Chef Gathering.......

In return for a red packet....I get to sneak in on a After Hours with Chefs gathering. Unfortunately, there were all chinese cuisine chef who are fluent in Cantonese, need to spend more hours watching hongkie movies.

Topics range from revenues to annual bonuses & hotel payout to drinking habits to MIGF to restaurant disasters (plenty of faux-Daniel Boulud moments here). The down and dirty on the industry all laid out in 4 hours.

Here are a few snapshots of the attendees, you should find most of their details or pictures on the MIGF website.

The Chinese New Year of the Ox

Status: Single unattached male.
Angpow revenue: RM 220
Gambling bonus: - RM5 mahjong; RM130 (not inclusive of RM59 initial capital outlay) cards
Expenditure: RM 30 handphone topup for new year greetings; RM 10 petrol, RM 0 free food.
Questions: 1,649 times - "When are you going to get married? (and other variations)"

The 2009 Reunion Dinner.: 1 day early

Instead of the traditional Korean BBQ in Ampang, we opted for a family dinner with about another 10 friends for the evening of Wagyu Beef, Lamb, Drunken Chicken and assorted goodies. Apologies for lack of a report or photos as I was too busy getting stoned with whisky and white + red wines. Time to rethink the food blogging aspect.

The Four Parties of CNY

Well.....Chinese New Year is almost upon us, the invitations have been sent, dates have been fixed, food have been prepared for all the annual *must attend* parties...except for one, my family's.

Normally, we will start off with the traditional tea ceremony at home. Followed by lunch at my godfather's place before heading off to the Chan's open house at night. The following day, another lunch get-together in Old Klang Road.

My Family's? : 21-February 2009 at the Hotel. And I am still on the lookout for food. At least the chef is settled.

I Hate Channel surfing

especially when the Australian Open/ Augusta Masters and clashing with my favourite weekly shows like Iron Chef/Heroes/Grey's Anatomy. (At least there will always be the DVDs of the series' seasons)

Welcome, Mr. 44th President

Nothing like learning on the job when you have crises exploding around the world when you take office (at the very least, you have FDR as a case study to ease things).

First Post of the New Year

Read as above. Nothing more.Actually, just want to thank everyone for the past year: mishaps, blessings and all. And I got off to the new year with a bad start, thanks to me being too overemotional over relationship problems. Here is to a better year ahead: Oz Nats, Penang, King's Cup, WSC and CSC. I will play them all. Oh and get a new girlfriend too.