All you need to start...
My day began at 830 am (don't ask how I manage to wake up so early) making the dough for the pizzas followed by a round of sweeping and mopping the haus... Apparently mom says I need to have a presentable house before I can call guests over. I told her "it was just phang, zhou n yong oni wat... make so nice for wat..." and instantly kena deth stare!
Yong was busy checking out Zhou's sis's FB page...
Right after all that was done the 3 of us minus the God fearing one went to watch Iron Man 2 @ Mahkota Parade. Couldn't get early tickets so ended up watching the 4.45 show instead. And I have to say, it was a pretty good show... as good as part 1 and fortunately didn't fall into the bad sequel pile of movies. Though it still lacks behind Kick-Ass though :P. And for once the 3 of us can agree on the hotter older woman over the younger one :D.
The only vege pizza of the night...
So by the time we got back was nearly 8 pm and I begin making the first pizza of the night: an appetizer pizza made up of fresh tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, olives and cheese. Saw this recipe on tv once and it was as simple and as basic a pizza as you can get yet it look absolutely delicious! So my version worked out kinda well I think... One thing I would really love to have is fresh buffalo mozzarella cheese... it'll would've been even more legendary!
Putting on the finishing touches...
Next up was a classic in my family with ham + bacon + olives and pineapples. Of course every pizza except the dessert one has both parmesan and mozzarella cheeses on top. I've actually made pizza before but I still can't roll a perfectly round dough... Though I did get the dough to be thin crusted enough =D.
Why bother with d fancy stuff when you have a cleaver...
Then next was the pepperoni only pizza. Something like the one you get at Pizza Hut only this is REAL PORK pepperoni! Seriously, you can't substitute pork meat with beef or chicken and get anywhere half as good as it originally tastes. Case and point: beef/chicken salami, bacon, pepperoni, etc. But we all found it to be a bit on the salty side, the pepperoni, and besides the fact I spammed quite a lot on! Though a few drinks down the channel definitely helped :D.
A montage of awesomeness... (L)pepperoni (R)UltiPizza...
At this point, Zhou was saying that he was still not even filled as he deemed this to be more of finger food -.-. So okay loh, proceeded to make the next one which I hereby call the UltiPizza or the Trifacta(?)... it's basically a combo of both the ham+bacon and the pepperoni pizza into 1. And it was MASSIVE... Again couldn't get the dough to be rounded though...
Zhou looking for the pepperoni under the cheese...
After chilling awhile and doing some cleaning up, I went on and made my signature (actually very easy to make) pizza that has banananananas and apple toppings. Not surprisingly though, they all agreed this was the best of the lot O.-... Woi, main course not nais meh? But I have to admit, it was pretty awesome.
Phang practising his smash...
All in all it went pretty well I suppose... you know you've thrown a good dinner when 1)the guests doesn't complain/whine bout d food 2)they say (whether meant or not...) it was good/awesome 3)the haus didn't burn down and 4)no one suffered food poisoning the next day!
Finally have my Messi10 jersey ^^...
Though I was kinda disappointed that 4 fully capable drinkers didn't even manage to drink 1/2 bottle of Bacardi... OI WTF IS THIS? 1 by 1 had reasons... or as I refer to as 'pretty lame excuses' not to drink. This is why I wanted an enabler like Nara to come... Oh well, looks like that has to be done in KL, where the booze are a plenty and the crowd always merry!
Can you say de-freakin-licious...
In the end, everyone left at around 1230 and by the time I slept was about 1 though I did manage to wake up at 4 to watch Barca take on Villareal... Lucky I manage to wake up else I would have missed Messi's comeback goals in that match. Again Xavi was the midfield maestro, and Barca played with a front line with an average height of 180cm yet managed to run out comfortable 4-1 winners on the night... what a great way to end the night!
Mmmmmmm...
And with results going the way they did during the weekend, it all looks to go down to the final few days (or the final in England) of the season in Spain and Italy... whoa, what a way to build up to the greatest show on earth! Hopefully no one gets seriously injured during the run in though...
Nothing like some alcohol to get the edge off...
So week 1 of holidays have already come & gone and I have to say, it was pretty productive... minimal rotting at home scenario... Lets see how I survive the next 4 weeks!
