Christmas Eve BBQ

It has a been a long time for not updating my blog. I'm too lazy and busy in preparing my wedding.

Since living in Ma Wan, I got more chance to "show off" my cooking. Yep, I love to cook but I do more enjoy if people love my cooking.

We've a Christmas Eve BBQ this year with 16 adult friends and 1 little lovely girl. That was the new record!! It was really tired to prepare a 16-peoples menu and foods. I started to prepare the food on 23 Dec from noon to 4:30 in the early morning of 24 Dec. This was another record!! However, I thought that should be worth if my guests love my foods.

As I'm in annual leave, I didn't need to work on 24 Dec. I woke up at 11:00 and went to Kwai Fong to buy some more fresh foods like Sushi, and the most important of all, bought the presents for exchange.

Back home at 16:30. It was about the time for the guests to come. However, I needed to clean the house cos MikoBaboota have pissed and pooh on the floor. Oh no! I can only start to prepare the remaining dishes after 17:30.

Luckily, our guests only came after 18:00! So rush.

Here were the menu on that day:

Appetizers:

秘製喱魚蛋魷魚豬皮
蒜蓉鼓油炒什菌
什錦魚生船
Assorted Cold Cut
蕃茄仔 ＋ McDonald Green Salad with Italian Vinegar Sauce

Main Course (BBQ):

燒羊架
什椒牛柳串
香草豬扒
印度烤雞
豬頸肉
鍚紙焗蒜蓉雞翼
蜜糖黑椒雞翼
辛辣雞翼
各式香腸（芝士腸、黑椒腸、厚切紅腸…）
各式丸類
蒜蓉飽

Main Course (Baked):

紅莓汁配西莓焗釀火雞腿
芝士焗蕃茄
日式清酒焗蜆 (Grill on fire)
芝士忌廉焗什菌 (Grill on fire)

Dessert:

忌廉日本南瓜栗子露
玉桂紅椒粉黑糖烤鮮菠蘿
鮮果朱古力蛋糕 (Made by my friend - Ruby)

Drink Menu:

香檳、紅酒、果汁酒、碑酒汽水、菊花茶任飲。

All the meats except 西莓焗釀火雞腿,燒羊架,豬頸肉 are marinated by me.

After many times of experiments, most of our guests really have great comments on the followings:

芝士焗蕃茄
日式清酒焗蜆 (Grill on fire)
芝士忌廉焗什菌 (Grill on fire)
忌廉日本南瓜栗子露
玉桂紅椒粉黑糖烤鮮菠蘿
秘製喱魚蛋魷魚豬皮
蜜糖黑椒雞翼

Every single time, some of our guests will ask for recipes especially the日式清酒焗蜆!

I'm so proud that I can cook! However, I must say "thank you" to my dearest dad though he left me in 2001. Dad was a wonderful chef that can cook everything especially Chinese cuisine. I loved to watch him cooking, shopping the market with him! Dad taught me a lot and shared with me his experience in cooking. I think that's way I can cook well without any formal training! To regret, I didn't have chance to cook more for dad since I grown up!

Anyway, everybody enjoyed the party and I was so glad that they love the food and our house warming!!

To see more photos, please click the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14835&id=631242425