What a wonderful evening. Everyone did an amazing job with their allocated recipes - from the fishcakes and duck salads to the curries, eggnets and pork hocks. We all amazed ourselves - the quality was outstanding - as good as Longrain, we reckoned except for the pork hock and caramel sauce which was, actually, *better* than Longrain's.

Thanks everyone, especially the Kincaids who hosted the evening. It was a lovely time with our accumulated Antipodean family - we really are a very lucky bunch of people to know so many adventurous cooks!

Steamed Pipi Salad with Basil and Chilli

Spiced Barossa Chicken with Plum Sauce

Menu: STARTERS

• Fish cakes
• Steamed pipi salad
• Papaya salad with coconut rice
• Crisp duck & lychee salad
• Grilled prawn salad with a green chilli & galangal dressing

Menu: MAINS

• Spiced barosossa chicken with plum sauce
• Caramalised pork hock with chilli vinegar
• Egg nets with pork, prawn, Beansprouts & cucumber relish
• Peanut curry of grilled beef
• Prawns stir fried with turmeric, chilli & garlic paste

Menu: COCKTAILS

• Stickmata
• Caipiroska

(now I'm off to see a matinee session of UP - what a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon)