Wednesday 22 February 2012

Come Dine With Me

If you're not familiar with the funny channel 4 show, check out the clip below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHydOz3x-5I&feature=colike
(I can't upload the video for some reason :O)


Basically it's a competition where 4/5 random people in a city host a dinner part for each other, and they're secretly scored, and on the last night, the winner is revealed and they win a £1000 cash prize.

Me and my mates decided to do this! (Minus the secret scoring, and £1000 prize money darn it)
Now Tee hosted the first night back in December.  Hers was an X-mas themed dinner.
I hosted mine last Sunday, and mine was valentines themed.

Check out the menu:

The home made Pizzas where completely made from scratch, so I made the dough fresh and everything! (Thanks to Z's amazing recipe :D)

So I told Tee, M-dawg and Fiz to be at mine for 6pm...
But my friends, being the typical Pakistanis that they are, arrived an hour later.

(Pakistanis,Indians, ANY southern asians, in fact, automatically assume that whatever time you give them to be somewhere, you actually  mean that they should start getting ready at that time: FACT!)

So thankfully din dins went well!  Everyone enjoyed the food (thank God!) but most importantly, we all had a good laugh :D

Wouldn't be valentine without roses now, would it?

Ze Table

Breadcrumb chickennnnnn



My origami love heart napkins :D

Another one of Fiz's brilliant shots!

Pizza (home made)!

M-Dawgs presents! Zi Bo the panda (Tee''s) Tomylanthaloo the pink thing (mine) and Buzz the bee (Fiz's)  <3

Cookie dough! (wasn't as nice as pizza huts though!)

I do have to mention, before dessert, my mother salsa'd in with roses in her mouth, and danced around and gave a rose each to me and my friends ;) (actually, I don't think the roses were in her mouth, they had thorns!!)

Also big up to Z! Without your yummy recipe the pizzas wouldn't have tasted as good as they did! (they still were not as nice as yours though!!)

On the topic of Valentines......


I have to mention my girl crush: M.I.A
I first fell in love with her awesomeness when I was in high school and first heard 'Buckey Done Gun'
My love for her has deepened throughout the years, but after hearing this song and watching the video, my obsession has reached new levels:

So you've discovered that I can cook Manz and Womanz.
Now you know, if you ever find yourself wandering around Manchester hungry......
Dont come 'round to mine.

On a slightly less anti-social note, check out mine and panjys pancakes we made on pancake day yesterday :D

nothing like watching the brit awards whilst scoffing your face with pancakes :D

xo

23 comments:

  1. That food sounds and looks delicious, and you really put a lot in on the display too, so well done :)

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    1. Shtank you :D No had the shits after, so I'm pleased :)

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  2. The food looks so delicious. It puts the crap I prepare to shame.

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    1. I'm good at cooking. You're good at being funny. Win Win!

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  3. WOOOOOOW! All the Food looks Top, the table display looks GREAT, the attention to detail even down to the menu....Good stuff!
    U would've won the competition hands down...no contest!

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  4. p.s. looks like u enjoyed shrove tuesday aswell! those pancakes & all the delicious food has made me hungry!

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    1. I don't really understand the point of pancake day, but I'll play along if it means stuffing my face :D

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  5. I tried a different sandwich today with rye bread, plus it was a restaurant chain that I rarely go to, (Schlotzsky's), so I am going to go back when I go to The Big City. Looks like you had a blast! Brazilian's are known for being late too, at least those outside Sao Paulo.

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    1. Rye bread sounds interesting! I've never tried it.
      Brazilians and Pakistanis....who knew the similarities eh!?

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  6. It all looks so delectable! M.I.A. is now my new crush. OOOh, I want a Slotzsky's, I'm so jealous of esbboston.

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    1. I have no idea what Slotzsky's is. quite frankly I had trouble spelling it!
      M.I.A is awesomeness on a stick :D (although I lost a bit of respect for her when she featured in madonnas new song. I have an unexplainable dislike for maddona!!)

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    2. I share that dislike. People around me for the Superbowl show were defending her. I told them to bugger off, that anyone with that much money can stay that young looking and lip-sync.

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  7. now you've made me soooooooooo hungry! what do i do? =D
    gorgeous shots.so vibrant and rich in colour and details.love!

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    1. Give me your address and I will make and post it to you!
      Thanks for the compliments on the shots! although to be honest I can't take credit, My mother and my mate fiz took most of them whilst I was panicking like a headless chicken in the kitchen!

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  8. Sounds like it was fun! I wish I could do this with my friends but we're all too busy. :(

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    1. Aww I get that, It's so hard when everyones busy with their own schedules and lives and things! Try planning something for a few months ahead when everyone will be free and constantly remind them so they don't double book :D

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  9. You're a regular Martha Stewart.

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    1. I have no idea who she is, but the references from american TV tell me she went to jail?! I'm a convict :P

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