Simon's 38th Hawaiian Birthday BBQ (4 Jan 2009)

Food bloggers birthday

Prepare, cook, eat and photograph food of course! And this year I was lucky enough to have some dear friends prepare some delicious food to share as well which allowed more time for me to relax out of the kitchen. 51 guests including 7 kids and a whole lot of good food to satisfy the tastebuds. Suze from http://www.chocolatesuze.com and Lorraine from http://www.notquitenigella.com also came along and had a photographic frenzy.

Other birthdays for Simon:

• 15 Jan 2012 - Simon's 41st Birthday - Coach and Horses Hotel

• 8 Jan 2011 - Simon's 40th Birthday - Centennial Hotel

• 10 Jan 2010 - Simon's 39th Birthday BBQ

• 4 Jan 2009 - Simon's 38th Birthday BBQ

Roasted mini roma tomato marinated with garlic and served with mascarpone, olive tapenade and freshly picked baby basil leaf, Chef Leong :-)

Sydney rock oysters served with Tetsuya's dressing, Yarra Valley salmon caviar and freshly chopped chives, Chef Leong :-)

Peking duck rice paper rolls with leek, carrot, mint and coriander, Chef Leong :-)

Nibbles of Pimento stuffed olives, Mammoth olives with rosemary, dolmades and Doritos

Smoked salmon and crème fraîche blinis topped with chives, Chef Pelagia

Fruit punch made with lemon lime and bitters, tropical fruit juice, pineapple juice, mango and apple juice with freshly chopped watermelon, orange, apple and mint, Chef Sarina

Vegetarian Kuih Pie Tee with carrot, fried tofu, snow peas, water chestnuts, cabbage, then garnished with egg omelette, coriander, chilli and drizzled with sweet chilli sauce, Chef Dom

'Thai styled eggplant explosion' with dressing of soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, whole chillis, lemon juice and rind, sesame oil and sugar then mixed with coriander and mint, Iron Chef Wu. Canapé cups by Chef Dom

Supplì, rice and cheese balls, Chef Patrick

Vegetarian curry puffs with potato, peas and vegetarian mince, Chef Dom

Marinated lamb cutlets with garlic, lemon, fresh rosemary, whole-grain mustard and honey served with homemade tzatziki, Chef Leong :-)

Special sausage sizzle with onion, chopped jalapeno, tomato sauce and American-style mustard served on good old fashion sliced white bread, Chef Leong :-) / Chef Eric

Spinach quiche from Dinh & Josip

Quiche Lorraine from Dinh & Josip

Rye and wholemeal sour dough, soy and linseed sour dough with cheeses of triple brie and ash blue from Dinh & Josip

Chocolate brownies topped with walnut, Chef Shona

Special '38' birthday cake of homemade meringue nests with vanilla mascarpone topped with fresh raspberry, blueberry and passionfruit, Chef Leong :-) / Chef preps by Shona, Eric, Jean Marc and Saori