Forum Fest 2015 Melbourne

[achookwoman]

Thanks CC for posting the buns. Yes they do look good.

[cookie1]

They are such lovely photos of our final evening out. Thanks Chookie and Katie.
I felt quite miserable saying goodbyes this morning. It has been so wonderful to catch up with such dear friends. We seem to just pick up each year and carry on.
Thank you all for a wonderful long weekend.

Chookie those buns look so delicious and white. So perfect.

[cookie1]

I'm planning on emailing Nikki and Owen in the next day or two regarding the food and the hotel. If you have any positives or negatives please  pm me or pop them here.

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[Aussie Brenda]

Just catching up on this thread, thank you all, I had a wonderful time.  It was so great meeting all my friends face to face.😃

[Cuilidh]

Chookie those buns look so delicious and white. So perfect.

Only those of us who were on the cooking course would appreciate that comment 

[achookwoman]

Cookie, just a couple of comments about the dinner at the Hotel.
Price for 2 courses was very reasonable considering the quality of the food.
They should serve the entrees first, all the mains together and then the desserts.
The mains were cold by the time they were served. I think some of the problem may have been cold plates.
Hope this is helpful.

[bogie1]

Thanks to all the lovely ladies that I met on Saturday at the AA cooking school.  Chookie, your DIL and granddaughter have done a fabulous job on the pork buns!  Sorry that I had to run off to Swan Hill.  I hope you all had a lovely time in Melbourne, it certainly looks like you all had a great time. 

[cookie1]

Thanks for the feedback Chookie. I'm still trying to get over that serving problem. I have never seen or heard of it before and it is definitely on my feedback.

Bogie1 I'm so sorry I missed you to chat to. Perhaps next time.

I'm home after a good flight. I was impressed with the lunch I had today. Smoked salmon, brown rice and quinoa salad. The dressing was served separately and it was delicious. Qantas excelled themselves.

[trudy]

Just arrived home safe and sound after 4 and a half wonderful days of fun & learning!  Wayne and I both had a great time catching up with new and old friends and look forward to next years FF.  Well done ladies, you did yourselves proud!!!

Cookie, perhaps you could also add to Chookies comments that some people didn't get cutlery until we asked for it.

[Kimmyh]

The buns are perfect chookie. You must have taught your DIL well!
My comments re dinner sat night are as per chookies. Could not have said it better.

[cookie1]

Thanks Trudy.

[kmw]

Thanks to all that played a part in organising a wonderful few days. Alayna wanted to know where all her friends were when went downstairs today & had to say you are stuck with Mum & Dad today.

Arrived home after a freezing day in Melbourne after yesterday's weather it was a shock.

Adrian in letting his Mum know we were on the way home via SMS, the auto correct changed "Kerry's thermomix"group to "thermonuclear" group 😉

[judydawn]

Melbourne won't be the same now that our group has left.

The others have nailed it with their comments re Saturday night's meal.  My meat was cooked to perfection so I can't complain about that portion of the meal.

It's nice to hear that Alayna thinks of us as her friends Kerry, maybe she'll invite us all to her wedding one day if she wants a lively table of guests.
LOL at Adrian's iPad's new name for us.

I've enjoyed my day with DD & SIL and this bed is so soft and comfy that I should sleep well tonight.

[Cuilidh]

Good to see that everyone is getting home safely and had an enjoyable time.

Thanks to our 'lucky dip', I am now faced with a serious decision ... what do I purchase with my gift card???  There's something about a gift card - you want to buy something 'special' because the occasion was special, but the choice is overwhelming (unless you are a man receiving a gift card from Bras'n things, that is).  I have narrowed it down to about 5 choices so I am sure I can whittle it down to one sometime in the next decade or two!  Is anyone else suffering this same problem?   

[Cuilidh]

I am just realising now that it is all over that there were so many people I didn't get a chance to talk to at FF!  I found I was sitting down chatting to someone, looked up and thought "Oh, I must go and catch up with ...." then got distracted again.  I must learn to concentrate more next time and stand up instead of sitting down and that should get me moving around a bit more.