Our first Christmas in HK was a nice low key celebration. It was a nice gesture that work let us leave by lunch time on Christmas Eve. So we had time to do a little decorating and grocery shop for our Christmas dinner.
It's not really practical to put up a Christmas tree in a small flat like ours, but I found nice orgami tree alternative that fits nicely on our table. I just followed this great
video by Jo Nakashima that teaches how to fold this cute looking tree and star.
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| Our Christmas tree and presents (Photo: CathC) |
I can't resist these intricately designed models even though they are just of everyday objects. This series has a variety of displays like laundry lines, washer and dryers, and even birthday parties with cakes. But this breakfast set/cart was just detailed to pass up.
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| This breakfast set is so detailed,- even the bread box door opens and all the lids to the blenders, thermos, rice cooker, are removable (Photo: Cath) |
For a taste of home, we made a Christmas dinner of Canadian Angus rib eye steak with garlic mashed yams and broccoli. Yesteryday's grocery line was half way into the store, and it seemed so busy that it seemed like it'd be closed today. But walking around the neighbourhood today revealed that pretty much every store was open. Even McDonalds (which is traditionally closed in Toronto) was up and running.
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| MMMmmm Canadian Angus beef really is worth the money-it was delicious! (Photo: CathC) |
Dinner couldn't be complete without dessert. My favourite cake was the chestnut chocolate cake we got from Das Gute. The chestnut paste made the cake very yummy and fragrant. These small cakes are great for sharing and trying multiple flavours. The mango mousse was light and creamy too. The Christmas chocolate decorations on these cakes were a nice touch...
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| Tasty cakes from Das Gute--there are even small bits of gold flakes on the chestnut chocolate cake (Photo: CathC) |
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday with your loved ones--Merry Christmas!
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