Christmas came and went...what is left are pictures as memories. Last year we had our usual Christmas dinner on Christmas day itself as Ah Yean had to work on Christmas Eve. It was BBQ again...KC loves BBQ. His intention was for everybody to gather around the pit and BBQ their own food but as usual everybody waited for him to bring the food to them.
Mother in law and mother waiting for food.
Clams....we like it bloody; not dried and overcooked. BBQ clams are really delicious. I prepared sauce; made from chopped garlic, chillies with soya sauce and vinegar. Great dip for clams.
Flower crabs, bacon and prawns. I love the flower crabs the most. Had many many rounds of it. It doesn't get overcooked when BBQ. In the restaurant, they would smear Marmite over the BBQ crab...maybe I should try it too. I seasoned the crabs with salt and chilly powder. So it's chilly crab. As for the prawns, it was drunken prawns because I poured a generous portion of red wine onto it.
Squids and Japanese sweet potatoes wrapped in foil. The sweet potatoes were very good; sweet and soft. The squids didn't turn out well, turned a bit mushy. So we kept it away.
Chilly crabs on the fire....
Big fat hungarian sausages...nice but really meaty and thick. Had to make sure it was really cooked otherwise it would still be cold inside.
The drinks.....we had Jolly Shandy, Anglia Shandy, 100 Plus, iced lemon tea and red wine. The most popular drink was Jolly Shandy.
The keropok.....a must snack for all occassions...
The Christmas tree, each year the presents seem to get lesser...not because we give less but the way we give seems different as the kids grow. Uncle Hoe and MIL didn't buy presents last year but gave angpows instead. (Somehow when angpows are given during Christmas; it's just not so exciting and Christmassy.) Lyn didn't have any presents wrapped under the tree from KC and I because we took her to buy her Sony Ericsson Mini Pro after Christmas.
Finally...for the album...a family photo of the Lims and two daughters-in-law. The family has grown smaller; we lost Uncle Ping and father in law over the years....One of these days, I will scan a photo which has everyone in it; for memories' sake.That was 2011....
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