We celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee yesterday with a mix of oriental and western food.
My friend Annie prepared a feast, fitting for a queen.
Oriental: We had rice, steamed sea bass, steamed vegetable and grilled Chinese BBQ pork
Western: We had roast chicken, roast potatoes and roast duck
The duck was actually from France. Annie’s daughter came back from France with a school trip, and her host family gave her some duck to (smuggle) take home to England. It was delicious.
One highlight of the meal was Chiu Chow Chilli, by King Asia. Annie’s brother is in the food industry, and he brought us this delicious chilli sauce that his company has just launched in the north of England.
Chiu Chow Chilli — it’s hot and rich
I love proper chilli sauce. I grew up eating chilli for most of my meals. Chiu Chow Chilli is rich, hot with a touch of sweetness. It’s the most delicious chilli I’ve ever tried in England.
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- Our Jubilee feast — a mix of East and West
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- Roast chicken, roast potatoes
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- Sea Bass, vegetables, roast pork
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- Beautiful cupcakes from Annie
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- God Save the Queen!
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- Rice, roast chicken, duck
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- Chiu Chow Chilli — it’s hot and rich
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- Chiu Chow Chilli from King Asia is absolutely delicious!
I sometimes complained that my son Ben puts too much ketchup in his food.
Ben would tease me for putting too much chilli in my dish. When Ben comes back from camping this weekend, he would definitely tease me again for having an extra pot of Chiu Chow Chilli in the fridge.
Annie amazed me by making lovely cupcakes too. She somehow found the time to do everything.
Beautiful cupcakes from Annie
We had a truly enjoyable evening celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and also our friendship.
I feel blessed.
Seems like chilli sauce make a great difference to your life in UK.
Indeed — but it’s not been easy to find delicious chilli sauce — most are either too sweet or too oily.
Annie’s cupcakes are really delicate. Janet’s sea basses look Chinese.
Hi Helen,
My friend Annie cooled ALL the food, including the fish! We went there for a huge surprise! We celebrated the evening with a bit of East and West. All wonderful!
Top notch nosh!! I once horrified my very traditional mother by serving asian food for Xmas dinner in the North of England!! I live in QLD now and love Australia because geo-politically it’s pacific/asian and I get to try lots of new and intersting food….we even found some Indonesian Jambu fruit growing in our local park last year! My friend Sendy has told me that they eat them as a pickle
thanks for stopping by my blog x
We tend to mix East and West and basically everything. Rice is always a must — it goes with everything from my point of view!
I am never without Chu Chow Chilli oil.
Chu Chow Chilli oil seems a bit too oily. Why do all Chinese chillies’ names sound similar!?