Xmas lunch

Definitely OFF ‘christmasy’ traditions this year.

No tree this year as we are still ‘groaning in tiredness’ in un/packing, cleaning and sorting – couldn’t bear the thought of having one more thing to sort out!!! Hopefully it’ll get much better by CNY!!! Ha ha ha

Last minute, decided to have a small do at our place.

While I can only imagine people having their traditional roast turkey with stuffing or roast ham/pork, roasted potatoes and vegetables…..guess what I dished up for our Xmas lunch inviting my parents over for a simple first meal at our place?

…..after much vexing considerations – believe me, had sleepless nights deciding what to prepare – would be chicken, salmon or quiche…..but finally decided on……PIZZA. *ahem, afterall it is a Friday right?!!* Ha ha ha….yep its pizza for Xmas lunch. So not ‘traditional’ ya, no fun bonbons to pull either (but then hey, I’m an Asian leh!!!) Lolz. Of course when D and MP heard about us having pizza, let’s just say there were no protests but a whooping loud unison concurrence!

Might leave the roast chicken or salmon for New Year eve dinner instead – we shall see (got another week to plan this right? And since I’m on leave, got more time to do more).

Not sure about you but I need to prepare mentally what I am cooking otherwise get overly disorganized and kalang-kabut. Of course it also makes getting the groceries easier :)

To celebrate our first meal…..we popped open a champagne. Its no Dom Perignon but well, good enough for us. No proper flute glasses but at least I’m thankful we didn’t need to drink out of mugs or bowls (ha ha ha….reminds me of Uni days – those were fun time too).

Great bubbly....we all got a little 'high' and heady after a couple of glasses *....zzzzzzz...*

MP’s pizza – sausage, ham, crabstick and lots of cheese.

The ‘super-special’ Lot – pepperoni (chicken and beef), ham, mushroom, olive, garlic, sausage and onions.

Gourmet vegan pizza – mozerella, rocket, basil, grilled zucchini, eggplant, garlic and tomatoes. More effort required because you need to grill the vegetables separately first but well worth the effort.

Spicy Thai Roast Chicken

And for dessert.....we had Dark Gingerbread with Pear Upside Down Cake