Dinner with the Parents

My parents invited us over for dinner and I actually remembered to bring my camera along! My stepgrandmother was there, along with some old family friends. We noshed on some nicoise olives on the deck while we nursed gin and tonics:


My stepfather wanted the meal to be a bunch of little dishes (like tapas) so we had a corn, avocado and tomato salad he came up with after enjoying the one I make:


My contribution was my Thai pineapple rice:


... made with basmati, chunks of pineapple, jalapeno, soy sauce, onion and cilantro. Our friends brought a cast iron skillet full of crispy roasted potatoes:


We also had delectable crab cakes:


... a nice piece of flaky grilled salmon served with a dill mayonnaise:


... chunks of rare tuna in a soy marinade:


... and shrimp in anchovy butter, an homage to a restaurant my family enjoys:


My plate, clockwise from the top - a piece of crab cake, roasted potatoes, a chunk of tuna, shrimp, salmon, Thai pineapple rice and corn salad:


My stepgrandmother brought a huge fruit salad to finish off the meal: