Since my retirement I have done most of the cooking at home, but yesterday we were having some friends over and my wife decided that she would go all out and make a Malaysian meal.
(You may note the "curry stains" on the linen tablecloth but these are "historic" ones which can't be removed without damaging it. This tablecloth is at least 80 years old and is embossed with the logo of the Straits Shipping Company (Singapore), 1890 - 1989, which used to run tramp cargo and pax ships around the S.E. Asian region. Older Perth locals will remember the "Centaur" which used to do the Perth - Singapore run. The Australian Hospital Ship AHS Centaur, torpedoed off Queensland in WW2 was also one of their vessels. My wife's family were associated with the company for about 70 years and we have a few artifacts from that association. )
Ah - I sailed on the Centaur in 1982 on my way to Europe - just remembering about in another thread on why people wouldn't cruise