Happy Birthday, BFF J!

BFF J's birthday was over and we had yet to celebrate the day with her due to the working schedules we all had. Finally, we decided on 10th Aug which was over the long weekend. Decided to have a BBQ at L's place but due to some mis-communication, we did not manage to get a pit. So L decided to cook for us instead. Not a bad decision after all, since she is a GREAT cook. 

We met up before the dinner for a swim. Really need to get rid of the fats in order to load more later on during the dinner.

Menu was out a just before the day. And here we ate:

1. Baked Salmon with herbs

Heard from her that the salmon was brought back from Germany by her daddy. The salmon is really fresh tender and it tasted slightly like smoked salmon. Wonder what went into the marination process! Have to admit that baking is really a great healthy cooking method. 

Baked Salmon with herbs 

2. Pesto Pasta with mushrooms

Not into the different types of pasta, but I guess L cooked the Fettuccine this time round. Normally I do not go for this pasta as it is flat and in my opinion, it does not give me that chewy feeling. However, I was wrong. This pasta was chewy and great. The mushrooms were well hidden beneath the pasta and it was stir fried with garlic earlier on. With the pesto sauce, all ingredients were then mixed together to form this dish. 

Pesto Pasta

3. Broccoli Soup

What's more to say about the soup. Does not have the broccoli taste and it is thick and nice. This soup was the 'HOT' item on the table and the last person had to scrap in order to enjoy the last spoon of it!

Broccoli Soup

4. Millie Crepe with Nutella

Baking is fun and non-oven cake is really amusing me. I always wanted to try some of those non-oven baked cake but I am getting lazy to get my hands started. Maybe I should really start to try out some recipes before I hit back the normal office hours work. 

Okay, back to the Millie Crepe. I read it up and it seems simple but time consuming. It takes a bit of patience to get the crepe ready. How many crepes to cook depends on how many layers we want the end product to be. This is a great dessert after the sumptuous meal. L never fails to wow us with her desserts. I love this!  

Millie Crepe with nutella

Time for home, time to depart. Goodbye till we meet again for home cooked food!