Christmas With Friends

December 25, 2006 - Christmas Day

Thanks to our hostess (and her home-made specially roasted turkey), it has become almost an exsingers tradition to gather for a Peranakan meal and gift exchange on Christmas Day.

We all contributed, in our little (very little) way, to the feast.

Wai Kuen brought her sister's brandy-irrigated fruit cake all the way from Ipoh! After 2 bites, I felt a little 'happier' ;-)

Su/Boon brought "Sweet Maltese Wine of Superior Quality". Notice the cute label of photostated quality.. LOL.. Being a sweet wine, Ed and I loved it.

I brought 2 trays of low-fat, low-sodium beef shephard's pie but I think the low-x didn't score high points.. sigh..

I also prepared little tequilla-cointreau jello-shots (with strawberries) which were pretty potent I was told. The kiddy jello-shots (no tequilla, with kiwi) did not harden because (according to Karilyn) kiwi fruit prevents them from hardening! What do you know.... Gotta remember that!



Steph, who is also Peranakan, brought her mom's ever popular kuei pie-tee. Something about the hei-bee in the bang kuang (or maybe it was the chilli) made it so yummy!



Ed dazzled us with his tiramisu (FINALLY got to taste it again after SO many years)!! Creamy, sinful but this is truly how tiramisu should taste like!!


Mag's mom prepared all the traditional favourites - Curry Chicken, Beef Rendang, Ayam Buah Keluak (my favourite!), Nonya Chap-Chye, Ayam Pongteh and Bakwan Kepiting (soup). ALLLL yummmikinsss!! The Beef Rendang was specially prepared by Mag's mom upon the Beng's request - who UNFORTUNATELY could not make it because she was down with the flu!! What perfect timing! Shin Joo had to collect her prezzies for her and she reported later that Beng looked terrible.. Poor thing..





Finally, the freshly roasted honey-glazed turkey. This year's stuffing was a special Quinoa Stuffing that Mag invented. I loved it but I wish my tummy had more space to eat 2nd and 3rd helpings!!



*zoned out from all the eating and the jello shots*

To see more faces (cos I seem to have mostly food pics here. hehe..), go to kakatua's entry.