Open house jiran + birthday celebration

Pictures taken last Saturday for our open house + small birthday celebration for Firas & Ammar. Open house kali restricted for jiran2 and geng lunch sahaja. Of course i'd love to invite my officemate and friends as well tapi tak mampu kudrat dan tenaga nak masak for large crowd. Insya Allah next time kalau murah rezeki dan panjang umur, boleh la buat open house besar-besaran...tapi konfem kena catering ok! This time around masak for 100++ guest pon dah nak pengsan. The pre and post-event effect was so bad..migraine, sakit badan, pinggang..everything! And today i lost my voice already that i had to request my staff  n bos to attend the negotiation session with vendor...camner nak nego kalo sore dah hilang ye tak ish ishhh ganaz penangan open house kali nih :p

Since Aida (my neighbour right in front of our house) also decided to do her open house jiran on the same day, i decided to just prepare for light meals since Aida will serve nasi tomato and hers will be during lunch hour. So mine will start at 3pm...to avoid congestion in front of our houses hehe. Told my jiran-jiran...ok korang makan kenyang2 kat rumah aida...pegi rumah aku makan dessert jer :)

This is popia filling. A mix of togey, carrot, chicken and eggs. Done a week before and frozen it. 100pcs altogether.

Devil's food chocolate cake a.k.a the boys' birthday cake. 3x batter resulting in a 2kg++ big cake.

with cream cheese and choc ganache..also some choc curls on its sides

also Driscoll's strawberry as finishing

 

Victoria sandwich cake a.k.a traditional English buttercake. Twisted the ori recipe by putting blueberry fillings instead of strawberry jam..belasah jer.

then topped up with buttercream + strawberry slices

final layer - buttercream swirl + more strawberry slices

the Baked Brownies with happy birthday sign. Notice the cut-outs? sgt leceh nk potong satu persatu but i enjoyed doing this :)

vanilla cup cakes with buttercream. dah lama tak buat cuppies..kira lepas geram la nih :)

strawberry cheese tarts. I did the tart shells on thursday, then keep it in fridge.

Mihun goreng. Umi dari awal dah offer nak tolong gorengkan...thanks so much umi!! Apart from this Umi tolong goreng popia, nuggets, kemas itu ini...ya Allah byk sgt yg umi tolong tq so much Umi i owe u big time!

 chicken nuggets. sold out quite fast that we topped up for second round

 nasi impit +kuah kacang

 spiral pasta

paired with bolognese sauce

 

instant Maggi mushroom soup...sgt senang masak ni and cepat plak tuh. I believe pizzahut also used this instant soup powder for its soup! this is paired with roti perancis below...

Sate Yus. initially nak go for Willy's...tapi fully booked. then hb went to sate sup UK..also fully booked. last resort sate yus.

ready to serve with happy birthday tag

besday boy with his new-found favourite...popia goreng :)

the line ups of the day

sempat posing ngan firas

cute pose from ammar

kids wanted to wear white t-shirts that day..so mak pak pon konon nk matching pakai la putih jugak. tapi kesilapan besar betul lah...letih nk hilangkan kesan minyak di baju!

Firas is 4, Ammar is 2!

cake-cutting time

ok Ammar dah potong sana sini..cepat larikan kek!!

amirul setia bersama ipadnya :p

bersama geng lunch. Din dah bosan tgh wife dia tak abis2 posing

Missing that day is kak tie and kak elin...takper lepas ni kita gather di rumah farra plak ok!

with farra's family...antara tetamu terakhir hari itu

Tetamu terakhir kami hari tu pulang dalam jam 9pm++...kemudian kami lari kejap beraya ke rumah zarid, sebelum ke rumah aida jiran depan nih. Diorang semua sempat lagi beraya ke rumah zue dan mizie...ah jeles jelessss. Balik rumah pukul 10.30pm...berhempas pulas cuci pinggan mangkuk bagai. Esok pagi baru lah kemas rumah, vakum dan mop bagai. Kepala mmg berat dan sakit sepanjang hari. Isnin kepala masih migrain tapi tetap ke ofis sbb ada jamuan raya GP plus segan plak nak mc disebabkan open house kan....dan today kemuncaknya terus hilang suara! Dahsyat penangan open house kali :(

Next kite update pasal open house GP plak ok..till then....