Today we had a special dinner at home- not because there were any special food, but because we were sitting on chairs and eating on a table!

There was this single-stand round table that was going for A$10 in the old furniture shop managed by St Vincent de Paul (like our Salvation Army's thrift shops). It can't fit into the car boot, but one of the volunteers offered to send it if I pay an extra $2 for it. Great!

Here's how we have been eating for the past 2 months. This pix was taken when we started to use the brown carboard table. It doesn't look as sturdy and clean now.



The cookings look good right? We were blessed to have MH's friend Amy around (she is not in the above pix). She is from Thailand and she was staying with us while waiting for her work visa to be approved. Despite not doing much cooking in the past, she is able to put together quite a few delicious Thai dishes. We even make our own Som Tum (papaya salad)! Not easy to get unripe papayas here though, can only find them in certain wet markets in the city (I just saw a dwarf papaya tree in uni today though. It was full of unripe fruits....).

Amy's creations: Gatton Som Tum and Spaghetti Tom Yum



Will share more about how we try our best to cook asian food with angmo ingredients next time ;-)
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