Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Pre-Christmas and Christmas Dinner 2006

Pre-Christmas Dinner at Angus Steakhouse

Bunny and I had a pre-Christmas dinner at Angus..finally. We had been planning on treating ourselves to a sumptuous 5 course steak dinner there and finally decided to do so on Friday.

Bunny was beaming with delight before, throughout and after dinner too. She simply couldn't contain her excitement and joy having being steak-deprived for god knows how long.


Orchard Rd packed with Christmas shoppers. You could hardly breathe, let alone walk.



Looking pretty delighted myself.


Wagyu Tenderloin Steak - simply divine.


Tucking into our dessert.


Two very...


...satisfied and full customers.

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Christmas Dinner '06

Christmas dinner this year consisted of:
  1. Rosemary and lemon chicken roasted with herbs, garlic, onions, carrots, potatoes and mushrooms
  2. Mushroom and celery stuffing
  3. Pineapple, orange and honey baked ham with beer glazing
  4. Garden and butter lettuce salad, with cherry tomatoes, emmental cheese and balsamic dressing
  5. Sauteed potatoes
  6. Baguette bread as a side dish
  7. Steak marinated according to Bunny's own recipe
  8. Christmas decorated cupcakes with frosting from Noel Gifts
  9. Nutty marshmallow chocolate ice-cream
This was the first time I prepared an actual Christmas dinner. Over the past few years, I have not had the opportunity to prepare one, as most of the dinners were either prepared by others, or we simply had a pot luck or BBQ dinner.

So it's rather special for me this year, plus I was pretty worried the chicken wouldn't turn out well (considering the fact that I have not cooked for more than a year). Thank god everything turned out well...besides the oven over-heating, as well as causing a pot to burst in the microwave, everything else was a breeze...hmm.

Pre-roasted chicken and ham


"Nosferatu at work", she said. *bish*


Staying vigilant - wishing, hoping and praying that the oven wouldn't die on me at the very last 15 minutes of roasting.


The final results - I think the ham looks pretty photogenic. Haha.


Christmas spread

Pretty cupcakes

After filling our stomachs with the hearty, home-cooked X'mas dinner, we lazed around till midnight. When the clock struck 12 sharp, everyone started rushing to the X'mas tree and started giving out presents.





Everyone loves receiving presents...


...one even started donning herself with the presents she received...


...whilst others simply wore them on their wrist.


There was another (bewildered) one present at that moment...


...playing her part in this festive celebration...


...and looking all pretty in her X'mas outfit.

What a quiet and wet Christmas this year. I'm sure I wasn't the only one basking with contentment and relishing the joy derived from a pleasant and merry x'mas spent with loved ones.

Here's wishing everyone happiness and joy, once again.



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