Phanh and Sodhy's Place

Over the years, Phanh has developed quite a reputation for his culinary abilities. So when he and Sodhy invited us over for dinner last weekend, of course we said yes lah. Actually we've been inviting ourselves over for some time now (since they moved into their lovely new place), and I guess they ran out of excuses. Whatever the case may be, dinner was excellent, as you can see in the pictures below. Thanks for a lovely evening, guys, and enjoy doing up your home!

There goes the neighbourhood

On one of our recent, frequent trips to the obstetrician, we walked past this block of apartments. I noticed this sign outside, and can only assume the neighbours' rental must be pretty cheap. Then again, you just never know considering how inflated the property market in Melbourne is these days. All I know is that I wouldn't live next to the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases if you paid me, AND took care of Zorbie's education for a lifetime...

Where in the world can this be found?

It was bought for us in Ipoh, then we found it in an Asian grocer in Melbourne. Question is, is it also available in San Francisco? Finding it is Dr Fu Manchu's mission, should he choose to accept it...

Zorbie's in here

We've had several requests from friends and family curious to know what Babes' baby bump looks like. So here they are in all their black and white glory, my lovely wife and our darling daughter-to-be. After many weeks of trying, I finally got Babes in the right frame of mind (after yoga, naturally!) to participate in a bit of a photographic exercise. Don't worry, it's not a Demi Moore wannabe shot...

Yummy Thai

We had Angela and Rosanna visiting from New Zealand and Hong Kong respectively over the weekend, and Babes prepared a lovely Thai dinner for all of us one night. The highlight was the red duck curry, which I flooded my rice with. The girls were very impressed, needless to say, and everything was easily finished. Mmm, delicious! On the subject of Thai food, we've yet to find a really, really good Thai place around here. There are a couple of decent places, but nowhere consistently excellent...

Prawn Mee made easy

When I was back in Ipoh, Mum and Dad gave me a packet of Tean's Gourmet Prawn Mee paste, and Babes and I made use of it just the other day. Whaddyaknow, tasted just like the real thing! Bought some prawns, added some pork ribs, taugeh, kangkung, shallots and there we were, Penang hawker stall quality Prawn Mee. And guess what we found at an Asian grocer in Preston today? That's right, Tean's Gourmet Prawn Mee paste. So there'll be another session before too long...