Chef Lex’s Paella Party!
Everybody knows that quality ingredients are necessary for making delicious and tasty meals but there are many other factors which enhance and create the perfect dining experience. The atmosphere and the view are major players and of course the awesome company that you dine with make for merry times. Chef Lex generously organized a paella part to celebrate and make most of his proud paella pan purchase.
Check out the 6 quality prawns 
Pea puree in action and egg separating
Knowing full well that some of the foodbloggers won’t be full with just a paella *cough*Yas*cough* a starter was prepared.
The scallop sausages prepared for simmering
When Lex was pouring in the pure cream I could see that everybody’s eyes were saying “more more MORE” or maybe that was just me saying it out loud…
“…and then Chef Lex slowly and carefully pulled back the plastic to reveal his sausage…”
Oh baby when we first bit into this soft and luscious… sausage (hmm maybe I should refer it to as scallop boudin from now on haha ) we all gave a moan of pleasure. The texture was almost jelly-like and slightly melty in the mouth. The scallop flavour was present but not too intense and that pea puree married the boudin beautifully.
Work work… yes milord
This is what happens when Lex worked his charm and magic onto the pan; Simon and his set up hee hee
The final masterpiece in all its’ glory!
The extra wagyu on top may not be authentic but the open mussels, baby octopus, chicken pieces, chorizo and the almighty charred rice served with a dash of chopped parsley and a squeeze of fresh lemon meant this was pretty much as a fellow blogger put it “awesomeness in a pan”. Each bite meant a different combination of flavours and the contents of the pan was quickly devoured.
Feel the wrath of the pop rocks!
The awesome Steph brought us some dessert (Yayyy thanks so much ^^!). Cute little cupcake ice creams with a surprise in them…. a clump of pop rocks in the cone!Popping candy sure provides hours and hours of entertainment especially when it makes somebody giggle like a little schoolgirl hee hee. (I would have a great photo of the cross-section if not for my external dying *sniff* along with many other photos like the macarons that Simon got on a 2nd trip to Zumbos).
A huugggee thanks to Lex for the wonderful food and everybody else for making it such an awesome time ^^!
FFichiban
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 pm
The food was so good! Lex really knows what he’s doing with a paella. Scallop sausage was fantastic too, as well as Steph’s ingenious dessert. Makes me so happy just thinking about it
Pity about the other photos
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 am
Woohooo that was soooooooo good!
thanks again for chef Lex!
November 23rd, 2009 at 4:16 am
Enjoyed reading this blog and your pictures. The paella looks so delicious. Scallop sausage wow!!!, i’d love to experiment on this and experience it as well=;) That ice cream w/ pop rock is a brilliant idea too!
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:02 am
Ahahahah dirty scallop sausage skin! Lex needs to have more paella parties!! Ohh sadness about your external
At least you still have most of the pics left! Glad you liked the ice cream cones 
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Looks fantastic! Paella is sooo good.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Your post was cheeky. I was laughing out loud ehehehe. The Paella looks absolutely amazing. So authentic. The scallop sausage looks tasty.. mmmm
November 24th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Mm – the spread looks massive and so good! Always a bonus knowing chefs!
November 24th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
oh you were so spoilt!! Everything looks so wonderful, especially the 6 quality prawns…hehehe