Dec 27 2007

Toe and Honey’s Noche Buena

Published by Toe at 4:12 pm under Family, Food, Married Life

Another Christmas family picture without me and Honey :( :

family

Still, we did our best even if it were just the two of us. On Christmas Eve, we lit up the Christmas tree (we never turned it on before Christmas… waste of electricity ;) ), played Christmas music, brought out the nice table settings, and of course, Honey cooked up an elegant romantic Christmas Noche Buena. We tried to be sosyal and high-brow and even made menu cards:

menu


For our appetizers, we had caviar with hard-boiled eggs and goat cheese salad, cream of broccoli soup, and white wine:

appetizers

We wanted to continue the snootiness by having red wine with our main meal. But we were both tipsy by that time and succumbed to the lures of Diet Coke which we drank with wild mushroom risotto and grilled hungarian sausages:

sausages

I had to make a contribution to our meal as I am the woman in this relationship, right? So I made attempted to make chocolate mousse. Sadly, I put too much chocolate and it was horribly bitter. It could have its uses though as a potent laxative. One bite was all we could muster.

mousse

Despite the choco-tragedy, the Christmas spirit reigned in our home (we opened a grand total of three gifts this time… an improvement by one gift from five years ago :) ). After all, it’s being together that counts, right?

I wish that all of you had a wonderful time with your loved ones this holiday season. Merry Christmas everyone! :)

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  1. #   Toe and Honey’s Noche Buena by The Philippines According to Blogson 27 Dec 2007 at 4:38 pm

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  2. # Abanikoon 27 Dec 2007 at 6:32 pm

    Hey, caviar! Di pa yata ako nakakatikim ng kabyar ah. Sosyal nga! But where’s the candle?

    Happy holidays!

  3. # snglguyon 27 Dec 2007 at 7:01 pm

    Wow, fish eggs! I mean… Caviar! At nasa hard boiled egg pa! Di ba dapat crackers? :-D

    Hay naku, better tell your honey to seriously think of opening his own chi-chi resto for the perfumed crowd. Mukhang magki-click yan, basta wag ka lang gagawa ng chocolate mousse, wahahaha. Uy, Kkdding lang ha? :-D

  4. # carlottaon 28 Dec 2007 at 4:27 am

    glad to know you and your honey had fun together kahit ang layo nyo sa pamilya nyo. :D happy new year toe! =)

  5. # Toeon 28 Dec 2007 at 8:31 am

    Abaniko, oo nga… walang candles and flowers… maybe sa New Year. Sarap ng caviar. :) Happy Holidays Abaniko!

  6. # Toeon 28 Dec 2007 at 8:33 am

    Snglguy, pwede din sa hard-boiled eggs… they serve it like that during cocktails. :) The rest of the chocolate mousse is still in the fridge… you like? :) Hehe… if Honey opens his own classy resto, baka niya ko gawing dishwasher. :) Happy New Year Snglguy!

  7. # Toeon 28 Dec 2007 at 8:34 am

    Carlotta, basta magkasama kami… hehe. :) Happy New Year Carlotta! :)

  8. # Leahon 28 Dec 2007 at 9:41 am

    Oh wow, how romantic.

    Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

  9. # Zherwinon 28 Dec 2007 at 1:27 pm

    sosyal!

    ngayon lang ulit ako napasyal dito, bumalik ka na pala!!!!!! Happy New Year Toe, and continue to be a blessing to all. :)

  10. # Alfieon 28 Dec 2007 at 1:32 pm

    San ka sa pic?

  11. # Vernson 28 Dec 2007 at 8:29 pm

    ako nga di ko alam meaning ng caviar…ma google nga hehe

    awwww Toe…you’re right. The important thing is magkasama kayo ng Honey mo :)

    hugs my friend!

  12. # tin-tinon 29 Dec 2007 at 8:46 am

    kala ko champorado. joke lang ate toe. hehehe.

    at least kasama mo si honey diba? hindi yung ag-iisa ka lang.

    Happy Holidays Ate Toe :)

  13. # ipanemaon 29 Dec 2007 at 5:39 pm

    oi, where did you get caviar? sosi ang Cambodia may ganun. kami wala. :)

    i prefer white wine as well pag walang red meat.

    I bet you had a merry Christmas Toe! :)

  14. # DKinon 29 Dec 2007 at 7:38 pm

    sosyal nga talaga… caviar?? di ko malunok yan :P

    pareho pala tayo (minus the caviar ha), kaming dalawa lang din kami dito, pero feeling namin nandun kami sa kainan kasi kita namin bawat galaw nila, pati subo at ingay ng kubyertos nakita namin… hanggang sa halakhakan, naki-join kami—online! he.he.he.

    have a BLESSED NEW YEAR! :D

  15. # manilenyaon 30 Dec 2007 at 9:13 am

    at least may kasama kang nagchristmas sis..ako i spent my christmas with my laptop lol!! may mga kasama ako dito sa bahay pero nasa playstation yung dalawang bata at yung lola namin e nasa harap ng tv tsk tsk tsk!! wala ring dinner dahil maraming left ofer nung nakaraang party :( merry christmas! at happy new year na pala.

  16. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:31 pm

    Leah, noche buena was romantic, washing dishes wasn’t. ;) Happy New Year Leah! :)

  17. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:33 pm

    Zherwin, Happy New Year to you too and here’s to more blogging in 2008! :)

  18. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:34 pm

    Hi Alfie, I wasn’t in the pic because my family is in Manila and I’m in Cambodia. Happy New Year!

  19. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:40 pm

    Hi Verns, sturgeon fish eggs. :) Maalat pero pinapanindigan namin yung pagka-feeling sosyal… hehehe. Happy New Year Verns! :)

  20. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:42 pm

    Tin-Tin, hehe… mukha ngang champorado. Ayan, kaming dalawa nanaman sa New Year! :) Happy New Year Tin-Tin! :)

  21. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:44 pm

    Yes we did, Ipanema. Sa grocery lang may caviar… francophile country kc so we get a lot of things that the French love like different kinds of cheeses, etc. :) Happy New Year Ipanema! :)

  22. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:49 pm

    DKin, wow galing… online family reunion. Ang saya! Happy New Year Dangkin! :)

  23. # Toeon 30 Dec 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Manilenya hahaha… dedma pala mga kasama mo. :) Happy New Year Manilenya!

  24. # Belleon 31 Dec 2007 at 10:03 am

    Toe, napaka elegant naman ang dinner presentation ninyo. Parang, you were in a 5 star hotel. galing talaga ng honey mo.

    happy new year to you and honey.

  25. # bryanon 31 Dec 2007 at 12:45 pm

    sino yung cute na long hair…yung nsa far right?

    hehehe

    happy new year toe!
    woof!

  26. # Toeon 31 Dec 2007 at 12:58 pm

    Belle, hehe… mamaya naman ulit for New Year. Happy new Year Belle! :)

  27. # Toeon 31 Dec 2007 at 1:02 pm

    Bryan, that’s one of my evil big brothers. He used to look like Romnick Sarmienta in Gulong ng Palad when he was a kid. :) Happy New Year Bryan! :)

  28. # raytson 02 Jan 2008 at 11:31 am

    aba naman. sosyalin. at may menu pa talaga ha. nakakatuwa talaga kayo ni Honey, hehehe. siguro kaya kong i-take yung chocolate mouse mo! mapait ba kamo?

  29. # Toeon 03 Jan 2008 at 8:17 am

    Rayts, hehe… kung gusto mo ng chocolate mousse… ayan, hanggang ngayon, hindi pa nagagalaw except for that one bite. :) Ummm, mapait ng konting-konte. ;)

  30. # hazeon 07 Jan 2008 at 3:33 am

    I love the broccoli soup..my French friend gave me this recipe ! Wow, and risotto I am a fan of it ! Hey when do you and honey start your foodblog btw? Still waiting :D ! Nice family pictures bakit nga ba wala na naman kayo ? And about the chocolate mousse at least you’ve tried and that what is important, it was made with love though the result was bitter…LOL !

  31. # Toeon 07 Jan 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Haze, I am addicted to risotto now… I’m always asking Honey to cook it. He uses basmati rice… it’s so good.

    Sa Pilipinas kc yung family picture and we’re in Cambodia. :)

    We’re working on the food blog… promise, no recipes from me. :)

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