Old Year’s Day

The table is set, the Christmas light is on, the candles are lit and the food is on its way to our home.

While waiting on the guests I played some smooth jazz music and start reading the annual year book from my company which entitles ‘ECHO – European Concert Hall Organization’ with beautiful pictures of concert halls all over Europe. The quiet moment ends as soon as the first batch of guests arrived.

We waited for awhile and finally the food arrived and is set on the table and ready to be served. This has been a yearly ritual; the New Year’s Eve (or rather as the Dutch put it as Old Year’s Day) is either taking place at our home, my sister-in-law or my mum-in-law’s place.

Mum cooked a lot of good dishes, mixed veg bird nest, prawns, fried chicken beacon, roasted Duck, Chinese cauliflower, fried wantan, steamed fish, fried oysters, fat choi mushroom (traditional Cantonese new year dish), crab claw, scallop & squid mixed veg and nonetheless the chicken corn starch soup.

Eet Smakelijk

Bon Appetite

Selamat makan

吃饭

Enjoy your meal