Year End Parties, Celebrations & Food!!!

This month has been filled with food, food, food and more food! Not many pictures though as I could not/forgot to take photos before the food was devoured...

1st Wedding Anniversary (10.12.2011)
We celebrated by having dinner at a Michelin star restaurant, Le Bon Accueil. Too shy to take out my camera to take photos. It is after all a Michelin star restaurant...

Appetizer

• Cheese puffs
• Pan fried scallops with peppers

1st main meal

• Cabillaud fish with mushrooms

2nd main meal

• Farm chicken in yellow wine

Dessert

• Cheese platter
• Variety of cakes and ice cream
• Coffee

Beverages

• White wine
• Bottled sparkling water

Work Party (22.12.2011)
The party was in the same place as last year. Did not take photos because I did not want to explain what the photos are for. Let's keep this blog between family and friends for now!

Appetizer

• Brioche
• Foie gras
• Smoked duck

1st main meal

• Fish... (can't remember anything else, but it was good!!)

2nd main meal

• Some meat... (can't remember anything else, but it was good!!)

Dessert

• Cheese platter
• Coconut ice cream
• Variety of cakes
• Coffee and tea

Beverages

• Champagne
• Red wine
• White wine
• Bottled water
• Juice

Christmas Eve (24.12.2011)
We were invited to a friend's home for dinner, and so we celebrated with the friends family and had a really good time. No photos again...

Appetizer

• Olives
• Miushroom pie
• Scallops in mushroom sauce

1st main meal

• Grilled octopus in olive oil and paprika
• Steamed potatoes

2nd main meal

• Braised leg of pork with bacon, chestnuts and baby carrots
• Green salad

Dessert

• Variety of cakes
• Chocolate truffles from Guignard
• Coffee and tea

Beverages

• Champagne
• Red wine
• White wine
• Bottled water

Christmas Day (25.12.2011)
We celebrated at home and instead of having a big meal, we decided to have many appetizers instead! It worked out quite well as we did not feel stuffed at the end. Totally forgot to take photos!!!

Appetizer

• Foie gras on mini toasts
• Tuna, corn, peas & carrots vol-au-vent
• Ginger & onion fried frog legs
• Fried mushrooms stuffed with cream cheese
• Fried sesame chicken with sweet chilli sauce

Dessert

• Chocolate Christmas log cake

Beverages

• Red wine
• Water

Celebration with Friends (28.12.2011)
We hosted a steamboat party for some friends to celebrate the end of the year! Aihhh... again, forgot to take photos... only remembered after when the food was gone.

Appetizer

• Japanese crackers
• Sesame flutes
• Anchovies stuffed olives

Steamboat ingredients

• Chicken
• Beef
• Pork wantan
• Pork balls
• Fish
• Scallops
• Prawns
• Quails eggs
• Bean sprouts, lettuce, chinese cabbage
• Rice noodles

Dessert

• Blackberry cake
• Homemade chocolate truffles
• Coffee and tea

Beverages

• Red wine
• Sparkling blueberry drink
• Water

Presents received from the steamboat party!

New Year's Eve (31.12.2011)
We will do what we did for Christmas day again! We will be Skype-ing with our family in flamenco land especially for the 12 gongs & grapes at midnight! I got some photos! Thankfully evil saint reminded me!!!

Appetizer

• Foie gras on mini toasts & cream of cauliflower

• Chicken & mushroom vol-au-vent

• Cheese, onion & corn pancakes with guacamole

• Fried mushrooms stuffed with cream cheese & devil chicken wings with blue cheese sauce

Dessert

• Apple crumbles made with ginger bread

Beverages

• Christmas beer
• Sparkling lychee drink
• Venezuelan rum