GOng Xi Fa Chai! (Happy New Year!)

A fresh start to the new year! There are so many exciting possibilities for the coming year, perhaps even a ETC Olympics (for the more competitive among us :P)...

Nicky's Red Theme kicked off with a....greenish-grey appetiser. While the Tuna ceviche was not red, it was deelicious with a little chilli kick hidden beneath the cool avocado and tangy tuna.

Renee's Berry Red Cocktail

Colleen's Tomato Bread Soup

Kelly's Chinese New Year Red Salmon & Crispy Bits Salad

Monique's Parmesan Crisps & Red Apple Salad

Nicky's Beetroot Risotto

Alison's Devil's Red Curry

Monique's Red Cabbage Salad

The Dinner on a plate

linda's Red Granite (or was it Granita)

Kim's Berry 'n' Rhubarb Trifle complete with fortune, Strawberry Cinnamon Shake & Alison's Red Jelly Slice

The Christmas party turned out to be lots of fun with delicious food. The mood was set with Christmas candles and Barry singing 'White Christmas'.
The table:

We started off with Colleen's lovely bubbly drink (of which I had one too many - in my terms I had a whole one!), followed by Alison's beautiful red, white and green nacho dip.

The red Christmas colours did not stop there, it was followed by Colleen's salmon rolls and Monique's salmon on herb frittata's.

Nicky's neighbour's spinach and goat cheese quiche, made surprising with the layer of roasted nuts on top:

Alison's oh-so-delicious mince pies. They taste like the real thing! Only better, of course.


Colleen's mince pie muffins, delicious with whipped cream.


And the guests. Btw, who ended up with the diaphragm / breast pump / lemon squeeze thingy?!!

I seem to be missing photo's of some of the dishes, i.e. Nicky's spicy sticky ribs. Anybody else took pictures that night?