Nothing fancy…

We had dinner at home on Christmas Day this year, 2021, nothing fancy, just something simple for the three of us, plus my sister – we invited her to join us as well, so there were four of us altogether.

No, we did not have turkey as the ladies do not fancy the texture of the meat – like breast meat, they say so I went out and bought one pretty big chicken and my missus roasted it…

…and served it on a bed of roasted potatoes, carrots and celery for the dinner.

I do not know all those fancy names that the seller was telling me in Mandarin but this was supposed to be one of the better quality varieties of the poultry. I remember he pointed out to me something like a spur just above the claws at the back of the feet/leg.

This was supposed to be the stuffing…

…but my missus baked it separately and it came across like a cross between ngor hiang (meat rolls) and one of those gourmet sausages.

We had this freshy-made mushroom soup…

…that evening too. I did not know that my missus was going to cook that, otherwise I could have bought some baguette or garlic bread to go with it.

So as to include something a bit more filling, we also had this aglio olio spaghetti…

…with prawns and last but not least, we had this salad platter…

…with our family’s traditional dressing, following the recipe handed down a long long time ago by my late maternal aunt and there has not been any turning back since!

For dessert, my sister brought along this very nice blueberry cheesecake that her friend gave her…

…and the very intoxicating Christmas fruit pudding…

…that our cousin in Kuching made and couriered to her. They used to give me that too but I told them not to do so this year as I am currently on a low-sugar diet.

There you have it, our simple Christmas dinner this year! Now we have to start thinking about what we shall have on New Year’s Eve since we do not intend to go out some place to eat as no matter what, our minds are made up and we are #stayingsafe #stayingwell #stayinghome.