same event.

Teckiee
Beachlover
Ekeng
Christine
Lianne

33 comments:

Anonymous said...

Vol. 1.0? When is Vol. 2.0? :D

Xiu Long Bao said...

Sot lar you, work too hard on your system engineering report isit. That's why you need desserts to balance ur hormone level.

ai wei said...

Lol... looks a lot like my uni assignment. haha. nice report but i missed out such great event. sobz

sc said...

oh no..another reminder of the lovely potluck that i missed! :(

LianneK said...

hahahahah ... good one! wehhh .. damn stressed lah after reading your report lol

"Joe" who is constantly craving said...

wah..report style..haha got template or not? so next time my reviews shall be uniformed..haha

fatboybakes said...

wah, the event was extended till 11pm ah? sooo late ah? what time was it supposed to end? 9pm?
well, (snort), i wasnt privileged enough to get an invite.....
(hahahah. not that i mind la...)
spread looks delicious. what is that " " in front of every heading? and what dish in it, in mains, second row, middle pic? looks like a stack of pancakes with rendang in between....

HairyBerry said...

kenny, hehe..i'm also waiting for Vol. 2.0 *big grin* but i guess most of the bloggers are busy now. then again, we always have time for food, right? LOL!

xiu long bao, now that you mentioned it, ya lor! too engrossed in my assignment d. are you referring to my kinda dessert aka hokkien mee ar?? hehe...

ai wei, thanks. was inspired by my countless assignments leading to the finals. sianz! hey, no worries, there's always vol 2.0 (but dunno when lar..hehe)

sc, yupe, would be nice to have met you at the potluck since we didnt get to intro at the my elephant. haha..well, there's always food crawls :D

lianne, haha, thanks thanks. feels like reading one of those darn boring, mandatory reports to be sent for grading, right? haha...loved the pasta you made that day!

joe, let me know lah and i'll send ya a copy :) ..but believe me, doing this with html is a real nightmare cos i dont know any of those darn codes! why cant we just copy from a .doc file hor?? haha...

fatboybakes, ya, initially, we expected the party to end around 10..hehe...we should go out for drinks lar sometimes..

" " ?? where got ar? anyway, i think you are referring to Teckiee's Caramelized meat with Spaghetti Omelet. everyone thought it was pancake too...the meat was savoury/sweet, flavourful! oh, the omelette got spaghetti one...tadaa!!!

Sugar Bean said...

Haha! Report style post? Interesting. We like the way you always come out with new ideas of writing! Too bad we missed the event!

Lyrical Lemongrass said...

Why can't my reports look more like this? I shall insist that my teams submit pictures together with their reports next time. Not just any ordinary picture. Must be tantalising ala KHKL.

Lyrical Lemongrass said...

Ummm. You wanna come work with us ar?

Tummythoz said...

Oh no indeed. *lean on sc's shoulder for support* sob.

Big Boys Oven said...

wow! my students can even do such a good report! so structured and slim! lol!

teckiee said...

...like reading those tech documentation at office only...

teckiee said...

...the more i look at this post... the higher my stress level....

Hazza said...

Wish I was there! There is enough there to satisfy me for a year!

~Christine~Leng said...

nice report.. haha..
I'll give you good marks for this! :)
the event... unforgettable..

by the way Nic.. what exam you having?

HairyBerry said...

wenching & esiong, glad you enjoyed the "report"..hehe..ya, was hoping to meet y'all too as we've never met before...next time, ok! :)

lyrical lemongrass, wow, imagine those darn boring office reports with nice food pics. i think there will be less MCs..hehehe...oh, wow, thanks for the compliment!

work with y'all? you mean as a food reporter or your day job? i prefer the former, anytime...hehe..

tummythoz, haha, so funny lar! dont pengsan, ok? hehe.. yeah, we've also not met before. well, next outing, ya! hopefully :)

big boys oven, yeah, being a html illiterate, it took me a few hours just to get the format. but it was worthwhile :) ...thanks again, Sid for the lovely party!!!

teckiee, first of all, thanks for the pics, ya! shouldnt have spent so much time with my impersonation...hehe...

looks like my i've achieved my goal of mocking a spec..hehe...dont stress la...think of those lovely food that night!

hazza, haha, that was really a night of abundant food. good food, that is! haha...hey, perhaps we can organise one when you are back!

christine, thanks, thanks. please draw a star next to the A for me, ya! hehe...nice meeting you there that night!

i'm having my final engineering papers. til early May. So sianz. Lucky you! hehe...

Alexander said...

Wow! This looks like a really good potluck!

Alexander
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

Simon Seow said...

something wrong with the code or purposely?

♥ ♡ Alvin ♡ ♥ said...

the food are so delicacy and tempted!! @_@

Anonymous said...

Wah, LL ask you for her leh... I am so anal and organised and she's known for ages (well, less than a year but still) but oso she never ask me work for her.

Am officially jeles.

Lol.

backStreetGluttons said...

great diligent delicious assignment , now for your next feasting edge project-

flavor yr bountiful images with the warm glow of the sweet boys n gals laced with individual aroma and body-hugging sensuous odours ( feminine ones especially )

HairyBerry said...

alexander, yes, it was! good food, good company and er..more good food..haha! good potluck indeed.

simon, huh? got encoding problem? perhaps it's the browser problem lar..hehe...html is such a problem..sigh...hehe...

alvin, yupe, very dellicious food indeed. what, long time no read your posts already...busy ar?? hehe...

kenny, aiyoh, dont be like dat lar, bro. honestly, i'm really a disorganised person. let's talk this over tea tarik next time..we split the job, can? haha!

team bsg, thanks for the fantastic grade. i'll try to get distinction next time!

yeah, sounds good (and delicious too)! actually, i also thought of taking pics of ppl since i've only been taking photos of food for the longest time...haha!

fatboybakes said...

yalar, simon must be seeing the same code thing as i am.... strange, when i typed it it turned into something else...

wmw said...

Okay, looks like you'll be the official person to take down minutes of ALL our gatherings from now on! LOL!

ling239 said...

wow... minutes of meeting style ~ ^_^

HairyBerry said...

fatboybakes, hmmm, perhaps it's a different browser or something like that...or perhaps something's wrong with my html code. i better stick back to the basics, eh? hehe..

wmw, aiyoyo...i pengsan already...haha! hey, the official person should have some benefits, right? ok, i'll have a bigger portion of the food...hehe

ling239, hehe, guess it's another one of my shiok sendiri thingy lar...haha! hope you like it :)

Anonymous said...

wow cool! you also organised a food outing for food bloggers? i'm having mine on this sunday, watch out for it yeah :-D

ekeng said...

hey dude, i miss the Bruschetta la..it taste better than Sushi..haha :)

HairyBerry said...

ladyironchef, oh, i didnt organise it..hehe...but we sure did have some great fun that night! hope you had a good outing today!

ekeng, really? thanks, dude! haha, next time i make again..but must be fresh cos that day hard already...sshhh, she might be reading...haha!

Xiu Long Bao said...

*A-H-E-M* I think i saw some 'unpleasant' comments lor.

Die lar you two...

HairyBerry said...

oopps, ekeng...we've been busted! haha! (cover up) aiyah, xlb, we were referring to another sushi lar..yours tasted great!