whine & dine

So it’s been a week and a half since the bunny and I moved (and I actually have a parting shot of the old place to post only I stupidly brought my film camera when we went there for the last time and now I have to finish the roll before I can develop and post it), and we’re pretty much settled in now. It’s a much bigger place this time, and I think most of you would have felt the excitement radiating from me now that I have a kitchen that’s of usable size. Better than that – it’s actually a really spacious area and I’m going to be very sad when we have to move out of here.

It will be no surprise to you, then, that two of my favourite acquisitions belong in the kitchen. One of them, pictured above, is my cafe retro, which I first saw (and fell in love with) in Novemble (sic). It’s a sexy beast and makes yummy coffee – conveniently too, since I have the option of using pods.

The other one is my spice rack, which I got at Dean and Deluca on my recent trip to New York. (Yes, bunny had to lug it home for me while I went skiing hehe.) It’s freaking awesome ‘cos it’s got a whole bunch of herbs and spices which aren’t that easy to find in Singaporean supermarkets (like fenugreek) which I suppose would be available in Mustafa but I’m also not willing to go through hell just for herbs and spices. Perhaps I’m not such a true foodie after all. :|

Anyhoo, bunny’s also very delighted with her German smoking man (it’s an incense holder where you burn an incense cone and basically he ends up looking like he’s smoking. Yes, we chose the one that looked like a chef) which she’s wanted for eons but we never had the space for till now.

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be throwing my first (official) dinner party – in my red weekly planner it’s written down as “Housewarming – First Wave” though to be honest I’ve already had most of the people over for informal dinners. (Ashwin posted a couple of pictures here and here.) The only problem is: in the hustle and bustle of the move, I kind of ended up forgetting what my humongous menu was going to be (I spent like a good month or two planning it!).

Oh well. Anyway, rambly time is over. It’s been a long week settling back into school, warring for modules, settling into the new place, and cooking non-stop, so this is just a not-so-short hello everybody from the new place post and I’ve never been good with conclusions anyway so okay byebye.