Based on the blogs I regularly read, there's a general sense of apathy about VD (valentine's day) except for one lucky blogger who got an Ixus (but does it walk?) for her VD gift.
If you can't tell already, I too, fall under the "VD, so what?" crowd. So VD (or VN?), I had a small cook-over with a couple of frens (single too).
Since we are all guys, the menu was exceedingly simple:
Thick NY Steaks (two of us ate this)
Chicken Breast with salt and pepper with garlic inside (the other one ate that)
Angel Hair with olive oil and parmasian (all eat)
2001 Domaine La Roquette Chateauneufdepape (all drink, some more than others)
I should mention here that it was 10 degrees outside (with 5 degree wind chill) when I started the coals. It was soooo cold and windy, that the wind, instead of feeding the coals, was actually COOLING them!! But I WAS smoking a cigar while cooking, so I guess that's the trade-off. Pain vs. Pleasure.
For dessert, three bottles of nihonshu, one nigori (unfiltered). That's sake for the rest of you. See the bottles in the post below? Gone!
Then ended the evening, driving one of the guests home. Which means he drank most of the booze. Burrp.
Best thing was, with a good meal and good booze, no hangover!! *whispering*
i had my own anti-VD dinner too with some girlfriends. We had really good Thai-Indonesian food. Stuffed ourselves silly. :)