I decided to cook J's birthday meal this year instead of the normal eating out experience. I figured it was good timing too as his birthday was on a Saturday (of course I didn't account for the fiasco that was to happen) hence I will be able to prepare/cook at a leisurely pace. Also I have more practise on cooking since joining the new company and thus not so likely to mess things up? :p  (Read : Mess things up = Tasteless Meat/Food).

Had been wanting to try out a yummylicious looking and SIMPLE recipe from Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food book - Griddled Lamb Chops with Chunky Salsa.

The recipe only requires a few easy-to-obtain ingredients which you'll be able to get from your local wet markets, supermarkets or hypermarts. All except for basil leaves that is, did not manage to get hold of it from Carrefour Bukit Rimau nor Giant USJ. And I was too lazy to drive all the way to Cold Storage in Subang Parade, so decided to try substitute it with mint leaves :p

Towards the end of the meal, J  was using his hands - better grip to suck the bones with. So are you salivating yet? Hehe..

Next Lamb Chop recipe to try out - Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction? Maybe I can team this up with Steamed Corn rolled in parmesan cheese and cut chili (another Jamie Oliver recipe from the same book). I had wanted to serve that initially instead of the fries but birthday boy wanted fries. So fries it is :)