recipe testing, which turns out to be a party

this is a story of yesterday.

i was running a risk of grocery shortage ( had been surviving on jam, bread and milo for the past week and i'm really sick of it ) so i decided to go to the BIG sainsbury to do serious grocery shopping. the initial plan was to go with my roomies, laura and hannah. i finished lecture at 1, so i headed back to bernard sunley hall (BSH)

1.30 pm: reached BSH. texted laura. starts waiting.

2.30pm: she's not back yet. so i planned to go myself and be back real quick. started walking. along the road, met zie wearn and zhi xiong, they just bought their groceries from tesco express. bade hi and continues walking. it was raining.

3.00pm: reached sainsbury !! it was like my life saver for they have all the food and utilities that i need to cook !!! was super excited and shopped around. i planned to buy a lot for i really can't stand the taste of bread, jam and milo for 3 meals anymore. and guess what ? i met zie wearn and zhi xiong AGAIN!! and so we decided to take a cab back to evelyn gardens. ( which i think is really worth the money for i am buying A LOT )

so i shopped for: oil, rice, pennes ( a type of pasta ), baked beans, tuna, mayo, salt, vege, onions, garlic, potato, sugar, ham, eggs, butter, crisps, cheese, chicken fillets, tea towels, saucepan, frying pan, chopping board, food storage container, box to store clothes (since my cupboard doesn't have any compartments, just the bar for hangers), can opener. these are things i need to survive for the next 2 weeks, i'm just super excited with the idea of not having any more bread and jam for the next 2 weeks. =D

4.00pm : finished shopping! so headed back with a cab. it was 6.80 pounds for the trip, and so 2.30 pounds for each. which is real worthy coz i really bought A LOT.

this saturday my hall is having an international food fair, where everyone cooks something from their country, something like potluck. it was zie wearn's birthday and he is planning to fry some rice, so i cooked what i plan to cook for my hall mates this saturday, curry chicken (from mum's recipe, this is the awesome-est thing i have from her) to go along with the fried rice.

this is what we had for the dinner :

fried rice, curry chicken, fried pork chop ( i did the curry chicken and pile of meat on the plate )

curry chicken upon closer view. the gravy actually was sucked up by the potatoes. so it's real thick and turned to mashed curry potato. but nonetheless it still tastes good !! thanks mum!!

so later, more people are calling and wanted to turn up to celebrate zie wearn's birthday. so i cooked an additional dish which was everyone's favourite i think. baked beans with eggs. real easy.

tomyam by shi yunn which tastes like home =D

so this is what we had for dinner, later, there is celebration of zie wearn's birthday .

shi yunn cooking for the 2nd round dinner, when more malaysians starts to crowd the kitchen.

2nd round. the cupcakes were actually the "birthday cakes"

zie wearn with his cake

the birthday cakes. =D

and so, the party starts ! pictures of people ( malaysian folks of imperial )

wern chia and pie

jyi, hui pin and yee chinn

guys =D

big group picture of guys

big group picture of gals

as of you who are wondering what kind of room i'm staying, so here's a peek of it :

my bed, with cards, and my dearest niu.

my room, my corner. there's a study table which is kinda large next to the bed.

so this is part of my triple room for which i pay 67.66 pounds per week. which is real cheap around south kensington for this is a posh area. do u know that rowan atkinson aka mr. bean lives in the same garden as i do? shi yunn saw him at sainsbury. XD

and i do miss malaysian food. i need more recipes.

if you miss me and want to mail me food / cards, please send it to this address:

YI YING LAW

4429, 40-44 Bernard Sunley Hall,

Evelyn Gardens,

London SW7 3BB

United Kingdom.