Xmas Gathering with Family

It had been a long time since we held any gathering at our place. Mainly because we felt we couldn't cope with the large number of people at our place with our 2 young boys. Now that Matt has turned 1 and Jon is more independent, we had our 1st Xmas gathering with my family.

We prepared the food as in my part was the reheating of the Xmas feast we ordered from NTUC finest. Thought I would go for a change from Cold Storage as it was always so chaotic at collection point.

feast from readily cooked combo

We got the turkey with chestnut stuffing, ham and pork knuckle. We added on honey ribs and made our own salads with Italian dressing and balsamic vinegar. There was also spaghetti with tomato sauce for the kids.

Emi's log cake

My younger brother brought over log cake from Emicakes. Very rich in chocolate with walnut in between. He also brought over white wine and we later opened another bottle of my favourite Moscato.

mum @ work

The ham and pork knuckle were easy to handle as well as the ribs. It was the turkey that needed some work and the cranberry sauce from the combo pack didn't taste quite right. Roast beef was an afterthought that we can try for next year Xmas, together with sausage platter and Gammon ham. I won't mind getting some cheese platter as well as a good fruit tart. Perhaps black pepper ribs might be a better choice too.

We rearranged our furnitures to create more running space for the kids and they sure had a lot of fun running around the house.

all of us

It was a good gathering with plenty of food and wine. The mood was relax although my elder brother was quite worried his 2 kids damaged our things by running around. I guess we are now ready for more gathering at our place!