Friday Dinner @ Oleander 129

Every Friday night is the party time at Oleander 129. In fact this tradition started when we stayed in Somerset (Jakarta) itself. We used to call our Indian friends to Apt #1026 for dinner together. Vrushali cooks all the food by herself, except fish or chicken, which is done by me. All our guests also stayed in Somerset, so it was easy to co-ordinate. Our shopping for day to day cooking has been done from Carrefour, which was right across the road.

When we moved to Oleander in Rumbai, things started changing. We did not have easy access to some basic items, like vegetables, fish etc. Everything we had to buy from Pekanbaru during our weekend visit. The commissary inside camp had very limited supplies, especially for Indian cooking.

When Raju uncle came to stay in Camp (he moved to Indonesia from Kuwait in February 08), we started having a variety of food for our dinner. Aunty used to bring 2 – 3 tasty dishes every Friday.