meeting.hometown.friend

well, it is almost a week ago already.... last weekend, a hometown friend and her family visited us from germany. i knew her from friendster time although we didn't know each other back then when we were at kuching. this is the power of social network that drastically transforms our lifestyles...

A came with her dutch husband and two kids, they live in germany nearby to the dutch border. we don't see each other that often due to the distance but do keep in touch regularly... again all asian gathering/meetings are centered on food, likewise for us. we had a dinner together where hubby cooked all the dishes (no photo as we were too carried away with chatting) and i made the japanese strawberry shortcake. here are some yummy gifts from her, all home made....

home made pineapple tart, it's so yummy... the pastry just melt in my mouth and the fragant of the pineapple lingering, i can easily pop two to three in my mouth each time...

A is a talented cook. she also made the 猪肉干dried pork meat (usually called as yuk kon in cantonese or bakpo in my hometown dialect) for us. i so love this snack except i have to really control my pork intake, too much pork is no good of course. i discover a good way to eat this, instead of avocado and ham sandwich, i just substitute ham with this, and eat the sandwich as my lunch. the creaminess of the avocado in combination of the sweetness and char grill taste of the dried pork is great! then again this is not something that i can do for my every day lunch... i have frozen half so that it will last... that's how pathetic living in a country when come to hometown food/snack that is hard to get.... so i have to cherish everything to bit...

shrimp cracker (keropok udang as we normally called it in malay), the taste of the shrimp is so intense and familiar. intense because a lot of shrimp meat is added to it familiar because these keropok are from brunei of which my eldest sister also brought us a pack years ago when she visited us with our late father...

the family photo taken after we had our dim sum lunch at china hotel, delft... from here we parted, we left for our sunday church service whilst they return to the hotel so that the little boy can have a bit of rest before driving back to germany....
well, so long farewell, see you all next time!