whine & dine

So I’ve never been a huge fan of Valentine’s Day (originally Saint Valentine’s Feast(?) – now I would probably be a bigger fan of the occasion if it was all about feasting, wouldn’t I?) since I’m not a fan of pink, nor heart-shaped things, and especially not pink, heart-shaped things which are staining my plates in over-charging restaurants and garnished with rose petals or something of the sort.

Besides, I’ve always been one of those buy-you-flowers-for-no-reason-even-though-I-don’t-like-flowers types, and I just think presents are so much more meaningful if they just come from you just because instead of because it’s Valentine’s Day and if I don’t get you a present then I’m a bad girlfriend.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t like receiving vday presents. :) Especially if they’re self-serving ones like the latest addition to my stash of recipe books. She’s so clever she bought me Donna Hay’s Instant Entertaining ‘cos she’s seen the obsessive-compulsive menu planner in me over the past few weeks of entertaining.. what starter goes with what main and what dessert would give a good light finish to an already heavy meal or perhaps I should do smaller main courses so I can have a richer dessert since I know they love my cheesecake but then again I want to play with my blow torch so we should try different crème brulée recipes instead of sticking with the same ol’….. and so on.

Anyway. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you out there, hope the couples have a lovely, mushy, pink-petals-and-heart-shaped-jellies kinda vday, and the singles have fun (at Que Pasa) drinking and cursing the couples. I’m gonna be at home cooking laksa pesto for the love of my life. Will post pictures for you guys tomorrow or something. :)

xx

PS: Can I just say that the best part about the present is that I now have something else to scan into my library. I’m such a freak. I know. It’s like how what I was proudest about regarding the degustation madness wasn’t so much that I pulled off a 9 course dinner all on my own, without even dragging it on for like 6 hours, but that I made a pretty collage with pretty borders that I could post on my blog. I’m such a sad, sad person.