I know today it Watch Me Wednesday, but I'll put that up after this since my FotoFriday is totally overdue! This is mainly for Marg, since I asked her for some cooking ideas. The next round of cooking should be this week... I think. I'm still not sure whether to go for traditional or more experimental type stuff. We'll see.

As some people know, I had some friends over on ANZAC Day and cooked up a meal after weeks of postponements. I ended up changing the menu a few times, and the final menu consisted of pumpkin cappuccino, scallops, and wafuu pasuta (Japanese-style pasta). My friend bought a cake, for those who are wondering what happened to dessert.

I didn't take the photos of them as I was cooking.... but basically the pumpkin cappuccino was an experiment. It's basically pumpkin soup with milk froth over the top. My friend brought over her coffee machine solely for this purpose of experimentation. It wasn't too bad actually.

This pic is the first experiment - just a layer of milk froth at the top.

I challenged her to make.... soup art (like coffee art, but on a soup) but she said she didn't know how to do it. So this is her version - the big blob:

This is my go:

I then somehow made a picture of Australia with the milk froth - I know, how Australian of me for ANZAC day eh?

The scallops were probably the hardest ones to do. I think next time I'll put it under the grill instead of the fry pan as the sesame wasn't sticking to the scallop very well. I put it with an Asian um, vinaigrette type thing.

Wafuu pasuta - normal spaghetti noodles, sauce with roe, and I also marinated small chicken pieces with soy sauce. Oh and there's seaweed too.