Kilimanjaro yesterday - with her snow capped peak just visible above the cloudsI’m back after a wonderful weekend of socializing, eating & drinking ! My husband and I had a great time and my toddler had fun playing with both new and old friends alike.
The weather was glorious and both functions were held outdoors. Saturday night’s birthday dinner consisted of a pig on a spit and chicken pieces and beef barbecued on an open fire, along with red snapper fish which had been seasoned and cooked over the hot coals in tin (aluminum) foil. A lovely selection of salads accompanied the meat – prawn & avocado (the first time I’ve seen this as a salad combination, but it worked well) potato salad, green salad, pasta salad and coleslaw - and pudding was a boozy ice cream cake !
On Sunday the lunch was a selection of curries .… beef, chicken, chicken & prawn and vegetarian (lentil) with all the side dishes - sambals, poppadums, naan bread, homemade chutney and salad. Dessert was a really yummy strawberry pavlova and a mango salad with an unusual (fresh) ginger and sugar crunchy topping sprinkled over it. The mango and ginger went really well together and I think I might just have to ask the hostess for this recipe to try at home sometime !
I did manage to meet up with my old chef – he was surprised to see me there, it’s been around 7 or 8 years since we worked together in the Serengeti National Park and it was wonderful to catch up with him again. He was responsible for overseeing all the catering yesterday, and did an excellent job !
The picture above was taken of Mt. Kilimanjaro on our way home yesterday – it was just before sunset, so the light was not very good. This is what I get to look at every day and I realise how very lucky I am. Isn’t she lovely ? (Not that I have any intention of climbing her - in this lifetime, at least !)
The weather was glorious and both functions were held outdoors. Saturday night’s birthday dinner consisted of a pig on a spit and chicken pieces and beef barbecued on an open fire, along with red snapper fish which had been seasoned and cooked over the hot coals in tin (aluminum) foil. A lovely selection of salads accompanied the meat – prawn & avocado (the first time I’ve seen this as a salad combination, but it worked well) potato salad, green salad, pasta salad and coleslaw - and pudding was a boozy ice cream cake !
On Sunday the lunch was a selection of curries .… beef, chicken, chicken & prawn and vegetarian (lentil) with all the side dishes - sambals, poppadums, naan bread, homemade chutney and salad. Dessert was a really yummy strawberry pavlova and a mango salad with an unusual (fresh) ginger and sugar crunchy topping sprinkled over it. The mango and ginger went really well together and I think I might just have to ask the hostess for this recipe to try at home sometime !
I did manage to meet up with my old chef – he was surprised to see me there, it’s been around 7 or 8 years since we worked together in the Serengeti National Park and it was wonderful to catch up with him again. He was responsible for overseeing all the catering yesterday, and did an excellent job !
The picture above was taken of Mt. Kilimanjaro on our way home yesterday – it was just before sunset, so the light was not very good. This is what I get to look at every day and I realise how very lucky I am. Isn’t she lovely ? (Not that I have any intention of climbing her - in this lifetime, at least !)
