Happy New Year!
This year we were blessed with house guests over the New Years weekend, namely Jewboy and Schnoozle. It was a marvelous weekend on the whole, and we spent most of it eating Chinese. First off, JB and S arrived right before our festivities were to begin, and were quite famished, so we had to get a quick run to Ho's Chinese takeout in (Pork Chow Fun, Crispy Orange Beef, Steamed Dumplings, and Chicken with Garlic Sauce). Great food, a pretty typical rushed dinner for me and the wife, especially if the JB and S are in town.
The following evening, it was off too Golden King Restaurant in RESTON for a NY Day buffet dinner. A really enjoyable and really traditional dinner. Tons of good stuff (abalone, duck, noodles, great shu-mai, and all the basics) and way too much food.
Friday we had dinner at our new favorite place, Michel Richard Central. So no chinese food here, but eat the cheese puffs. Really.
But the kicker was on Saturday, we had a really special event. We had Schnoozle's family out to our house for Hot Pot, a traditional new years celebration feast. Schnoozle took us to her favorite Chinese Grocery store Kam Sam Food Products, and we had an excellent time picking out all the fixings (thin sliced pork, chicken and beef; celophane and udon noodles; bones for stock; shrimp; all sorts of odd fish sticks and meatballs; and of course all the dipping sauces (hoisin, oyster, chili bean, black vinegar etc). We also got some nice Chrysanthymum tea and a new tea pot. It was truly awesome.. and made me want to go buy a hot pot!
Below is what our place looks like with 8 people and HOT POT going on!
So merry new year!
HUGS
-J
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