Event - Dinner Party

[jack]

In the end we had: Nick, Tom, Alison and Martin, Justin, Tim+Rachel and Jennie+Rich, and George, who I am about to share a house with.

It went very well. Everyone got on well with some people, though there were certain divisions at various points (which is sadder: coporate finance or startrek?). I was worried there wouldn't be
enough food, but there was plenty. I did a pasta bake and potato wedges with readymade topping, and readymade biryani, and salads and garlic bread, etc, from sainsbury's. Tom brought dip & pittas. Alison brought pudding. I could have fed a few more people. With another side dish I could probably feed 20! So my fears of inviting too many people are over bar the trouble of spending all day cooking.

We ended up playing charades of all things. Which was funny. I think my favorites moments were all comments I made. Tom was miming "twice" but going [two] and then [make bigger gesture] and no-one could get it (we tried words starting with the syllable 'too', and words meaning two, but never quite got there) and then I said "three" :) Also, when I was miming "Garfield" for the second syllable I did "mathmos" by pointing at me, tom, alison, martin; and then "ring" by making a ring wiht my fingers; and then "field" by "make bigger" since in maths, a field is an extension of a ring. Alison got it :)

It's almost becoming a regular thing with me! Next time I'll try to vary the main dish, since the pasta bake has come out a few times now, being very convenient for dinner parties. Should it be permanently retired, or brought back in a new incarnation (this one had pesto in, which worked very well, but many different seasonings are possible: garlic? chilli? tomatoes? potatoes? less topping? more topping? a mid-layer of topping?). How about the potatoes and rice - ok? Any other suggestions?

Anyone want to be invited to the next one, who wasn't, or couldn't come, this time?

Comments

[rochvelleth.livejournal.com]

The food sounds yummy to me. Pasta bake *mmmmmmm* Does it have cheese in it? There's nothing in the world nicer than cheesy pasta bake (traditionally with tuna, but without is good). Potato wedges sound nice too, but how spicy were they?

I *want* to come next time, but you know how awkward I can be to organise stuff with :) Try my best, promise!

[the-aviator.livejournal.com]

Damn shame I missed it, but I shall be back a week tuesday :)

[chess]

Me. Although I am Quite Terribly Fussy when it comes to actually nice food (my digestive system hates me), so maybe I shouldn't, being an awful dinner party guest.

[tienelle.livejournal.com]

And a very nice dinner party it was. Thank you. I'd apologise for scaring your mundane friends, but it's such fun I'm not sure I could stop.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

Ooh, food. Making a big pan of risotto and evil garlic bread is always nice and easy for serving large amounts of people. Ditto a roast chunk of meat and lots of veg.