Sunday 6 March 2011

Come Dine With Me


Last night our frends Liz and Adrian hosted a rather splendid dinner party at their beautiful Victorian mews house. Come and share the fun.


Liz and Adrian


Liz and Al


Us


Adrian's the chef in their house and a very excellent one at that.


Al eagerly awaits dinner


Ambient lighting



Thai-style prawn cakes

Fiery Tom Yan soup with wild mushrooms.


Thai vegetables in a yellow curry sauce


Chicken curry in a Thai green sauce


Cheers!


These massive wine glasses are fatal.


Mine host prepares to dish up


Liz and Adrian's favourite eBay purchase


Evil Edna is our nickname for their bizarre Indian clay shrine


Liz couldn't get enough of Adrian's homemade coffee ice cream and insisted on scraping out the ice cream maker.



Apparently there were some sore heads this morning, surprisingly I was hangover free.



Liz (on the left) even managed to get up for the sunday morning car boot sale.



Liz and I have been friends for nearly forty years.


Indian artefacts are dotted throughout Liz and Adrian's house although they've not yet been to India.


Waiting for taxis.


Oh dear, looks like someone's overdone the vintage cognac again.



Me at 1.30am, resplendant in my £5.95 Jean Varon frock and a pretty vintage jet choker courtesy of the lovely Char.

Hope you've had fantastic weekends. 

59 comments:

  1. Looks like a fab night Vix.
    Dx

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  2. You look like a great bunch of friends, and like you had lots of fun! Xx

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  3. Once again the photographs of the food have me drooling, looks like you had a wonderful evening, with great friends, I know that "overdone the vintage cognac look" so well!
    XXX

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  4. I love your hair, its so pretty (like always). Its weird that you commented on my newest post at the same time as I'm writing this :) hehe thanks for the comment.
    xx

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  5. Vix you look stunning! As do your friends. Looks like a great time was had by all.

    What a beautiful home your friends have. Not surprised that people have sore heads!

    X x x

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  6. Great photos looks like you had a wonderful time xx

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  7. you look so much like Cher with your beautiful big eyelashes amor and bad ass eye make up.
    yum yum,Thai prawn cakes and great friends and beautiful home.
    what else can you ask for?

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  8. Dearest Vix, you look beautiful. I love the eyelashes.

    Your friends, their house and the food look wonderful.

    Jon on the cognac made me smile. I have some shockers I must email you. Far too dreadful to blog! Have a great evening in front of the TV. That's all I'm fit for. Much love, C xx

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  9. Oh the food looks gorgeous, so much so that it's making me hungry and I've not long had my dinner. Oh dear.

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  10. Lovely photo's looks like you had a great night, and you look amazing at that time in the morning. I seem to have missed so many of your posts for some reason im about to catch up they haven't been coming into my blog feed, have a lovely week, dee x

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  11. Darling you look just AMAZING! I LOVE your hair and really, that frock could not be any more perfect. You are so beautiful.

    What a delightful bunch of very happy looking lovely people and what a delicious looking dinner.

    I'm inviting myself over!

    Sarah xxx

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  12. You have fun and striking friends, Vix, and I'm envying the homecooked Thai dinner...and the wine, and vintage cognac. I was just going to ask if your friends had been India, considering all their artifacts, then I saw that they had not. Are they planning to go soon? I bet you'll be an invaluable source of travel advice. Someday when I plan my trip, I'll certainly be contacting you!

    Your makeup and hair look lovely, and I'm glad to see that gorgeous Jean Varon gown at a party.

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  13. Looks a fab night and you all look gorgeous! How come you still look so fresh and lovely at 1.30am??!! My mum has just bought me a skirt exactly the same as the skirt of your Jean Varon dress! £1.50. Don't know the make yet though as she isn't bringing it up til May. Told her about your 20p Horrockses dress yesterday and she had the same reaction as me haha! xx

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  14. That looks like a stonking night! You look so glam for 1.30am I suspect I would have looked more like your OH!

    You are blessed with truly lovely friends :o)

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  15. Wow. Looks fun :) Love the light x

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  16. Fun, fun. And I love that Evil Edna shrine.

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  17. Oooh, how can you be so glamorous so damn late at night? lol. It looks like a wonderful party, and your friends house looks divine. I really wish I hadn't read about all that delicious food though... it's made me peckish! xxx

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  18. I love your hair!! Looks like a fun party and my tummy is rumbling at that delish food xx

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  19. Splendid eyelashes, you are ravishing! Home made coffee ice-cream??! GOT to try doing some of that. YUM!

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  20. Wonderful photos Vix...I am so hungry now that food looks gorgeous! xxx

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  21. Looks fun! Your hair looks great, by the way!

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  22. fun pictures! and the food looks delicious

    xxx

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  23. Everything looks delicious including you Love your hairdo.

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  24. How are you still standing at 1:30 a.m. after such delicious food, especially the dessert, and such gargantuan wine glasses. Looks like a delightful time and they have a lovely home.

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  25. I thoroughly approve of the amount of alcohol on display on that table! None of my friends seem to be drinking recently and it's mildly disconcerting - I always feel a bit alkie-like if I'm the only one on the wine.

    The food looks utterly delish too. I must get more adventurous and try cooking Thai stuff at home.

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  26. Splendid Party indeed!!! :)

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  27. Mmmm..the food looks gorgeous <3 Lets pretend that I didn't drool on the keyboard hah

    Your eyelashes look amazing in the first picture!

    x x x

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  28. Gosh you are lovely! And your friends are very attractive too! What a fun attractive great home/food/fun group you are! If I ever visit England you will have to invite me out to a party!

    ps. I need Thai-style prawn cakes desperately now.

    much love: kimberellie (with a baby in her belly)

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  29. Looks like you had an excellent time! The hanging lamp is so pretty! Wow! x www.lostinthehaze.com

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  30. you look splendid as usual but the food! my my looks delicious.

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  31. Love the way you did your hair and your eye make up! Your friend's house is beautiful and the food looks so tasty!!!!!

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  32. Looks like one amazing night with friends!:D

    You look great, as always!:D


    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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  33. You look gorgeous, Vix! Nothing beats topnotch food at home with friends - I LOVE dinner parties. (Incidentally, CDWM is one of my fave shows!!)
    xxx

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  34. You gorgeous wench!
    Jeez,that adrian can cook up a storm,can't he?! NOMITY NOM!!!
    Looks like you and Jon need to take those lovelies on a trip to India!! They clearly have the Asia vibe in their blood already!
    LOVE!!! Helga xxxXXXxxx

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  35. With the post having the title one one of my favourite tv programmes, I knew it had to be a good 'un! That food looks lush, I love coriander and lots of it too! From those photos it looks like you all had a wonderful night together - good friends and good food - you can't beat it xxx

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  36. Orgh, that foods looks amazing. Do you eat prawns or are you a full veggie? Love Liz's dress too, is it vintage? (love your Jean Varon more though!) xx

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  37. Hi Vix-sounds like such a fun filled and delicious evening, the food looks mouth watering and you look totally gorgeous in the Jean Varon too!! Hope you have a lovely week ahead too my dear xxx

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  38. Oh I think jon's just 'elegantly wasted'!
    These are great pics (wish I was there!!) and how do you manage to look so good in the a.m.? xxx
    Ps. I *can* see evil edna in it too

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  39. Food looks delicious and what a lovely and glamorous set of friends you have!

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  40. Vix you look stunning, your hair and make-up look so beautiful. It looks like you have some wonderful friends and fun times xxx

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  41. You look stunning in these pictures! Looks like a fab evening, I love having a nosey aroung other peoples homes!

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  42. Love the lashes! Got hungry reading this post!

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  43. You guys looked like you had so much fun!
    It's so lovely spending time with friends and having a laugh.
    Those fishcakes look amazing!!

    xxx

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  44. Yes Jon really does look quite pissed doesn't he? Ha ha. Your hair looks fantastic, not exactly too bad for someone who professes to be rubbish at doing hair! and why have your friends not been to India??

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  45. Wow, i love all those interesting lamps and shrines :o so many lovely bits and pieces!!
    xxxxxxx

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  46. You all look like you had a fanastic night, lovely food, great company. Your outfit was gorgeous as ever, loving that fire/woodburner. Thank you too for your wonderful comments :)

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  47. You're soo blessed and fortunate to have a generous and genuine supportive network(only in the black country!), thanks for sharing, Vix!

    zoxoxo

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  48. Mmmm the food! It looks so delicious! How lucky you are to have friends who can cook like a master chef!

    You look so pretty and glowing in your pictures and I LOVE your hair!!!! xxx

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  49. ooh how lovely, looks liek you all had lots of fun, i always want to play ComeDineWithMe, but it's never met with any enthusiasm from my friends :S
    love the frock!! :) xx

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  50. Your eye makeup looks really lovely x

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  51. ok, now I am craving thai food:-) Good food, wine and friends - who needs more?

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  52. Wow Vix I love your hair like that!!
    You guys always have such yummy food pictures
    I am instantly hungry!

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  53. Looks super- the food, the lovely house and the company!

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  54. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I want your life! Clothes, friends, music, food, wine and the love of a good man! Sounds perfect. xx

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  55. Your eyelashes are superb!

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  56. You look amazing! Love your hair. It looks like a great night. They have so many interesting things around their house. x

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  57. You and Jon always look so happy together. I love seeing pictures of happy long term couples, it's such a prescious thing to have a fantastic relationship. You look beautiful in these pictures x

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  58. The dress looks great - and you look so pretty in all these pictures! :D

    Sal xXx

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Lots of love, Vix