Showing posts with label Family Specials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Specials. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
CNY 2025 Year of Snake Celebrations
Sunday, September 13, 2020
When we encounter evil in life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbzWqCkeVMM&feature=emb_logo
Grander vision for my family, Lord!
My motto in this life is living an abundant life and to fulfill the destiny and calling of God upon my life. I do not wish to waste this life away and I want my life vision realigned to God's calling for me and to sing the Song He has composed for me. I want my family to have the grander vision from God too. I want a grander vision for every one of children.
Lord, May you show us the grander vision for our life ! To serve your purpose in this generation and at this beloved land you have called us to be in.
I do not wish to live and live small, live and lead safe, lve and lead selfishly, I want to pursue a grander vision for God's purpose.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Dinner with double ricebowls
During Chinese New Year, we always want double blessings, so during one family dinner, we ended up having two rice bowls !
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Climbing Mount Kinabalu - the Preparation
Finally, it is Christabel's turn to be brought up to climb Mt Kinabalu by her dad. It has been a few good months of training and the the final packing has to be done. Here are some the blogs that have given good advise on packing and climbing tips.
What to bring ?




Labels:
Family Members,
Family Specials,
Mount Kinabalu
Location:
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Monday, December 25, 2017
Christmas Menu and Recipes
24 Dec Christmas Eve Dinner
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Bolognese (for Asean sweet and sour tastebud) (Tray 1& 2)
2) Roast Chicken Wings
3) Roast Turkey
4) Stuffing -
5) Pumpkin Soup
6) Roast Lamb (Tray 3)
7) Pork Spring Rolls (Tenom Ready-Made) Plate
8) Green Salad
11) Pork Dumplings - Andrew
12) Salad - Lee Lee
13) Chicken Salad - Aisha
14) Potatoes Gratis - Amelia
8) Zucchini Slices Plate
9) Mexican Salsa (Cilantro leaves) coriander seeds
Display
Display Island :-
1) Roast Turkey
2) Stuffing -
3) Pumpkin Soup
4) Potatoes Gratin
5) Mashed Potatoes
1) Spaghetti Bolognese (for Asean sweet and sour tastebud) (Tray 1& 2)
5) Green Salad
8) Salad - Lee Lee
9) Chicken Salad - Aisha
Take Spring Rolls Out
Take out Turkey Bones
Check out Freezer - for Bacons
10:30 am -
Preparation for Turkey
Make Stuffing
11:30 am -
Start Roasting Turkey
Making Mulled Wine
Zucchini Slices
Mac n Cheese
Mexican Salsa ?
Ice for Chilling Beer
Tables Setup (decision), check on plates
Check Plates enough for 50 ?
Make Candied Peanuts
Appertizers :-
1) Tuna Pastries ?
2) Fried Seafood Platter by Susan
Desserts :-
1) Minced Pies - make on 23 Dec
2) Prune Cake
3) Fruit Cake
4) Cookies
Drinks :-
1) Mulled Wine
2) Iced Lemon Tea
3) Roselle Kifer
4) Beer
Turkey Porridge for Supper
Guests List :-
1) Heng-Tai Family - 20
2) Worship Team - 12
3) Susan Bong - 5
4) Katherine, Gem - 2
5) Amelia - 5
6) Annie - 5
Total :- 50
25 Dec Christmas Day Lunch
Stress-free version !
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Bolognese
2) Roast Chicken Wings (if has left over)
3) Roast Turkey
4) Roast Lamb (Tray 3)
5) Zucchini Slices Plate
6) Mexican Salsa (Cilantro leaves) coriander seeds
7) Green Salad
11) Pizzas
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Bolognese (for Asean sweet and sour tastebud) (Tray 1& 2)
2) Roast Chicken Wings
3) Roast Turkey
4) Stuffing -
5) Pumpkin Soup
6) Roast Lamb (Tray 3)
7) Pork Spring Rolls (Tenom Ready-Made) Plate
8) Green Salad
9) Mashed Potatoes
10) Pasta Salad - made early morning11) Pork Dumplings - Andrew
12) Salad - Lee Lee
13) Chicken Salad - Aisha
14) Potatoes Gratis - Amelia
8) Zucchini Slices Plate
9) Mexican Salsa (Cilantro leaves) coriander seeds
12) Mac n Cheese n Bacons
Display Island :-
1) Roast Turkey
2) Stuffing -
3) Pumpkin Soup
4) Potatoes Gratin
5) Mashed Potatoes
1) Spaghetti Bolognese (for Asean sweet and sour tastebud) (Tray 1& 2)
2) Roast Chicken Wings
3) Roast Lamb (Tray 3)
4) Pork Spring Rolls (Tenom Ready-Made) Plate5) Green Salad
6) Pasta Salad - made early morning
7) Pork Dumplings - Andrew8) Salad - Lee Lee
9) Chicken Salad - Aisha
Take Spring Rolls Out
Take out Turkey Bones
Check out Freezer - for Bacons
Preparation for Turkey
Make Stuffing
11:30 am -
Start Roasting Turkey
Making Mulled Wine
Zucchini Slices
Mac n Cheese
Mexican Salsa ?
Ice for Chilling Beer
Tables Setup (decision), check on plates
Check Plates enough for 50 ?
Find out Christmas Table Clothes !!
Appertizers :-
2) Fried Seafood Platter by Susan
Desserts :-
2) Prune Cake
3) Fruit Cake
4) Cookies
Drinks :-
1) Mulled Wine
2) Iced Lemon Tea
3) Roselle Kifer
4) Beer
Turkey Porridge for Supper
Guests List :-
1) Heng-Tai Family - 20
2) Worship Team - 12
3) Susan Bong - 5
4) Katherine, Gem - 2
5) Amelia - 5
6) Annie - 5
Total :- 50
25 Dec Christmas Day Lunch
Stress-free version !
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Bolognese
2) Roast Chicken Wings (if has left over)
3) Roast Turkey
5) Zucchini Slices Plate
6) Mexican Salsa (Cilantro leaves) coriander seeds
7) Green Salad
8) Mashed Potatoes or Roast Potatoes and Vegetables
9) Mac n Cheese n Bacons
10) Pasta Salad9) Mac n Cheese n Bacons
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Christmas 2017 Parties Planning
The year was 2017, well, it was the peak of my hospitality "Career" as I would do with my maid, home-cooked menu for major festive events. The following menu listing were for a crowd of 40-50 pax. I am glad I penned these down and saved it for future reading.
This year now is 2023, we just been through 3 years of pandemic of COVID-19, we do not like huge crowd of gathering, my current maid does not cook that much, and I am feeling overwhelmed by the idea of whole-day-cooking (sometimes for 2 days). But I still love large batch cooking because my basic family will be 18-20 pax.
A note to my past-self :-
Doria, you are incredible because you dared to try out new dishes and you are bored with same dishes. But sometimes, no cooking is the new cooking, just empty the wallet and called in catering!
22 Dec Winter Festival Dinner
Pot Bless Menu :-
1) Hainanese Chicken
2) Vegetarian Glass Noodles
3) * Roast Char Siew - marinate 20 Dec
4) Pork Knuckle Eggs
5) * Pizzas ordered
6) * Green Salad
7) Stir Fried Vegetables
9) Taufu with minced meat
10) Steam Fish
7) Pork Spring Rolls
8) * Try Chickpea Dip with Raw Vegetables
1) Kifer Drinks
2) Lemon Tea
3) Tong Yuan in Gula Melaka (pre made)
Guests List :-
1) Heng Family - 17 (minus 8)
2) Tai Family - 13
3) Uncle George Family - 3
Total : 36
24 Dec Christmas Eve Dinner
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Bolognese (2 pots)
2) Roast Chicken Wings - 6 Kg
3) Roast Turkey
4) Stuffing -
5) Pumpkin Soup
6) Roast Lamb ?
7) Pork Spring RollsRoast Char Siew Platter
8)Roast Vegetables Salad (New) Roast on 23 Dec
9)Chickpea Dip and Raw Vegetables Platter
10) Mexican Salsa (Cilantro leaves) coriander seeds
11) Green Salad
14) Pasta Salad - made early morning
15) Quiches Zuchinni - Grate Cheese on 23 Dec
Make Candied Peanuts
Check Plates enough for 50 ?
Appertizers :-
1) Tuna Pastries
2) Fried Seafood Platter by Susan
Desserts :-
1) Minced Pies - make on 23 Dec
2) Prune Cake
3) Fruit Cake
4) Cookies
6) Tiramisu
Drinks :-
1) Mulled Wine
2) Iced Lemon Tea
3) Kifer
4) Beer
Turkey Porridge for Supper
Guests List :-
1) Heng-Tai Family - 20
2) Worship Team - 12
3) Susan Bong - 5
4) Katherine, Gem - 2
5) Amelia - 5
6) Annie - 5
Total :- 50
20 Dec Wed
- Buy all vegetables for the cooking to start cutting
- Buy Green Apples, herbs
- Roast Candied Peanuts
- Bake Prune & Date Cakes (frist round - 3 portions?)
- Soak Fruits for Minced Pie & Fruit Cakes
- Sort out recipes folders and things to do
- Make all the contacts and check on dates
21 Dec Thu
- Cutting and dicing vegetables (23 Dec)
- Marinate Char Siew for 22 Dec
- Bake Fruit Cakes & Date Cakes
22 Dec Fri
- Roast Char Siew
- Bake Fruits, Prune, Date Cakes
- Make Pastries for Minced Pies
- Make Tong Yuan & Gula Melaka Soup
23 Dec Sat
- Marinate Char Siew
- Make Minced Pies
- Prepare Stuffing
- Make Cheese Sauce
Resources :-
~ written on 15 November 2023 (2 days before my 57th birthday and 3 days to my mother in law, Teresa Wah's 80th Birthday).
22 Dec Winter Festival Dinner
Pot Bless Menu :-
1) Hainanese Chicken
2) Vegetarian Glass Noodles
3) * Roast Char Siew - marinate 20 Dec
4) Pork Knuckle Eggs
5) * Pizzas ordered
6) * Green Salad
7) Stir Fried Vegetables
9) Taufu with minced meat
10) Steam Fish
1) Kifer Drinks
2) Lemon Tea
Guests List :-
1) Heng Family - 17 (minus 8)
2) Tai Family - 13
3) Uncle George Family - 3
Total : 36
24 Dec Christmas Eve Dinner
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Bolognese (2 pots)
2) Roast Chicken Wings - 6 Kg
3) Roast Turkey
4) Stuffing -
5) Pumpkin Soup
6) Roast Lamb ?
7) Pork Spring Rolls
8)
9)
10) Mexican Salsa (Cilantro leaves) coriander seeds
11) Green Salad
12) Mashed Potatoes
13) Mac n Cheese n Bacons make cheese sauce on 23 Dec14) Pasta Salad - made early morning
15) Quiches Zuchinni - Grate Cheese on 23 Dec
Make Candied Peanuts
Check Plates enough for 50 ?
Appertizers :-
1) Tuna Pastries
2) Fried Seafood Platter by Susan
Desserts :-
1) Minced Pies - make on 23 Dec
2) Prune Cake
3) Fruit Cake
4) Cookies
6) Tiramisu
Drinks :-
1) Mulled Wine
2) Iced Lemon Tea
3) Kifer
4) Beer
Turkey Porridge for Supper
Guests List :-
1) Heng-Tai Family - 20
2) Worship Team - 12
3) Susan Bong - 5
4) Katherine, Gem - 2
5) Amelia - 5
6) Annie - 5
Total :- 50
20 Dec Wed
- Buy all vegetables for the cooking to start cutting
- Buy Green Apples, herbs
- Roast Candied Peanuts
- Bake Prune & Date Cakes (frist round - 3 portions?)
- Soak Fruits for Minced Pie & Fruit Cakes
- Sort out recipes folders and things to do
- Make all the contacts and check on dates
21 Dec Thu
- Cutting and dicing vegetables (23 Dec)
- Marinate Char Siew for 22 Dec
- Bake Fruit Cakes & Date Cakes
22 Dec Fri
- Roast Char Siew
- Bake Fruits, Prune, Date Cakes
- Make Pastries for Minced Pies
- Make Tong Yuan & Gula Melaka Soup
23 Dec Sat
- Marinate Char Siew
- Make Minced Pies
- Prepare Stuffing
- Make Cheese Sauce
Resources :-
Sunday, September 3, 2017
BBQ Party Prepartion
Here is a record of how I prepared for a BBQ Dinner party for about 40 pax. I always plan for more meat, any extra, we could put them aside for family meals. This happens to be Elliot's 21st Birthday on 3 September 2017, we have a few good recipes and have been tried out before.
Guest List :-
1) Our family - 7
2) Tai family - 12 + Grand-Aunt Cecilia
3) Heng family - 11
4) Annie family - 6
5) Aisha - 2
6) Elliot's friends - 6
7) Rekast friends - 6
Total :- 51 (about 7 kids)
Menu :-
1) Spaghetti Mee & Bolognaise Sauce
2) Tea Eggs
3) Chicken Wings - 6 Kg
4) Lamb Shoulders (Bone & Meatless) - 4 Kg
5) Hot Dogs - 8 packs
6) Sweet Potatoes
7) Mashed Potatoes
8) Macaroni Cheese
9) Coleslaw
10) Green Salad
Desserts :-
1) Tiramisu
2) Red Velvet Cake
3) Iced Lemon Tea
4) Beer
The night before, I ready :-
1) Tiramisu
2) Tea Egg Mixture
3) Cake
Saturday, July 15, 2017
A little special weekend routine
A little special weekend routine
One weekend in rainy July 2017
Few family members have been under the weather, coughing for more than two weeks.
Few family members have been under the weather, coughing for more than two weeks.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Our Family Trip to Ranau 2017
Our family did a trip to Ranau 22-24 April 2017, it was more than just a trip, it was a trip to accomplish many things. We started off really late on Saturday 4:30pm, arriving Jabez Resorts (former BCCM Retreat Center) at 6:30 pm, we had two Deluxe rooms booked and everyone had a bed and rooms have attached shower room, it was cozy, clean and nice. We had the whole place to ourselves that night. But we left in a haste to attend a Charity dinner in Ranau Community Hall. The dinner was mostly vegetables (Ranau's own produce) and we just had to top up with KFC takeaway for supper at Jabez.
Next morning, we rose up slowly and had our breakfast cooked by the aunty. Three of us, Elliot and mum and dad set off to Kg Narawang SIB church to attend their church service which supposedly starts at 9am but we got there almost 10am and found that they looked like still at the first part of the service. It ended quite late at noon and then there was a fellowship dinner as the FGB facilitators were with them. We had the "Babi hutan" for lunch.
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Local Kadazan Dish |
We then set off to meet with the farmer who looks after the Narawang land and met him at his house, he then asked us to go visit the land so that we know he trully works on the land, he said "Kasih senang hari kita semua." So off we went to the farm up on the hill and checked on the land, he asked for grass cutter and we discussed having a gen-set moved over.
We went back to Jabez Resorts really late like 4 pm and the three kids left them were bored, they had their internet day until Wallace busted the data quota. That was how bored they were being left for 7 hours!
We moved to Masilou area (near Desa Farm) and had BBQ with Mary's friends and families. It was a night of meat, meat, meat and more meat.
We moved to Masilou area (near Desa Farm) and had BBQ with Mary's friends and families. It was a night of meat, meat, meat and more meat.
Next morning, we had American breakfast cooked in the house followed by a ride to test English tea at H-Benjamin Residence, We had to visit our farm and made claim at the place by meeting up with the care taker of the land who said they have been waiting for us to come by for years! We ended up talking about plans for the land and brought back a big bag of cabbages! Sadly, we learnt from them that the former native chief of the area has passed away last year.
Labels:
Family Outings,
Family Specials,
Our Land
Location:
Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia
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