Letters from the Equator

pancakes
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I invited my cell group members over last night for a meal of beef stew and garlic pasta. We had a really good time, and it was a first for them since we moved into our new place. We played pass the pigs and one round of puerto rico and had ice cream with chocolate and love letters for dessert.

The stew came out better than I expected. It was really flavorful from the herbs, and there was enough to go around. Some toast added variation to the meal, and the simple pasta was an adequate base to supplement the hearty stew. I got the beef stew recipe from here and the pasta recipe from here and modified it a bit.
Next time, I think I need to add more salt and maybe some wine to give it that kick.

I went to bed last night around 1 or 2, I can’t remember… after cleaning up a bit. I think my wife did more cleaning up, actually. I have to give her credit for that.

The next morning I really couldn’t wake up, but I had to because 6 of my friends were coming over for breakfast. I promised them pancakes and coffee and eggs. MVO and WS volunteered to bring mushrooms and bacon, and SY and EK brought along some bananas and grapes and plums.

ES was the first to arrive, and we got down to making sausages that he brought and fried bananas when SY and EK brought the goods. WL arrived after that and there were about 4 of us in the kitchen. EK decided it would be wiser not to add to the commotion, and sat non-intrusively at the dining table.

The food turned out… well… we were hungry, so we ate it all. Ok, the bananas were good (kudos to ES and some other banana friers). The pancakes were pancakes, and the mushrooms and bacon helped to really bring the breakfast to a full brunch meal.

Soon we were all stuffed, and we drowned it in some really good red wine from Neroteca, cheese and brie from Australia.

The couples left ES, WL and I in the apartment, and the three of us talked about cars over the new TopGear malaysia magazine and watched episode 1008 of Southpark (dubbed the best southpark episode ever).

Overall, a really eventful two meals. I’m glad everyone really enjoyed themselves, as I did too.

This apartment needs a few more carpets, is what I think.
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