The Menu
- An assortment of cured meats
- Homemade gravlax with Greek yoghurt, squeeze of lemon and water crackers
- Rockmelon salsa (Grand Marnier, home-pickled onions, lemon, mint, raisins)
- Juicy roast chicken
- Roast vegetables
- Kale with shallots and onions
- Garlic butter mushrooms
- Black beans
- Crêpe Bretonne
- Strong coffee
Location: Veh Den & Yvonne's
The Menu
- Fresh prawn spring rolls with peanut sauce
- Fried spring rolls
- Deep-fried whitebait salad with green mango, papaya, cucumber and red onion (served with nuoc mam cham, i.e. Vietnamese dipping sauce)
- Vietnamese pork pastries (banh pate so)
- Durian sticky rice
- Glazed Christmas ham
- Herby baked potatoes
- Nem nuong (Vietnamese bbq pork meatballs)
- Bbq satay beef skewers
- Bbq soy chicken wings
- Cherry tomato salad
- Vegetarian rice noodle soup with fried bean curd sheets
- Passion fruit cheesecake
- Mango pudding with evaporated milk
- Coconut and pandan kuih (Malaysian sweet, Nonya-style)
Location: Kim May & Dang's place
Summer doesn't quite feel like summer this year, nor did the earlier spring feel at all like spring. But on Christmas Eve, the air rings true.
Mismatched plates and homemade tablecloths, goblets of wine and knee-jerking laughter - it's the flocking of family.
Small, intimate, complete. Things run as they're supposed to: some quarreling here and there, pots and pans (and people) in disarray, no care for discreetness. Ah, it's a thing of joy.
The Menu
- Abalone toasted rice congee with fresh ginger
- Lobster yee mein
- Honey-glazed chicken with stuffing (white pearl barley, yam bean, carrots, peanuts, gingko nuts, onion, dried Chinese mushrooms, star anise)
- Roast pumpkin and potatoes
- Fruit tart
- Chocolate almond cake with crème fraîche and fresh raspberries
Location: Home
My sister working on the buttery crust for her fruit tart.
Clockwise from L to R: Pumpkin rubbed with minced garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil and brown sugar; potatoes with garlic, salt, sugar and good olive oil; lobster ready for the tossing; chicken stuffing.
Chicken burnished and glistening.
Abalone congee made with toasted rice, which gives it a certain earthiness.
Lobster yee mein (Cantonese egg noodles made with wheat flour). There's a springiness to the texture of the noodles and it works wonderfully with the sauce.
My sister's fruit tart - there's not much I can say about the crust other than: genius.
My chocolate almond cake with crème fraîche and fresh raspberries - slightly molten and fudgy in the middle, I'm pleased to report back.
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