Kook off at K’s…”K”

Kristmas Kooking at Keira’s

11 down, 15 to go!

In a little over a year, The Alpha Crew has experienced the eleven flavours of the world from A – K, travelled all over Sydney to the recommended restaurants and had several affairs with several bottles of wine.

K is for a dish starting with “K”  or from a country starting with “K”

Keira’s pad, Neutral Bay

Organised by ZINKS on a Wednesday night, December 2009

7 kooky kooks:

L-R: Ari, Sez, Adz, Dave, K, Nat, Lanz

Kitchen Knockouts:

• Sez made kisir, Turkish-style cous cous.
• Dave made dolmades filled with lemon rice and mince meat wrapped in fresh vine leaves, complete with homemade tzatziki. Traditionally eaten in Kuwait. We’ve would have also accepted “Kolmades”.
• Ari brought … a Persian melange of beef, rice and beans cooked by his mum.
• Adrian brought Korean takeaway, seafood, beef, rice and pickles, from a restaurant we probably would have gone to for our usual style of alpha dinners.
• Alanna brought Lebanese Koftas made by her mum but cooked by her in my kitchen. Delicious hummus topped it off.
• Nat made Knicker Bocker Glories, a Christmas coloured dessert of green jelly, strawberries, vanilla icecream toped with a creamy wafer, made famous by Paddington Bear who ate them by the beach.
• I made Korean Kongguksu, a soy bean milky noodle soup garnished with kim chi (fermented cabbage) and boiled egg. Traditionally eaten ice cold in the summer by working class, and Kkaeguksu, a sesame seed chicken noodle broth traditionally eaten by the elite class in Korea who could afford chicken to make the broth instead of the standard soy staple.

Sez's dish.

Dave's dolmades.

Ari's (mum's) plate

Zinks' Korean

Lanz's koftas

Nat's Knicker bocker glories

My Korean Kongguksu

My sesame Korean Kkaeguksu

Kudos:

10/10!!

Pros: What a great night to end the year. So much fun, great food, fantastic company. A different take on the alpha dinners.

Cons: Really, can’t think anything. Even the after dinner games were good!

After-party antics:

Games of Cranium and Charades until almost midnight.

Eating: Nothing, am in bed. But am getting hungry after posting this. There are some leftover kolmades…

Drinking: Nothing, am in bed.

Listening: to the whirr of my fan and enjoying the cool tickle on my face. I love sleeping with a fan!