Yeah! I think we're quite alike in that sense, although I've
never cooked for a large group before. Usually, it's just an
intimate gathering of one to three friends only. 
Like
that, if somehow, there are 'culinary disasters', at least, not too
many will have to be 'forced' to eat the 'disasters'! 
Do you think that my special someone is going to be a lucky chap?
Well, I think I'm the
luckier one, if he eats and doesn't make some awful face! I've learnt that with
most local men, if you cook badly, they will criticise loudly but
when you cook well, they'll just eat quietly and finish the food.
I've learnt to interpret no leftovers as a sign that the cooking
was good. I've long since given up fishing for compliments... the
most I get are those scrawny seaweed-of-a-comment like 'It's OK,
lah' / 'Tastes quite alright' / 'Don't think I'll die after eating
it'! 
pthpthpth!!!
Confucius says, 'If no man pat missy on the back and praise her,
missy shall pat herself on the back and praise herself!' 
