Quay Po Cooks: Our Christmas was Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Our Christmas was Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Baking started two days before Christmas

Bourbon Balls

Swedish Wedding Balls

S'more marshmallow chocolate bars

We started the day with opening gifts

Ruby gets to wear a new dress given
frommy best friend's daughter, June

Ranger gets a new toy

Nick's wish for Christmas came true

One of my Mum's X'mas gifts

that amused her - Hello Kitty perfumes!

My Quay Lo opened a X'mas gift for us -

A 3 hour double Hammam Royal Spa for two

A gift from our good friends, Andrea and Brad

Me and the two people I love to bits

Me and my off duty Santa

After that we had a very simple lunch.

Stollen with American crispy bacon

and perfect scramble eggs

The rest of our family arrived by early evening.

Me and my brother's family

Quay Lo busy getting

the turkey ready.

The Menu for our Christmas Dinner

Quay Lo’s speciality –

Roast Turkeys (yes, TWO of them!)

Quay Lo’s special gravy and

Quay Po’s cranberry sauce

to go with the turkeys

Quay Lo’s stuffings

Pineapple glazed ham
from Jaya Grocers

Homemade mashed potatoes

Homemade brussel sprouts chiffonade
salad with toasted pecan (Sorry, the
photo was too blur to be posted)

Roasted onion and carrots

Desserts:

A Bright, colorful Yule log cake
from a favorite bakery

Quay Po’s apple crumble

Quay Po’s Blueberry pie

And of course, plenty of wine,
and even a gift bottle of Port,
from Nick's friend, to accompany
or follow the food.

Note: All the above food photos were taken
by handphone camera. I apologize for the poor quality.

We didn't just stuffed our tummies. We consumed heaping plates of a magic dish called laughter, filling our spirits too. PARTY TIME!

My Quay Lo bought us a few huge sticks of soap bubble

and we all went out to the garden and had lots of fun together

On Christmas, we all should feel like a kid again!

I hope you all had a joyous and wonderful Christmas with your family like we did. I will share the recipes on the apple crumble and blueberry pie in another post.

16 comments:

Kelly SiewDecember 27, 2012 at 5:55 PM
What an awesome spread! So which dish was the most popular! Happy Holidays!
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Phong HongDecember 27, 2012 at 6:15 PM
What a fantastic spread! Love your garden :)
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RosemaryDecember 27, 2012 at 8:15 PM
Beautiful family! Beautiful Christmas! (Not to mention some great food!)
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reana claireDecember 27, 2012 at 10:11 PM
What a joyous occasion! Really a MERRY Christmas day!!
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“追食富迪”December 27, 2012 at 10:46 PM
What a happiness family Christmas's day! Wish u & family have a prosperity 2013 too!
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yummychunkletDecember 28, 2012 at 12:49 AM
Looks like it was a great holiday!
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suituapuiDecember 28, 2012 at 5:03 AM
Slurpssss!!!! Next Christmas, you'll find me knocking on your door - wanna eat the food and join in the fun. Ooops!!! Have to R.S.V.P too, in that case, I guess - Remember Send Valuable Presents... LOL!!!!
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Filip and KristelDecember 28, 2012 at 6:16 AM
It all looks very good, have a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2013.

Greetings,
Filip
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VickylowDecember 28, 2012 at 10:19 AM
It look so merry on your Christmas celebrate. So many yummy foods you have prepared.
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Jeannie TayDecember 28, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Looks like a really merry ocassion indeed with drool worthy food...bet you all have a great time! Happy New Year!:D
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GK ArusuvaiDecember 28, 2012 at 2:49 PM
looks too good!! Happy new year to u and family!!
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WizzyTheStickDecember 29, 2012 at 1:04 AM
Season's Greetings! You all look like you had such a fun day and the food all looked fabulous.
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Amrita VishalDecember 29, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Christmas spent with family in such a lovely way with awesome food, gifts and quality time. Loved the pics where you all are playing making bubbles!! My little one would have gone crazy!! Happy holidays!
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Heather Schmitt-GonzalezDecember 31, 2012 at 1:10 AM
What a wonderful feast and time with family...that's the good stuff! Wishing you a very happy new year. :)
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Lite Home BakeDecember 31, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Hi Veron,
I can feel the love, joy and warmth of Christmas in your family! Great that all of you had such fun and of course the great food too. Cheers to another wonderful and blessed year ahead!
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A LITTLE ABOUT THIS QUAY PO

Before I was married to my "Quay Lo" (Guaylo) husband, I did not know how to bake or cook. Subsequently I learned some baking and cooking Western cuisine from him, and providing his food for him launched an interest in cooking in general. Many of my Chinese friends and family told me that "Quay" is the wrong spelling for devil in Cantonese. The right spelling should be "Kwai" or "Guay". Well, somehow I like the spelling "Quay" better although I have to agree that it does not sound very Cantonese. Try asking a Westerner to pronounce "Kwai" and you will probably hear "Quay" haha. Whether is "Quay" or "Kwai" or "Guay, just know the devil woman is me when you see Quay Po Cooks. My hubby said if people pronounce "Quay" as "Key" is even better because I am the key to his heart. LOL!

Only now, have I started to learn the traditional Cantonese cuisine of my Mum. She cooks fabulously and all her specialties are divine. These two interests, my husband's Western food, and my mother's traditional food, prompted me to document them so they will not be lost.

Here, I wish to share my cooking and baking experience with my readers. I also hope to inspire those who do not know how to cook or bake to do so because, trust me, if I can, you can too.

Something I'd like to mention is that I find that many people are rather unwilling to share their recipes. However, for me, I think differently. I think good recipes should be shared thus allowing as many people to enjoy it as possible. Unless those recipes are for doing business, I don't see why we want to keep them all to ourselves. So if you are generous in sharing your recipes, you are welcome to share on my blog. Send the recipes to me and better still with pictures of the final products and I will be very happy to post them them with credits to you of course.

Our cuisine is a deeply embedded part of our culture. When two cultures come together under the same roof the results in the kitchen can sometimes be comedic, sometimes confrontational, but more often it is a journey full of surprises and discovery. There is joy in our food. If we think upon this, it is intuitively obvious. This blog is a journey of joy and sharing, reflecting what the French like to call "joie de vivre" (joy of living). No one could be more different from one another then my husband and my mother. Yet one thing they share in common is knowing intuitively that food, cooking, and sharing can be avenues of joy in life itself. So herein, help yourself, to a little joy and , if you like it, share it with your own family and friends. Joy is something that should be shared.