Dinner at Big Ed's

I've discovered that this food blogging thing is harder than one might think. mainly cause i always eat my food before i can take a pic of it. and then i can't blog about the meal i just had cause everyone demands a pic. so it's great when someone else cooks and then takes the photos for me. all i gotta do is show up, eat and write my blog. which is what happened last night. my friend big ed had a dinner party at his place and convinced arti (in green shirt) to cook. well it turns out that that was a good plan (big ed, you're smarter than we give you credit for) cause arti turned out to be an excellent cook. in the pic you can see two of the dishes she made. one was this chicken curry with a cashew base. and that was fantastic. creamy, spicy and totally yum. it was so good that i would take little breaks between bites, let my mouth cool down, and resume eating. i'm a weakling and can't take much heat, but that chicken cashew curry was worth it. the other dish arti made was a chicken and potato dish. i didn't try it cause i was warned by others that it was super spicy, and i was already sniffling from the chicken cashew curry, but heard that was tasty too. little ed was there too (that's him in the photo doing the blowfish imitation) and made a yummy potato and pea curry. and harin (in the white shirt) finished off the night by bruleeing some fruit, and serving that with ice cream and cherries. you can see it in the second group pic, he just loves his brulee torch. it's not one of those tiny pathetic ones you getting at cooking store, but one that would be used in a pro kitchen. a plumber's torch. you can get one at home depot with the nozzle for less than $20. leah and i were lucky enough to show up and start eating, a lovely treat after you've been working all day. so thanks to all my friends for cooking dinner, we'll have to do it again sometime. how's next friday for you?