A girly lunch

A few days ago, I hosted a mini lunch with my girlies + a gentleman haha.
Since my friends gave me some pretty positive feedback on some of the food I made at my previous lunch gathering, I made some of the same foods again for my dear girlies to try =]

We had less food than the last lunch gathering because we had less people this time (but this was still plenty for only the four of us):

THE MENU:
 (many repeated from last time's lunch gathering menu hehe)

~ SAVORY ~

Deviled eggs

Stuffed grape tomatoes

Turkey sandwiches
 

~ SWEETS ~

Strawberry & blueberry tarts

Mango & kiwi tarts

Strawberry mousse

Egg tarts (from K)

Coffee cupcakes (also from K!)
 

~ DRINK ~

Fruit punch
 

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Stuffed grape tomatoes

Deviled eggs

The two types of fruit tarts + turkey sandwiches:

Coffee cupcakes:

The best cupcakes I have ever tasted. Not even exaggerating =9

Strawberry mousse

...and the fruit punch:

We also had a lot of fun playing with our iphone camera and the photo apps lol.

I loved K's cupcakes... she can really open up a cupcake store. Those were super delicious =D
I always get really exhausted while making the food, but once the eating and fun begins, you know it was all worth it - especially when the food didn't turn out to be a disaster haha!

High-Tea at Fairmont

A little girl time with my dear Rice at the Fairmont hotel =D
We had a very late brunch there. The place was so busy... Surprising because I wouldn't imagine people eating lunch/brunch that late.

My favorite pic of us from that day haha

They had these cute little jars of honey on the side for your tea. I thought it was really cute how small they were lol

And of course, here is our food! =9

This is the bottom, savory tier:

And the top, sweet tier:

I don't know if it was because we were so hungry, but everything was really good. I especially loved the curried-egg, croissants and the scones. Mmm...
I would definitely go back and eat there again, but I think high-tea prices are quite expensive. It's probably one of those things that I will not do more than once a couple months... Otherwise I'd go bankrupt.

Anyway... I'm gonna end the post another camwhore pic of us =]

Random lunch gathering

Woohoo. Another post already =D
This post is a little over-due though...
Anyway... I've been playing this game on my iphone and it made me want to bake. Unfortunately, I'm not the best baker in the world, so I improvised by turning my would-have-been-baking-frenzy into a food-making-frenzy inspired by high-tea menus XP

I invited a few friends over for lunch so they can be guinea pigs to taste my food (lol I joke).

Here are all the munchies laid out on the table. It doesn't look like a whole lot, but this took me a long time to prepare/make!

On the menu:

~ SAVORY ~

Deviled eggs

Lobster summer salad (even though it is not summer)

Stuffed tomatoes

Cream chicken patty shells

Ham, tomato & cheese sandwiches

Smoked salmon & cream cheese sandwiches

~ SWEETS ~

Strawberry & mango tarts

Chocolate banana hazelnut tarts

Strawberry mousse cups

Candied apple slices

~ DRINK ~

Fruit punch

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Now I will show off my presentable food >=D

Deviled Eggs

Topped with mayo & paprika

Lobster Summer Salad

Lobster meat, avocado, cucumbers and grapefruit

Named it "summer salad" because it tasted very summery to me.

Stuffed Tomatoes

Halved tomatoes stuffed with a spinach, ricotta and ham mix.

Cream Chicken Patty Shells

Patty shells topped with creamy chicken mushroom sauce

Sandwiches

Triangular ones are smoked salmon & cream cheese sandwiches, the square ones are ham tomato & cheese sandwiches

Strawberry & Mango Tarts

Copied this idea from the fruit tarts you always see at Asian bakeries XP

Chocolate Banana Hazelnut Tarts

Banana slices and hazelnuts mixed with nutella. Sprinkled with icing sugar.

One of the tarts had a overload of icing sugar by accident lol.

Strawberry Mousse Cups

Strawberry mousse topped with cool whip

Candied Apple Slices

Green apple slices drizzled with crunchy caramel and milk chocolate.

Fruit Punch

Cranberry & pineapple fruit punch with other fruits as garnish in the bowl.

Ching didn't just come over to the lunch gathering empty handed; She gave me this cute little sundae, which she made from beads! Super awesome XD

I'm going to think of a way to somehow hang this on my phone, even though iphones don't have a hole for cellphone straps.

Despite the long preparation and long clean-up, I had a lot of fun making all the food. I probably will do this again... but just not any time soon since I think I need some rest now, haha.