FIRSTS

First: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE! (again). Can't wait to see you soon ya grown woman! :)

Went to friend's place yesterday for a cooking sesh, which is a bit unusual for me as I normally eat stuff you can prepare in under 1 min...i.e. mainly cereal and sandwiches haha. BUT 

Guess what?? 

My culinary companions and I decided to make pavlova; creme brulee; creamy bacon, chicken and mushroom fettucine; and an apple and berry crumble. I think the best moment was when my friend casually took out this from his cupboard:

Did not know other people besides Masterchef contestants kept a blowtorch in the kitchen. Mighty impressed. Cracking that delicious brown toffee surface with a teaspoon and gobbling down crunchy quality-blowtorched sugar fragments, before unearthing the creamy coffee-laced brulee-y goodness just topped it. Ohhh yes.

The pics aren't great quality + were taken on another's camera, but they're evidence that I participate in some kind of cooking besides putting stuff in the toaster and cutting fruit.

1. Best (and only) creme brulee I have ever tasted.

2. Our lovely turd-shaped meringues.

3. Apple and mixed berry crumble.

4. Hand-made fettucine drying on some, er, chairs.

I also have a new-found respect for those junior Masterchef kids. After that we watched 500 Days of Summer and played MarioKart, where it was proved that I am seriously an atrocious driver. Just had a driving lesson today, although I did not crash into any giant flowers with teeth or drive off any waterfalls, so perhaps there is some hope.

So bad though haha. The only thing I became good at was reversing, on account of getting stuck in so many corners and behind poles.

I may impress my friends with some improved culinary skills as well. Only time will tell. And my stomach. :)