So it makes bringing them to the pit real easy so that the gals can walk behind us chit chatting and taking random shots

Before we start setting up the pit, TSO began her ritual of drawing up the stove so that we can get some really nice fire for our bbq. The best fire, by the way is those flameless glowing white hot charcoal that allows your food to be cooked to perfection without getting burnt.

You'll noe wat I mean later

And so, once the stove is nicely drawn, it's time to build the fire. The pyramid building is of utmost importance ok? Built it rite and you'll have a really nice fire in no time at all. And there is Adrian in the background setting up the dining table.

This guy is super organised can? Raw meat, sausages, marshmallows and utensils all nicely seperated. He even had a plastic sheet to put over the stone table as 'table cloth' lor! And oh, must mention that he marinated all the chicken wings and the meat. And not just anyhow marinate one ok? He got 用心 and 真诚 in his 'marination' de wor

Ok now back to the fire, I almost disgraced myself cuz I did not manage to get the charcoal burning up properly, despite several attempts. This is the best I could do

The others tried to help out too and TSO was very 卖力 but after some 1 hour and a box (yes, a FULL box) of fire starters later, we still cannot get the charcoal to burn. Trying to console ourselves that there is nothing wrong with the 4 of us and the fault must definitely lie with the charcoal, A&J drove off to the nearest 7-11 to get a new bag of charcoal.

Sounds lame eh? Some of you confirm will say you have never heard of charcoal that cannot burn, must be we lousy lah.

Compare the picture above with the one below, notice how part of the charcoal is starting to get white and actually glows? We used the same method as before with the new packet of charcoal and it only took us 5 min to achieve this lor.

Now make a guess, which packet of charcoal is the lousy one? From my smile, it's definitely not this nicely wrapped one lah, from NTUC somemore ok? How can the gahmen brand be of inferior quality?

Versus this lok kok brandless packet?

YOU ARE SO SO WRONG!!! Our dearest NTUC actually sells counterfeit charcoal that DOES NOT BURN!!! WTF???

So because we trusted the house brand, we ended up wasting precious time and petrol and we were all starving by the time we started the bbq proper. But this did not dampen our mood cuz you see, we managed to get the ever elusive and much sought after 'perfect bbq fire'

Just look at the food pix. Everything cooked to perfection without the slightlest chow tar

We should definitely do this again and this time, no more NTUC house brand charcoal!