What A Splendid Lunch at Aunty J's!

We all trotted over to Aunty J's for lunch. The rainy afternoon made for a lovely long chat with Aunty J and the friends. Choya got invited too because Aunty J wanted to hug her. Heh! She allowed herself to be hugged for quite a long while. Smart Smol Girl. She knew who to cosy up to. She's really comfortable in the house because she didn't want to stay in the lunch room with us. She was happy roaming around and chilling out in a corner elsewhere. 

Resident dog Leo the Maltipoo is now 1-year-old, but he's still a big puppy. He was super excited about Choya. He couldn't keep his eyes and nose off of her. Choya was quite tolerant of him for a bit. But I watched her closely. N also held him back, and he does listen to N. But he couldn't control his instincts. After a while, he was banished to his crate for a bit because he was wayyyy too enthusiastic about sniffing Choya and ermm wanting to hump her.

Aunty J cooked up a storm. The biryani was superb. There were prawns in there for an added crunch. Loads of dishes — Kerala fish curry, subtly flavored thick dhal, beans poriyal, gorgeous raita with pomegranates, and lime juice! Her fish curry is truly one of the best we've had. All-time best. We ate and ate and ate till we were stuffed. 

Oh. I shamelessly ate five fish cutlets. FIVE. This is a new record. I've always capped it at three cutlets because, shy lah. This time, I went for broke and ate five. HAHAHAHA. Well, there were 15 cutlets on the tray. Some food were already saved for Uncle T and the helper, so I wasn't too selfish, hopefully. 🤪

We ate so much till we couldn't have anything else for dinner. Luckily we didn't plan to meet anyone for the evening meal. We stayed in and had soup. Hahahah. What an awesome day. We were so so so so spoilt with such good food and top-class cooking. These  flavors can't be found at the commercial restaurants. No way. 

I was so glad that I brought fruits for Aunty J by way of thanks. I didn't want to get her silly gifts. Didn't want to get her cakes or cookies either. Figured things like Korean muscat grapes, honey mangoes and yellow dragonfruit would be good. I didn't know if she would like the Shizuoka crown melon, but I got that anyway. I'm so glad that she likes it! She said she loves this sort of melons. Hurrah! SCORE.