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Mooshmouse

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  1. Here you go:  "Is it just me, or is this food really small?"

    Well, no takers, so I'll wade in with a wild guess and say... Tom Hanks in 'Big'.

    Good guess, but no. It's a more recent movie than that.

    I'll add that this line was spoken towards the end of the movie during a $10,000/person charity dinner for Lou Gehrig's disease that was attended by the entire ensemble of characters.

  2. Kumusta ka kababayan! It's great to see another Filipina blogging... I look forward to learning more about Korea through your eyes. And a special hello from my little one to yours. :smile:

    Can you recommend an English language cookbook on Filipino or Korean food?

    Though I'm not Doddie, I hope you'll allow me to recommend Memories of Philippine Kitchens by Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan of New York's Cendrillon restaurant. I've heard nothing but rave reviews about this cookbook and am really looking forward to attending to a cooking workshop tomorrow evening with the author.

  3. Rona, here are a couple of photos from Afternoon Tea at a couple of different spots here in Vancouver.  Hope these are of help!

    ...

    Thank you very much for the photos and detailed descriptions, Mooshmouse! I want one of those triple tiered platters!

    What order do people typically eat the items in? savory, semi-savory and sweet, I guess?

    You're right in your guess of savoury, semi-sweet and desserts as the order in which people usually eat High Tea treats; as such, the Secret Garden's tiered arrangement is the most logical.

    ...and the mango pudding was definitely the favourite sweet (I added it at the last minute, because I realized I had too many crunchy cookie-like things, and I saw some mousse-things in one of the pictures that Mooshmouse posted--so thanks for the pics Mooshmouse!).

    Now to deal with the leftovers...I think I had enough food to feed 10 people!

    Sounds like you put together a wonderful spread, Rona... your friends are fortunate to have been so elegantly pampered! And you're welcome for the photos. Hope you're feeling better; wrap up in a warm blanket and, with any luck, all will be well soon.

  4. During a trip to Puerto Vallarta last November, I got absolutely hooked on Sabritos (the Mexican equivalent of Lays) Chile y Limón flavour and am considering buying a hard-sided suitcase to bring home a gross of them next winter. :rolleyes:

  5. "What do you mean, you don't eat no meat?  That's okay.  I'll make lamb."

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Oh, did I like the food in that movie.

    My favorite lines: "Would you like something to eat?" "No, thanks, I'm not hungry." "I'll just fix you something."

    I like the scene where they come to the house with a bundt cake and everyone

    just stares at it and repeats the word "Boondt" completely mystified at the

    very cake in front of them. How about when the kids tease her and say

    Mouse-caca for mousakka? Great movie!!

    Bingo!

    Another line I like from that movie: "Nicko! Don't play with food! When I was your age, I didn't have food!"

  6. If you're willing to go the small plates route or think that $38 for a three-course prix fixe is a good deal, how about Cru? They open for dinner at 5:00 p.m. and are quite good at expediting if you let them know that you're on a tight pre-theatre time frame. It's tough to say no to their syrah-braised beef short rib with mac and cheese for $15!

  7. In addtion to strawberry flavour candies, the package I bought this year were coconut flavoured in assorted coloured foil wrappers. They were a nice change.

    Instead of gold coins, I bought gum fah sung (golden peanuts) for my grandson. The chocolate they use is terrible tho'.

    Heads up Dejah and any other Chinese-Canadians: during CNY, Purdy's sells gold-foil-wrapped chocolate coins that are of fairly good quality milk chocolate, better than a lot of the generic ones that I've tasted. I've tried those coconut-flavoured lucky candies; they're okay, but I much prefer the strawberry ones.

    Like Domestic Goddess before me, I'm also a Rooster... Earth Rooster to be exact. My husband is an Earth Pig and our son is a Fire Snake. Keep up the great blog!

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