Friends for Christmas

We had a group of friends over for Christmas drinks and dinner on Saturday. Garry decided to go for a more casual affair this year. Instead of a more formal sit-down meal at the dining table we elected to serve a series of finger-food courses. This alternative menu went down a treat.

We started the evening with champagne and our famous cheeseboard, an anti-pasta platter and raw vegetable sticks. This was followed by a sushi platter before serving a course of hot food. Garry baked plenty of chicken wings and ribs, along with mini quiches and satay sticks. My favourite were some Thai fish cakes we found. Really spicy and full of flavour!

Regent Street closed for Christmas shoppers last weekend

We ventured out into Oxford Street to make our final dinner purchases about 4pm. The Council had closed the street for pedestrian use, encouraging more than 1.5 million people to come in to town. Don't ask how difficult it is to find peanut satay sauce in London! I tried three stores before finally purchasing tiny tubs being served at an Asian takeaway counter in Seffridges Department Store.

Our dinner party was completed with a desert of mint ice-cream, fresh fruit salad and profiteroles loaded with delicious Bailey's Irish Cream filling. Yum! The evening was completed by coffee and chocolates. Five finger food courses in total. Needless to say, we had far too much food. Sunday's meals consisted of leftovers.