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My kind of Christmas feast

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I spent most part of my Christmas eve in my kitchen; from 9 am to 5 pm, I was grating the skin of oranges, rolling the dough, putting in and pulling out trays from the oven, and slicing up different ingredients for the dinner. It was tiring and it made me wonder how chefs could cook long hours every day because I was tired come dinner time.

I guess all the slaving away was worth it because I saw plenty of smiles at the dinner table. Moreover, I like to think that I brought some Yule tide spirit with the festive food that I attempted to create.

I baked a English-styled carrot cake in the morning. This is really tedious! I spent 3 hours in the kitchen from 9am till noon preparing this one. After lunch, J came by to help so it really lightened my load a lot.

In the afternoon, we prepared mince pies part II, savoury tarts with smoked ham, tomatoes and mozerrella cheese, and baked potato salad. We also prepared a cheese platter with olive crackers- Stilton blue cheese, Camembert cheese, and brie.

My dad was cooking his bee hoon and sambal prawns to complete the fare. We also ordered a turkey from The Tarvern (A restaurant tucked at a corner of River Valley Road that serves up good US prime ribs and waygu steaks )

Dinner was really enjoyable. I loved the turkey. Tender meat, full of flavour and juices. The rest of the other dishes were pretty much gone by the end of dinner. We were just sitting outside my house on a relatively cooling evening savouring the food and the wine.

Christmas is indeed my favourite holiday. I love the food, spirit, and love (as cheesy as that may sound) that fills the air during this holiday season.

Savoury tarts that were almost finished before we started eating

Baked baby potatoes with bacon on a bed of tomatoes and lettuce

The lovely turkey
And we had the leftovers with porridge on Christmas day (Our yearly tradition)
Yes, you heard me right. Turkey porridge! It taste absolutely wonderful.

Cheese platter- The brie and camembert cheese with olive crackers and sliced strawberries

Mince pies- a hint of Christmas

Chocolate mousse laced in coffee and kahlua

The carrot cake with lime cream cheese frosting

The take-home goodies- Gingerbread man , snowman and tree cookies
These were much better than the ones I've baked the week before

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