my-halflife: a food photo blog: Jehan Mendis

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Jehan Mendis

Jehan (iii)
Originally uploaded by pradeep jeganathan.

Jehan, in thought; discussing Tony Blair's legacy with Malathi de Alwis.

It was Shemani, Jehan & Malathi for dinner. I made roast chicken, with a kithul chili glaze, garlic butter potatoes, a red pepper, lettice salad and kithul ginger cream for desert. It was a so so meal I thought -- at least the chicken was decently roasted. There wasn't enough of the glaze, and perhaps the salad was soggy. Kothmale cream does not stand up, in its consistency, also.

But Jehan liked the chicken, Malathi the potatoes, and Shemani said the kithul cream was better that the arrack kithul panna cotta, she had the day before.

Tough critics, the lot of them -- But I enjoyed the evening a great deal!

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Pradeep Jeganathan was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he lives and works. He began to cook when he discovered, as an undergraduate in the US, that MacDonald's was terrible. He continued, when he realized that girls like a guy who knows to cook. After he took up photography as a hobby, he got into shooting food. He has eaten a lot of cold meals since, but he hasn't stopped, because taking a photograph, helps him remember what he's eaten. (He eats a lot, and some times, he forgets). His food photos have been published in a variety of international and Sri Lankan print magazines and web sites and his food photo/recipe columns have appeared Zero77 & Spectrum ("Achcharu") and will soon appear in Ink. He's been a featured chef on ETV's The Home Gourmet, his cooking and food photos have been the subject of a feature article in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times; his food blog has also been featured in Femina.in -- the Indian women's magazine.