Kunjungan Balas by The Des and friends

So it was weekend again. We knew the De family was on a road trip to the South. The were joined by their best mates from Liverpool. They were kind to invite us as well. But it was too short notice for Babah to get a leave as they planned to begin their tour on Thursday.

Hopefully when our kids are bigger and when they appreciate long journeys, we will take them to the esplanade too.

On Saturday, as not to bore ourselves to death at home, we thought of going somewhere within an hour from Coventry. We thought of Warwick Castle. But before that, I took Sarah to our local library. Amar was having his morning nap so Babah stayed at home with him.

While we were out, we stopped at Gallagher retail park to find new summer clothing for the kids and Babah. We also managed to stop by Medina Halal meat shop. When we came back, Amar was still asleep!

And Babah has a great piece of news. He received a phone call from Uncle De and he said that the De family and friends are coming to camp in our house for the night. After an excellent treatment at their place the weekend before, we wanted to make sure our guests are at least equally comfortable too.

There was plenty of time for me to change the sheets, tidy up a little bit and cooked dinner. They arrived 15 minutes to 9pm.

The guests were the De family (4 people), Atak's family (3 people) and Auntie De's friend from Malaysia, Fifi.

For dinner, I made tandoori chicken, classic chicken in whole spices and saagwalla spinach with prawns. Recipes from Babah's Complete Indian Cookbook. Amidst the noisy and boisterous children, the adults still managed to eat.

After dinner, Atak's family went back to Liverpool. We tried to make them stay overnight. But they insisted to go back to get a full day rest on Sunday. They went back to Liverpool around 11ish pm.

The Des had to squeeze themselves like a can of sardines on the double bed in the guest room. Poor Fifi got the kids' room. She slept on the floor!

The next morning, the kids woke up early as usual (except for Emyr).

The straightforward buttered nasi goreng for the kids

I made tuna pasta bake (Learnt from Sal and Azim) and nasi goreng for breakfast. Babah started to prepare the filling for Sushi. Then I smelt something burning. I thought it was Babah's omelette and asked him to reduce the heat. But the burning smell was still there. Could it be the neighbour? Impossible.

I continued washing the dishes and tidying up when I noticed it was actually my pasta bake, 'burning' under the grill!

Whoops!

I removed the blackened crust. And luckily it was still edible.

The semi burnt Pasta Bake

Later, Emyr and Uncle De came down for breakfast. Uncle De has kindly offered himself to make Tiramisu.

When the boys got together

Uncle De was running back and forth from the living room to the kitchen while preparing the tiramisu. He was actually watching Silverstone F1 too.

Auntie De suggested for a sushi picnic at Stratford upon Avon.

BUT...

But... we couldn't wait for Stratford upon Avon. We finished all the sushi even before we left.