To start, bon viveur Mrs Slimmon (aka Helen, aka Broadie) presented a pre-dinner drink of her own invention christened The Cambodian Cooler (lime, pineapple, soda water and gin - if you're going to give it a try.................royalties can be paid directly to Mrs Slimmon) accompanied with spiced cashew nuts.
As ever, Mrs Slimmon had dressed the table beautifully and I just had to get a picture of these fabulous chopstick holders and also the amazing panda picture which unfortunately is far too big to try and sneak into my handbag (ok, they're not great pictures)!
For the main we moved on to a delicious Khmer chicken, coconut, aubergine and pumpkin curry, this was followed by a dessert of refreshing lime posset with raspberries. I know it's impossible to believe with a mouth this big, but once you factor in my natural clumsiness it's not actually that surprising that I managed to drop some of this down my front, this pronmted Mr Slimmon to comment that certain people would pay money to see that kind of thing - to which Mrs Slimmon responded that I was a dinner guest and not for sploshing entertainment!
Dinner was rounded off with fresh coffee and Harrogate brewed Sambucos - a sensational evening had by all!!
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