Father's Day Lunch

Last weekend was Father's Day.  Instead of our usual dinner at a zichar or chinese restaurant, my brother was adventurous and suggested a cookout for our dad.  I of cos suggested western food, as almost every day is a chinese dish day.  My elder brother, younger brother and I each cooked a dish or two and the meal turned out so sumptuous!

The MENU :
1) Prawn with pumpkin and banana mash
- created by my brother, no recipe required!  he's got this Jamie Olivier thing in him, literally half naked chef as halfway through cooking he felt so hot that he stripped to his swim trunks and jumped into the pool (twice!)

2) potato salad

- a bit more usual fare but i love how my brother accidentally added too much vinegar and it became more citrusy!  Nice touch on the parsley too, looks good right?

3) Squid ink linguine in seafood

- my creation, recipe found here

- everyone slurped, slurped and slurped!

4) Honey glazed chicken chops

- never knew my elder brother could cook and this proves that our entire family can!

- he just marinated the chicken with regular pantry ingredients (ginger, lemon, soya sauce, oyster sauce, pepper) and then cooked them in happy call for about 7 mins each side, and returning them to the pan with a honey glazing.

- the result was yummy with my HB saying it's the best dish of the meal!  (my HB is the chicken man by the way)

5) Dessert : Molten Lava Chocolate Cake

- I haven't cooked this for more than 1 year, the first time being Valentine's Day in 2012, i think.

- so glad that it still turned out ok, meaning the recipe is super reliable!

I think we should do more cook outs as a family!