Thursday, January 13, 2011

Christmassy Meal - the Western Style

This is yet another outdated post, which I am supposed/resolved to post by this month.
Here's my revelation on my Christmas celebration and the food, food and food that we had back at home!

I LOVE Christmas, and always will, but it was surprising that I could overlook the proximity of the festival last year due to the other preparations.
I could knock my head on it!

Anyway, I enjoyed a great celebration with the family, and oh, we had lots of food!

Our family tradition was to celebrate immediately after midnight (Christmas mass); despite the hour (even though it is in the wee hours in the morning!)
Our specially ordered carrot cake (an old favorite and tradition too!)
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Sparkling juice is always present in our celebrations!
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Gingerbread cookie which I managed to get from Cold Storage, was my gift to the family this year;)
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Yeah, we feasted and chatted with each other (the whole family) until we are tired and then clear away for rest.

CHRISTMAS DAY
We woke up and everyone had a role in the meal preparation. Initially, the plan was to have steamboat, and then I proposed to do something different as I wanted to have a nice Western meal =)

I had my hands (and minds) on preparing my legendary Fruit Salad for the 2nd time! ;)
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Tedious, and it was really a lot of work!
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It was the favorite of the day!!

Mum's new recipe: Vegetable salad (it was much easier to make compared to mine!)
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We had spaghetti as our main course
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The loaf and butter
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Chili tuna with Romaine Lettuce
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Dinner was more of an Oriental and Western fusion!

For dinner, we added a Korean braised pork/tuna with Romaine Lettuce
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Steamed chicken
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Tofu stuffed with fish paste
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Orange chiffon cake
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We enjoyed chilled longan juice for dessert =)
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It was indeed a joyous and FEASTive celebration for us!! =D

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