Container C international dinner

We had another international dinner last Thursday, it was our first get-together to get to know each and every container mate in container C as well as to establish some ground rules regarding the kitchen. yup especially the kitchen.

As usual we prepared some dishes from our country, this time I tried to make some chap chye, and tom yum soup. The chap chye was not bad, but the tom yum soup was way too sour cos i left the limes inside and i forgot to take them out and they made the soup really bitter. For me, it was too much, for the europeans, it was overwhelming. Anyway, I had some nice meatballs from the Polish, some nice streaky pork from Dabi(Korean), stir fried eggplants from Sarah (Hongkong), and some lovely raspberry tarts from our pastry queen, Victoria from Estonia.

We stated some ground rules about the kitchen, especially for the fact that people tend to wash and leave the plates on the tray to dry and then forget about them. So they accumulate after a while and it results in a pile of unsightly garbage. So we declared that we have to wash, dry them and put them back into the cupboard. and wash them properly. I remembered seeing pasta stains on my pot. Disgusting. And the cup I used had tea stains.

Which brings us to a new problem. WET dishes in the cabinet. Now the cabinet stinks, cos all the wet dishes(those not being dried properly) are left in the cabinet. Of which will be the main topic for our next dinner. Actually, relative to other containers I have been to, ours is actually quite acceptable. My container mates are rather clean, considerate, and they seldom mess up the place. If we were to choose a culprit for all the cooking mess, I guess it would be me cos I'm always cooking with a lot of chopped up stuff and sauces on the table. But I CLEAN THEM UP. Convenient scapegoat or dartboard would be me under any circumstances.

I brought up another fact about people walking in like 200kg obesities wearing high heels in the middle of the night when they return from the party. It's damn noisy. And some times they bring in their drunk friends, who wail like mad ghosts. Well, the wall doesn't really provide effective insulation so there's nothing much I can do. I must count myself lucky cos the only Spanish guy in my container isn't a party animal, and the polish are pretty considerate people, plus the Asians who won't get drunk. 2 nights ago, my friend was sandwiched between 2 containers which had parties and couldn't sleep the whole night.