pink sushi

sunday was my birthday; i am way too old to be celebrating with an all pink theme, but years of barbecues get tiring, you know? i was inspired by clotilde's pink buffet, which looked charming and chic and very do-able, so why not? my mom also wanted to throw a baby shower for my cousin, tinette, who's having a girl, so it all seemed quite fortuitous.

of course, we were totally forgetting several factors: one, we live on an island that's more spam than chic; two, we're filipinos, we gotta have more than a bunch of leek tartlets; three, pink + baby showers = scary; four, aesthetically speaking, i have never been known not to give into excess. it's like a compulsion. my philosophy is if you think it might be too much, then why not? i'm pretty good about controlling food compulsions, but don't ever let me on trading spaces--i might give hildy a run for her money!

i would show you the pictures, but it's not pretty. it's like a bottle of pepto-bismol exploded all over a room and i decided to cover it with pink velvet. and fuchsia rhinestones. then trimmed it in magenta rickrack.

foodwise, everything was pretty controlled colourwise, but portionwise--well, just think luau. think smorgasbord. think super-size!

anyway, i will be posting recipes from the party throughout the week.

just so you get an idea of how far it went--yes, don't adjust your monitors, that sushi is pink: