Two dinners

Two of the dinners we shared with family and friends this month at our house...



Earlier in the month, ex-work-colleagues-turned-friends G and N came over for a simple lunch. This year was very difficult for N being a empty-nester (youngest leaving home for uni) and going through a separation/divorce. We hoped a small lunch would get N out of the house and made her feel a little better.

Menu: Shallow fried mixed seafood (fish, prawns and calamari- N is a vegetarian but eats seafood), mango salad, cabbage salad, homemade Hungarian salami (made by G, yummy!),home-grown tomatoes (hand-picked by G that moring), curry puffs (curtesy of N), olives, bread and crackers.

We all had too much to eat. The stroll to the nearby park after lunch(it was around 5pm by then)was a nice and relaxing way to end the day.



Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with in-laws.
Menu: Fried rice with carrots and eggs, veges (brocolli and cauliflower), pork spare ribs (american ribs marinated in bbq sauce), beans with bacons, coconut prawns.

I didn't cook a whole fish as is the tradition (whole 'fish' symbolise having more than enough for the new year) because I didn't have fish in the fridge. The inclusion of spare ribs wasn't very chinese either, but the ribs were very popular with in-laws, husband and kids, so who cares!