It’s a wonder to see Kim in the kitchen. She’s got everything down pat (even has a system for cleaning up dirty dishes).
I was there for dinner on Friday, she had a pork loin going in the oven and I puttered around a bit in the kitchen doing nothing particularly useful until she sat me down in front of the awesome 55” TV with a beer in hand.
Fruit of the loin. The beautiful pork loin with apple sauce. It was marinated for two days!
Baked carrots and garlic. This is awesome! The baked carrots *looks* burnt and dried but it’s actually super juicy and wonderfully sweet. The garlic bursts with flavor too. Very nice.
You say potato I say potatoe.
Peas with slabs of butter.
Yorkshire pudding.
Kim also made this dessert with molasses (?) – it had a bit of a crater in the middle, which I don’t think was supposed to be there but it tasted just fine.
However, the pork loin with apple sauce was the piece de resistance. I really enjoyed hitting that oink. It’s a good cut, nice marbling and tender to boot. The apple sauce does wonders to it.
It weighed in at slightly more than 2.3 kg and the six of us (ST, Kim, Lainey, Fresh, Sin Loo and me) finished the entire pork loin. That’s about the equivalent of each of us eating a 400 gram steak…not including the other dishes.
That’s how awesome it was.
There was Ben and Jerry’s ice cream brought by Sin Loo and some Hokkaido cakes from Lainey and we spent (well, at least me and ST did) the night drinking Scotch and beer. I got a bottle of Glen Grant 16 year old single malt and thought it would be funny to text Kim while stuck in a jam about bringing a 16 year old but she didn’t get it until several hours after. Picture nicked from ShaolinTiger’s Twitter.
Thanks for having us over Kim and Gareth!
It was a fabulous dinner and I totally enjoyed talking about everything from the good ol’ days of rave music to the murder of Canny Ong (I know right, diverse range of topics). We all ended up leaving at 8 am in the morning. This could be a start of a tradition, first time that happened was at Lainey’s birthday – just chilling, drinking and talking till the break of dawn coz that’s how we roll yo. 😉
Kim’s a *great* cook. A delicious dinner with awesome company, you just can’t beat that. I had a laughing fit twice that night, can’t remember why but I haven’t laughed that hard in a very long time. Then someone said: You know you’re laughing at *yourself* right. It just made it funnier. Fantastic way to spend a Friday night even though I only woke up at 8 pm on Saturday. Totally worth it. 
ppl that look good while in the kitchen? LIES ALL LIES!!! >_<
loved having you guys around! lets make it a regular thing. i can't believe i didn't get the 16 yr old reference until so much later 😛
HUGS
You look awesome in the kitchen Kim! 😀
It’s like back in 2005 when I first met you, haven’t changed or aged a bit.
Yeah, it’ll be awesome to do this again soon! I had heaps of fun!
Can’t wait to eat your cooking again Kim. <3
and thanks for the compliments about the cooking bit. you’re too kind for eating all of the failed custard. is that why you’re named after a disposal unit? hehehehehe ok sorry lame 😛
Haha! It was still a good custard, just different texture. Kinda like tofu now that I think of it. It’s still tastes good though.
Totally should make this a regular thing, it was awesome fun Kim! 🙂
oh my the pork loin looks delicious. marinated for 2 days? that takes alot of patience. nice dinner. 🙂
Yeah, it takes a long time for perfection eh?
The pork loin tastes good by itself. I loved it! 😀
drooling
so dats wat a yorkshire pudding looks like
pork n scotch dats da life
cheers
Yup, I believe Kim made the Yorkshire pudding with Jamie Oliver’s recipe. 🙂
Indeed bro, I couldn’t agree more. Kicking back with a Scotch after an awesome dinner, nothing beats that. 😀
Gareth made the yorkshire puddings actually, u helped mixed the batter only 😀
Nice! So it was Gareth’s Yorkshire pudding recipe. 🙂
You’re too kind, I think I only twisted a spatula cursorily somewhere. Haha! Other than that I don’t remember helping in the kitchen at all. T_T
typo..i meant “i” hehehehehehhe
HAHAHA
Oh right, those two are side by side on the QWERTY keyboard. 🙂
aaww..I miss mai superwonderfuls already! <3
& yes, kim bb is an aweshome cook 😀 kept us all full until the next day omg. LOVES.
Yeah, it was a lot of fun, should do it again soon. 🙂
Well, I was hungry again at 8 am but Kim looked so tired that I didn’t dare say anything when she offered to cook breakfast. Haha!
Yummy pork loin!!! And a 55″ TV OMG! Soooo big!
Yeah, it tastes good by itself, better with the apple sauce. Reminds me of this pork and apple pie I had when I was in New Zealand as a kid. Got it from the dairy (kinda like a mini mart of sorts) opposite and it tastes savory…yet strangely sweet. 🙂
Well, I think once you go that big, you can never go back. 55″ is a whole lotta TV. 😀
yah i contributed to one of your laughing fits lol.
awesome dinner was awesome!!
Haha! Yeah, I had to concentrate to keep myself under control. 🙂
Awesome right! I totally had fun that night! 😀
Your friends? In KL? Come, introduce me… I’d like to get to know them too… Yummmmmm!!!! LOL!!!
Yup, they just got married, did their ROM and all that. 🙂
Haha! Sure thing, will introduce you when you come again. Kim’s a great cook! 😀
drooling now seeing all the nice foods!
btw, do you have any recommendation for budget hotel stay at hk?
Hmm…I stayed at Cosmo Hotel, Mongkok in Kowloon, so it’s opposite HK itself. It’s very easy to get around though, with the MTR and the hotel is surprisingly nice for the price. 🙂
It was near peak season when I went though, paid HKD 500 per night, except for Saturday which was HKD 1,000. Thus, RM 200++ a night, which is really cheap by HK standards.
You can get rooms for cheaper if you don’t mind sharing toilet facilities etc but there’s not a lot of backpacker type accommodation in HK.
Yeah, totally, I’m so hungry right about now. The pork loin was delicious and not being a fan of vegetables, I was surprised I enjoyed the baked carrots so much. 🙂
I miss the pork loin!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it was really good pork loin eh?
I would love to eat it again. Hey, it was great meeting you! 😀
Wished I was there to clean up the plates!
Haha! Kim actually has a system for cleaning up the plates already! 😀
SLURPS! I love Yorkshire Pudding 🙂 Lucky you!!
Yeah, it’s really good stuff eh? I love the Yorkshire pudding too. Goes very well with the pork loin! 🙂
OOH LALA! i had my share of pork today too! homemade bak kut teh <3
Nice! I’m pretty sure I eat pork almost every single day too, unless I’m too lazy to drive out, then it’s all halal food, all the way. 🙂
best pork loin ever!
Yeah, totally agree. Delicious stuff that pork loin. 🙂
Great dinner and even better company 🙂
Totally enjoyed it mate! It was great!
Thanks for having us over. 🙂
I’m surfing a bit through your site (after checking the fireworks).
Looks like we also share a passion for good food 🙂
Bon appetit,
Maurice