Saturday night was our much anticipated finale night of our Come Dine with Me mini series. It was to be held at the Ghosh's residence all the way in (posh) Maida Vale, starting at 730pm.
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| Finale night! |
Before that…
I think our house is slowly coming together. Just 2 weeks ago I asked K "Do you feel at home in this place?" And truthfully both of us said "no". "It's too cold, I miss the warmth of our apartment.." K said. For me, everything is so foreign, yes agree about the coldness, and not having a bed didn't help either. I was lucky that I could work from home last Thursday to welcome the arrival of… our bed! We ordered it on 1st December 2013 and can you believe how long it took for the man to make the bed? We were told he is a perfectionist and will settle for no less.. hence the looooong wait.
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| Unglam but I say cute photo of us with our heart shaped pillow. Finally we are no longer sleeping on our mattress on the cold floor - hurrah to that! |
We also decided to explore our high street on Saturday morning. Not bad at all, we were surprised to find a big M&S store which we bought some snacks, and I picked up this beautiful bouquet of pale pink roses...
In the afternoon, K and I entertained some friends over at our place where I made the same mango sago dessert. I am getting better at this now! Even bought a small blender last week to make it easier.. I think I am gonna start making our own fresh fruit juices or smoothies. To a healthier life!
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7.30pm - Tonight has been highly anticipated amongst the 4 teams, with most of us commenting it IS really hard to vote since each team did really really well. Looking back, it is tough to be the first team because there is no basis for comparison and you pretty much set the bar for the rest to raise it higher than you. For that, sorry Geesons!
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| Arriving at the Ghosh's residence. Waiting for the Geesons to arrive. |
And dinner was served.
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| Fresh avocado salad (super nice for someone who is not very keen on avocados) with fresh figs (nor figs) |
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| Chicken curry, North Indian style |
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| Group shot before we tucked in |
After dinner, the boys were keen to play poker, led by Rahul whilst the girls watched on cheering on their man :) Marketa was the pro amongst us girls so she played too.
Finally it was getting late (time check for train schedule!) and so we decided to start the voting process!! *fingernail biting moment of truth*
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| Marketa counting the votes with Ben checking as you can see! |
And the team who received the most votes were *drumroll*
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| Kine and Jan!! |
Much applause and they were presented the prize money. We all agreed that since each team would have spent substantial money on the food already, the prize money would be a GBP5 contribution per person - that makes GBP40 and the winning team has to buy something nice for the kitchen. Everyone praised the other teams because it has been a tough competition no doubt we have some good cooks amongst us. More so, we all managed to celebrate our kingdom friendships and got to know one another better in the process. Even within each couple as Marketa mentioned, for teamwork is needed.
Not too bad news is… the Ong's came in second!! With the Ghosh's coming with one point difference to be in the 3rd place. Followed by the Geesons. Very close points!
Now that this is over, we are starting to feel the withdrawal symptoms. Gotta start to plan what's next… maybe not food related.. and Marketa suggested going for a walk in the country when the weather gets warmer. Think we shall do just that :)
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