Thanksgiving

During thanksgiving, I went to Ann Arbor to have thanksgiving dinner at Huey Shann's place. It was a potluck and I spent quite a long time deciding what to cook. After some research online, I went with the garlic and sage pork tenderloin and sweet potato cannelloni from Martha Stewart's website.

I took a very long time to prepare the cannelloni. The recipe requires cutting the sweet potatoes into thin slices; boiling it in hot water for about 2 minutes; and then rolling it up with some filling inside. The potato slices would snap into halves when I try to roll it. In the end, I gave up on rolling it and made a sandwich style instead.

Siew Gee style "sweet potato sandwich"

The one and only cannelloni that I managed to make

Compared to the cannelloni, the pork tenderloin was sooo much easier to make. The prep time is no longer than 10 minutes and after that, I just have to put it in the oven and...

ta-da....it's done

Now that I look at this picture, I think I might have slice the pork a little too thin

The pork turned out pretty good, but the cannelloni was just ok and I thought that it did not worth the prep effort. I'm still holding off on trying to roast a turkey. Maybe next year, I'll try to make this thanksgiving must have dish.

Lastly, I hope everyone had a great time during thanksgiving :)

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was not very eventful (no travelling)...yet it was a great one. I did some shopping online...had dinner with a few colleagues and their families...and also had some friends over my place for dinner.

For the thanksgiving dinner at my home, there were 12 people in total. It has been a while since the last time I cooked for so many people. I was very excited. I was torn between Western and Malaysian food, so I ended up having a mixture of both. It took me a while to research online and decide on what to include in the menu. Also, I was not sure if I should roast a turkey since it requires a lot of time and I don't really like turkey. Finally, I decided to roast a chicken as a substitute of the turkey. Together with the main dish, I eventually came up with my complete set of menu as below (click on the dish name for the recipe):

Starters

Thai-style Mango Salad

Chicken Satay

Entrees and Sides

Grilled Asparagus

Roast Chicken

Roast Potatoes (baked together with the chicken)

Jambalaya

Dessert

Kek Batik

That was the first time that I try cooking the dishes above. I am very happy that everything turned out well. A whole day of work was worth it because I enjoy cooking and eating a lot.

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone for coming and hope you guys had a great time too :)

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ps. Thanks for the feedbacks. I'll keep them in mind. Hopefully the next time, we'll have more satay and more games available :P

Thanksgiving Break

Sleeping Bear Dunes>> Mackinac City>> Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore