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The Face of Anorexia

The latest news is about the death of Isabelle Caro, a french model for anti-aneroxia ads. She was 28 years old. SOURCE

Even a whole cup of tea for her was too much!

It is sad to have a eating disorder. To me, it is almost unfathomable given the unsurmountable feast I have had.

RIP

A youtube video about Isabelle.

Pre-Christmas lunch at Mussel Inn, Glasgow

Many weeks before Christmas Day, it was decided that the people who were not going to London should have a meal together somewhere fancy and also try something out of the ordinary. Hence, with some scouting and researching, we came to an agreement to give Mussel Inn a try. Their Christmas Menu managed to tantalise our tastebuds and thus, attracting us to said restaurant.

However, we were not able to dine at Mussel Inn on Christmas Day or the Eve of Christmas because Mussel Inn was not open on those days. Therefore, 23rd Dec 2010 marked the day we planned to satisfy our cravings. With the change of plans, some who were going to London the day after were able to dine with us.

Mussel Inn was just a 15 minute walk from the halls. Pretty chilly day to be out walking.

When we arrived at Mussel Inn, the table reserved for us was set up with a present for each person. Inside the wrapper were tiny gifts like mini book keychain, cards, screwdrivers and others.

Ambience wise, I'd say its a great place to wine and dine. It wasn't noisy when the lunch crowd came in. Service was not too shabby either.

Some of us ordered the 2 course meal. A basket of bread and butter was served to us on the house. The bread was refillable which complemented the the Seafood Platter main course.

Appetizers:



TOASTED GOATS CHEESE ON BAGUETTE SLICES WITH CAPER AND BELL PEPPER RELISH



CREAMY SEAFOOD CHOWDER

TEMPURA TIGER PRAWNS SERVED WITH SWEET CHILLI JAM AND CREM FRAICHE

Main Course:

GRILLED SMOKED CHICKEN WITH MELTED MOZZARELLA ON PENNE PASTA, COOKED IN ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE

SEAFOOD PLATTER: QUEEN SCALLOPS, SCOTTISH SALMON, COLEY, TIGER PRAWNS AND MUSSELS ALL POACHED IN A RICH SEAFOOD BISQUE TOPPED WITH CHIVE CREME FRAICHE

A third choice which none of us ordered was Grilled Seabass on Lemon and parsley mash with sweet shallot, tomato and crayfish sauce. It didnt sound too bad, but Mussels were definitely the main choice on most of our minds.

We skipped the dessert. The choices were:
Apple cinnamon strudel with vanilla cream and honey
Warm sticky date pudding served with toffee sauce and ice cream
Affogato- Coffee, Ice Cream and a Liquer of your choice.
Coffee or Tea.

The meal was great. A tad bit too rich for some of us who had the chowder and the platter. Nevertheless, it was a good experience which I don't mind repeating if I were to earn in pounds ;)

Christmas gifts - The exchange

To friends:

Picture taken from Amy coz I didn't take any pic of this.

Pretty christmas chocolates

From friends:
Just pictures of cards and gifts received for Christmas.

He said, She said

"i worry than im just goin to earn around rm3k monthy . thats not enough . im single and i know life will be good with this much money but its just not enough . i need more money. i need to be rich . I need to be filthy rich . its true that money cant buy me happiness but at least i can be unhappy at nice place."

"well yours is a normal feelings of a newly employed grad...let me tell you..20 yrs after graduation...i am not a millionaire but i have been to nice places in the world...my education brought me to such places. i m happily married wt children...things will turn out well for you too. Work hard without expecting returns for every bit of your work, do & think good & you will be rich of money & happiness."

After Xmas humour

Christmas came and went.
I enjoyed everything done throughout the three days.
The memories were definitely worth keeping.
I've even added a 'christmas' tag here!

Not going to elaborate much till the next post.
Just wanted to put this up in conjunction with all the glorious food I've been having over the past three days:

Blue sheeps

Did you know sheeps were dyed a different colour when it snows so that it is easier for the owner to keep an eye on the sheeps?

Tubby squirrel!

I was reading the news and I came across an article.

Squirrels can be fat too!

Wanting more food :)

I could not help but save the pictures because it was absolutely adorable~~
The squirrel has been eating way too much! No more Xmas treats for him ;P

Plenty of things to smile about

Pakora is chicken breaded with something and fried. I found out about Pakora from the supper during pub crawl. The sauce was good!

I don't know why of al the pakoras in the bag, I had to snap a pic of this one.

Looks like a penis!!!! LOL

My first attempt at making egg tarts, yau char kwai, and pao was laughable.. One mistake was sharing it with everyone without tasting it myself first. It was the worst cooking ever!! I was a tad bit too ambitious to make too many new things at once. Egg tart FAILED. Yau char Kwai.. heh was wheat flavoured! Pao became fried pao because Alex and I tried to steam one 'shit' shaped pao and it came out looking like the real shit from the toilet bowl! Ohhh it was hillarious... So, we ended up with chocolate, peanut butter, jam and ice cream filling for the pao and fried it.... Can't wait to rectify the mistakes. "I could have poisoned someone!" :)

Food testers

Looks can be decieving

Yau char kwai

For the past few days, it has been snowing. It was pretty foggy today. Visibility was really low. A car could've knocked me down due to the fogginess when crossing the road today! Anyway, winter is still pretty because everything white is pretty. The 'botak' trees were covered with snow :)

Received a Xmas card and a santa chocolate from Zi Fen :)

My Xmas gift to her was a plate of claypot chicken rice I made... :)

Faiz's attempt of making honey chicken rice which wasn't bad at all :)

Lastly, my hair is growing longer.... :)