This year H decided to have a hush hush birthday celebration. Of which I agreed to, after all it is his special day. So I thought maybe I'd make us a Lebanese dinner. I've previously posted the recipes on the dishes that I made such as  Bamja. The chickpea salad recipe I'll post in due time  and as for the kafta, well that was store bought, but I did acquire the recipe from Aunty H when I came to Sydney last week, I've yet to try it though.

 

As for dessert I bought us some really nice cupcakes from Cupcake Parlour. The owner of the shop I met a few yrs ago when she was just selling them at the markets (both Power House and West End). P and R came over for coffee and dessert.

 

Over all it went nice, just the way he wanted it.

 

When a girlfriend of mine found out they were preganant, she asked if I could be one of the godparent. I immediately said yes, not that I would refuse to be one anyway! I think you can't refuse an offer such as that, especially if that friend of yours is one of your childhood friend. So we flew down to Sydney for the event, and I also decided to stay a few days rather than just be there for the weekend.

 

The event went smoothly as what the parents would expect. They've been pretty lucky cause they had friends from church who helped organised it. I didn't have to lift a finger at all! LOL

 

It's been great to catch up with Ia and her family. Thank you for letting us crash into your place for a few days. I must admit I had a good time, and I haven't eaten as much fish as we did. At one point P even said "Fish again Mum!" as if to say can we have something else?

 

There is also the incident of getting lost while driving in Sydney (luckily I was not in a hurry to get to A-Z, it did take me afew hrs to get to my desitination) , forgetting to pay toll because my hired car didn't have an E-Tag, and window shopping at one of the best laid out shopping centre I have ever seen.