Tuan's birthday - 4/23/11
The guests
This is a special occasion so we all dressed up. We started the evening with a great glass of wine and a bit of munchies so that we can save out appetite for Dinner.
Me, Loan, Huyen, Thuy, Mui, and Ky
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Dung and Minh chatting.... |
Hanh in the back ground. Mui and Hoa in the kitchen... |
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Dung and Thuy sampling a variety of cheese. |
Maily and I we are checking out Tuan's dishes on the stove. |
Ky and Huyen
In the back ground... guests are mingling....
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Thuy and Muy |
Hanh made a large seafood platter with Spaghetti for the kids. |
Here we are talking to kids and telling them how lucky they are to get great food!
The kids enjoying their meal!
Food preparation..
While we are starting the evening with wine and appetizers Hoa went around the kitchen and took a few pictures of what he sees in the kitchen.
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Loan lending a hand in the kitchen? |
A large pan with escargots in butter, garlic, and parsley. |
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Pan seared duck breasts resting on a hot plate. |
A bowl of kale and a plate of roasted potatoes resting on top of the counter. |
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Tuan checking out something on the stove... |
I believe this the sauce for the seafood pasta for the kids. |
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All of us were impressed with Loan becoming a sous chef and then... surprise .... surprise....
The stove was not lit up... Loan was stirring just for fun!
We had a good laugh.
Next... Dinner
