Steamboat Potluck Party 2011

Every year, without fail my friend would invite me to her house for steamboat potluck party. I blogged about it in 2009 and 2010. I guess the post about this year's steamboat potluck party is long overdue, so here it is!



My friend had prepared these all nicely skewered so that we could dip them into the boiling steamboat pot.







My bowl of yummy meatballs!







Besides steamboat, we also had spaghetti.







There were two types of sauce for the spaghetti. I could not remember the name of the sauce.







My bowl of spaghetti in yummy sauce!







We also had rojak - the Indian rojak, not the Chinese one.







And chicken! Look at the head!







The head magnified.







Snacks consisted of edamame beans - my favourite!







And desserts in the form of chocolates (not in the photo) and durian puffs!







Or course, no party is complete without a bottle or two of red wine.







I always enjoy potluck party! I am looking forward to next year's steamboat potluck party!

Steamboat Potluck Party 2010

I am calling this post Steamboat Potluck Party 2010 because I went for a similar one in 2009. In fact, it's hosted by the same person.

If you've been following my blog since the beginning of last year, you would have probably read about that potluck party. Anyway, to refresh your memory and for the benefit of my newer readers who may want to know about the hilarious Kickapoo joke and how my mom thought I was calling for prostitutes, click HERE.

This potluck party was held two Sundays ago at my friend's home in Sri Petaling.



When I saw what was on the table, my saliva instantly flowed. Haha!



These were painstakingly prepared by my friend, the host.



There were about ten of us and each of us took turns to dip these fresh ingredients into the steamboat to cook them.



Don't you think this way of eating steamboat is more convenient, not to mention more hygienic? Better than everyone dipping his or her chopsticks into that pot of boiling soup, right?

When I saw these prawns, I was like, Oh My God! I must have them! I must!!



And so I took loads of those prawns and cooked them in the boiling pot. And here's my bowl of yummylicious cooked prawns and sui gao (minced meat and prawn dumpling) amongst others.



The soup was so tasty! Later the host showed us what she put into the soup.



No wonder it was so tasty! I gave the steamboat three thumbs up! Haha!

Now since this was a potluck party, everyone would be bringing something. I brought loads of prawn crackers that I bought from Kuala Selangor. Oh! Forgot to take photos of them, but I think you have already seen them in one of my previous posts.

So what did the others bring?

Well, someone brought home-cooked spaghetti.



I can tell you this spaghetti was totally delicious! I took 2 bowls of it!

There's roast chicken.



And chicken wings too!



I didn't get to eat these dumplings as I was too full by then!



But I was not too full for this apple raisin soup dessert! Haha!



Look at those chunks of apples and the generous amount of raisins! The dessert was nice - sweet and sourish at the same time. I went for a second helping!

We also had some cookies leftovers from Chinese New Year.



Believe me, after all those delicious food, cookies would be the last thing on your mind. But I found these cookies delicious and I didn't even know what cookies they were!

Another friend brought some yam cakes, but frankly, I was too full to eat them!



Towards the end of the potluck party, our host came out with a mysterious red box.



What was inside this red box? Quick! Open it!

She opened for us to reveal....



Chocolates from Shangri-la Hotel! Wow!

Most of the chocolates were eaten up already, but fortunately, the remaining ones were enough to go round.



Close up shots of the chocolates.



Don't you think the ones below look like mahjong tiles? Haha!



I didn't really fancy the chocolates though I like the box! I asked my friend if she could give me the box in which she replied with a very firm NO! LOL!

Someone brought some fortune cookies and we had some fun choosing our fortune cookies!



Each of us broke open the cookies and read out aloud what was written on the paper. It was fun!

Here's mine.



Yay!! I love the message! I always look out for the rainbow when it rains cos you all know right, that there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? haha!

Even though we were full, our host continued to serve us ......



Passion fruits! The uglier they look from the outside, the tastier they are. That's what one of my friends told me. Yummy!!

We actually could not finish the steamboat. Look!



The remaining ones were packed into containers which some of us took home for our next day's lunch or dinner. How nice! A potluck party with take-away food!

This must be the best steamboat potluck party for me ever! My friend, the host said she had decided to make this party a yearly event. Yippee!

Before we left, our host reminded us not to leave anything behind. I quickly blurted out, "Oh! Where's my box?"

"What box?" she asked, puzzled.

"That chocolate box from Shangri-la."

She gave me a look and said, "Yeah, right!"

Haha! I am so looking forward to next year's potluck party!

FIRST COMMENTER

Steamboat Potluck Party

Last Sunday, my friend invited me and a few other friends to a steamboat potluck party at her house in Sri Petaling. I initially wanted to turn it down as I was still having my flu and sore throat.

But after resting the whole day in bed during Valentine's Day, and taking loads of fruits and vegetables coupled with lots of immune strengtening bee pollen and spirulina, I felt much better on Sunday. Besides, I have been looking forward to this potluck party and I was determined not to let my flu stop me!

I could not decide what to bring for the potluck party but in the end, I settled for the infamous curry puffs from IKEA. Well, not a very good idea as I found out too late at my friend's house that she had a whole bucket of curry puffs laid out on the table! Well, too bad!

One of my friends picked me up from my house. Sitting in his car, this caught my attention.



It was Huan Huan, the 2008 Beijing Olympic mascot doll! Isn't he cute?

I was not surprised to see this doll hanging in my friend's car. It just caught my attention because my brother has the same doll in his car. What a coincidence! haha!

By the way, I prefer Jing Jing, the other cute mascot of the Beijing Olympics. If you notice, I've made him as my avatar for my blog.


When we reached our friend's house in Sri Petaling, it was already 7pm. My stomach was growling. Especially when I saw this!



We waited for a few more friends to arrive and then we went straight for the steamboat prepared by the host.



The ingredients were fresh and tasty. And the soup was delicious!

As this was a potluck party, there were many other food brought by my friends. There were cakes, Ayamas chickens, fruit salads, sandwiches, meehoon, ice cream and red wine. And not forgetting the IKEA curry puffs I bought and the host's bucket of curry puffs! I did not bother to take photos of those. I will just let you imagine them. Haha!

We even had ice cream bread. A new way of eating ice cream I must say! It's just ice cream taken from the ice cream tub and applied onto bread and eat like a sandwich! The thicker the ice cream, the better!



Mmmm, so yummy!! I didn't know ice cream sandwich tastes so good! Seriously, I must do this myself at home!

Apart from the food, what I really enjoyed that night were the laughters and banters we threw at each other. It was really fun!

Here's the Kickapoo joke that I would like to share with you all, though it's funnier if you understand Cantonese. I was laughing over this joke even after I reached home! You know the soft drink brand called Kickapoo? Well, here's how the conversation turned out between me, and my two friends which I shall call Friend A and Friend B. Just for your information, Friend A is not good in Cantonese but good in Mandarin. Friend B is good in Hokkien but not good in Cantonese.

Friend A : Foong, you know what Kickapoo means in Cantonese, right?

Me : Kickapoo? No. What does it mean in Cantonese?

Friend A : You really don't know?

Me : (thinking...) No, I really don't. Please tell.

Friend B : Yes, please tell us.

Friend A : Kickapoo pronounced in Cantonese sounds like kei ka poh.

Me : What is kei ka poh?

Friend B : Yeah, what's that?

Friend A : Huh? You always watch Hong Kong TVB series how come your Cantonese so cha (lousy) one?

Me : Err... I don't know. But really, what does kei ka poh means?

Friend A : It means qing fu. (lover)

Me : Oh, you mean kai ka poh! Alamak! Your pronunciation sucks!

Friend A : Oh, it's kai, not kei! I always make that mistake!

Friend B : Sorry, I didn't hear properly. What is kei ka poh?

Me : Qing fu

Friend B : What? Chui fu? (take off trousers)

Me : No! Qing fu!

(At this moment we were already laughing like mad!)

Friend B : What does qing fu mean?

Me : Lover

Friend A : It means something like mistress.

Friend B : What has liver got to do with mistress?

Me : Liver? What you talking about?

Friend B : You told me it's liver.

Me : No lah!!! It's lover!!!

Friend B : Oh!

The others who were sitting beside us all burst into non stop laughter! I laughed till I could feel pain in my stomach! It was the most hilarious conversation I've ever heard!

But if you think that's the end of it, let me tell you what happened when I returned home that night. Or was it early morning? Cos we had such a good time we only left my friend's house at around 2am! By the time I reached back home, it was close to 3am.

My mother was woken by me fumbling with the locks. Maybe too much red wine so was a little drunk. Anyway, my mom asked me in Cantonese "Zou mat yeh gong chi sin fan lei?" (Why come back so late?)

Without even thinking, I said, "Oh, ngo tong pang yao kheng kai" (Oh, I chit chat with friends)

She didn't hear properly and exclaimed, "Meh a? Kiu kai?" (What? Call prostitutes?)

Ha ha ha! I just could not stop laughing! It was really a night of laughter. And I felt so good the flu was no longer a problem! No wonder they say, laughter is the best medicine!