Dinner Party

Saturday night we had 4 friends over for dinner. It was a lot of fun. The best thing about dinner parties is that it forces you to really clean your house. Let's just say it had been a while....

I made homemade sangria and our friend Claudine also bought a bottle, with the unfortunate name "Penasol". The more Penasol you drink, the funnier the name gets. (yeah, I know you're supposed to pronounce the "n" like in "pina colada" or "el nino" but it's more fun not to)

There's an old school Kiwi chip dip that Iain made. This stuff is like the best ranch dressing or onion soup mix you've ever had in your life, but with 30x more fat. It's so dangerous. It's made with cream and it RULES.

I meant to take pictures of the actual dinner party, but I totally forgot. Iain cooked a great meal: Asian soup with shrimp, then fish in phyllo pastry and a swiss chard (silverbeet as they say here) and bleu cheese risotto. It kicked ass. I cleaned everything up and set off the dishwasher after the guests left, which wound up being a brilliant move since the power went out the following morning and I wouldn't have been able to clean anything.