This weekend: mahjong and F1

Saturday

We had people over for the day for a mahjong party. I’ve never actually learnt the game, but just picked up bits and pieces here and there. Won a few games of mahjong for the first time (admittedly with some tutoring). Yay! It’s such a complicated game though – I still have no idea how to get my passport/eye.

Breakfast

1 banana before going to the gym

Lunch

Roast pork with crackling and mixed veggies

Dessert

Moving on from a very English roast to homemade sago gula melaka and kueh dadar. Sooo incredibly happy.

Teatime

When you’re offered a slice of homemade flourless chocolate cake, it’s rude to say no. Fact.

Dinner

So much food! We had Thai food delivered – green curry chicken, beef massaman, sea bass with tamarind sauce, chicken, pad thai and fried rice. Oh, and also homemade chicken and pork rib soup.

Sunday

Went to Canary Wharf to watch the F1 and after a late lunch, walked home from Green Park.

Breakfast

Greek-style yogurt with peach, strawberries, banana with mint and Manuka honey

Lunch

Vermicelli with pork at Cafe East

Dinner

Slowly eating my way through our massive pot of pork & chicken soup from last night’s mahjong party

After dinner

– Sago gula melaka & flourless chocolate cake
– 1 M&S blackforest cookie
– 1 Braeburn apple

I ♥ my GFs

A quiet low-key day with girlfriends after last night’s 3am finish. Good times.

Breakfast

– Rye & currant toast with manuka honey
– Red grapefruit and blueberries

Second attempt at eating grapefruit with a spoon, but it didn’t work out. Ended up cutting the halves into wedges and peeling them like an orange.

Tea

– Grilled portobello mushrooms on rye sourdough toast, not pictured
– Homemade currant scones, recipe from Good to the Grain, with clotted cream and strawberry jam
– Fruit salad (apple, banana, kiwi, strawberries & raspberries) with mint

Unexpectedly found the house to myself, so I took the opportunity to bake and had a friend over for an impromptu tea for girly bonding time.

Dinner

– Som tum (papaya salad)
– Soft shell crab with curry powder
– Chicken pad prik (stir fried chicken with chili and sweet basil)
– Tofu with ginger and mixed veggies
– Brown rice & white rice

First time trying this place, despite it being a quick hop, skip and jump from my place. Not too bad, although portion sizes seem a little small. The soft shell crab was interesting – it didn’t come crispy as expected, but well, soft, doused in an eggy curried sauce. Quite tasty, but I think I prefer my soft shell crab with a little crunch.

The Thai
 177 New King’s Road
London SW6 4SW