Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Much love from us in London!
Time is 10.50pm and I am again huddling near the fireplace in our new house. We had another night in this Valentine's Day. Two years ago I cooked for K at my English Cottage, and last year K went home to Singapore whilst I spent Valentine's Day alone. This year K volunteered to cook a nice dinner for us.
No prizes for guessing it right if you had read my blog enough. K's favourite thing to cook is beef steak and tonight was no exception hehe. This morning when I went into office, I said good morning to Virginia who sits next to me. Virginia is a British girl a few years older than me, and since sitting next to each other we have had a few moans (ok maybe more than a few) and a few laughs. She has been with "her partner" Matt for 16 years and counting which is amazing. It's interesting how I have met a few girls here who have been with their partners (no longer calling boyfriends) for many years and they don't see a need to get married. They are okay to have kids and a family but not marriage. Anyways, so I asked Virginia what are they planning to do tonight. She said "nothing, just a night in." And I said eagerly "Us too!" And then she added "oh M&S is doing the Meal deal for GBP20 if you are interested. I just went there this morning!" After a few questions on what does this meal deal consist of, it didn't take much for me to be convinced and so I grabbed my wallet and went to the nearest M&S in the mall.
This is such a great deal and forgive me for sounding like an auntie.
For GBP20, I got:
starters : scallops in lemon herb butter
mains: rump steak in peppercorn sauce
side: potato rosti
dessert: lemon citron tart
and not only that, a box of chocolates AND a bottle of wine!!
I was so happy that I managed to get the last box of scallops *whoopee*.. yes completely sounding like a housewife.
I love it when I get caught in one of those instances where strangers start talking on the train. There was a guy who was holding two small bouquets of red roses in his hands. Some random guy (Mr Friendly) standing near him asked in his loud-enough voice about his bouquet of roses who apparently looked "quite sorry for themselves". The guy replied saying he literally got the last two from Waitrose and laughed sheepishly saying that was how prepared he is for Valentine's Day and hoped his wife didn't mind. Mr Friendly laughed saying "oh you should tell her you bought them stalk by stalk and she would love you for the effort. Put them together in a nice vase when she is not around and she would be very happy!" Then this lady suddenly appeared from nowhere, chimed in saying "you know how you can make the roses last longer? Nope not sugar water but some bleach in the water would do the trick. Only for roses, yep." To which Mr Friendly raised his voice even louder "bleach?!" By this time people around couldn't help but listen and smile and more small talk happened amongst them strangers mainly surrounding bleach. It was amusing to say the least. They all got off at the same stop and before saying goodbye, they all wished Mr Roses good luck and "if all else fails, MORE WINE would do the trick!" It was nice to see everyone around me smiling looking at them leave the train.
Weather update: if you have seen the news, you would have known that there is severe flooding in the country at the moment as we are battered by winds, storm and snow in various parts. London is still okay, thank God, but really pray that it would get better and the waters subside soon. Even as I am typing now, I can hear the howling winds outside and the beating of the rain on the pavement.
Time is 10.50pm and I am again huddling near the fireplace in our new house. We had another night in this Valentine's Day. Two years ago I cooked for K at my English Cottage, and last year K went home to Singapore whilst I spent Valentine's Day alone. This year K volunteered to cook a nice dinner for us.
No prizes for guessing it right if you had read my blog enough. K's favourite thing to cook is beef steak and tonight was no exception hehe. This morning when I went into office, I said good morning to Virginia who sits next to me. Virginia is a British girl a few years older than me, and since sitting next to each other we have had a few moans (ok maybe more than a few) and a few laughs. She has been with "her partner" Matt for 16 years and counting which is amazing. It's interesting how I have met a few girls here who have been with their partners (no longer calling boyfriends) for many years and they don't see a need to get married. They are okay to have kids and a family but not marriage. Anyways, so I asked Virginia what are they planning to do tonight. She said "nothing, just a night in." And I said eagerly "Us too!" And then she added "oh M&S is doing the Meal deal for GBP20 if you are interested. I just went there this morning!" After a few questions on what does this meal deal consist of, it didn't take much for me to be convinced and so I grabbed my wallet and went to the nearest M&S in the mall.
This is such a great deal and forgive me for sounding like an auntie.
For GBP20, I got:
starters : scallops in lemon herb butter
mains: rump steak in peppercorn sauce
side: potato rosti
dessert: lemon citron tart
and not only that, a box of chocolates AND a bottle of wine!!
I was so happy that I managed to get the last box of scallops *whoopee*.. yes completely sounding like a housewife.
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| My chef <3 td=""> |
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| Scallops for starter |
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| You know it's cooked by a Singaporean when you have a big glob of chilli sauce to go along with the steak |
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| My almost-finished lemon tart |
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| I even had a small present! |
I love it when I get caught in one of those instances where strangers start talking on the train. There was a guy who was holding two small bouquets of red roses in his hands. Some random guy (Mr Friendly) standing near him asked in his loud-enough voice about his bouquet of roses who apparently looked "quite sorry for themselves". The guy replied saying he literally got the last two from Waitrose and laughed sheepishly saying that was how prepared he is for Valentine's Day and hoped his wife didn't mind. Mr Friendly laughed saying "oh you should tell her you bought them stalk by stalk and she would love you for the effort. Put them together in a nice vase when she is not around and she would be very happy!" Then this lady suddenly appeared from nowhere, chimed in saying "you know how you can make the roses last longer? Nope not sugar water but some bleach in the water would do the trick. Only for roses, yep." To which Mr Friendly raised his voice even louder "bleach?!" By this time people around couldn't help but listen and smile and more small talk happened amongst them strangers mainly surrounding bleach. It was amusing to say the least. They all got off at the same stop and before saying goodbye, they all wished Mr Roses good luck and "if all else fails, MORE WINE would do the trick!" It was nice to see everyone around me smiling looking at them leave the train.
Weather update: if you have seen the news, you would have known that there is severe flooding in the country at the moment as we are battered by winds, storm and snow in various parts. London is still okay, thank God, but really pray that it would get better and the waters subside soon. Even as I am typing now, I can hear the howling winds outside and the beating of the rain on the pavement.
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