This one took 2 full days to organise - cleaning and decluttering the house (happy reading to the lucky person who picked up 2 years worth of Empire magazines), buying 101 ingredients, making sure all food groups (including dessert) were covered and reconfiguring every table and chair to ensure all could sit around the food!
Chicken stock on one side, abalone on the other
Thinly sliced lamb, wagyu beef, chicken, pork, calamari -
prawns, scallops, mussels, salmon, fish balls, bulgogi beef and chilli pork and 3 different types of dumplings!
Lots of greens, baby corn, capsicum, eggplant, asparagus and watercress
Fungi of all kinds and lotus root
Quails eggs - shells are prettily blue when peeled
And lots of condiments to please every palate
Vermicelli, rice noodles and not pictured but delicious Indian rice made by Wags and a garlic and pandan rice if anyone needed carbs
La chouquette sucrée's Chiffon Cakes and Wacky Cupcakes
Bisycl's Cranberry Starfish and Apple Jelly - summer on a spoon
AND
David Chang's Crack Pie
made by Shanks
Sweet, salty, creamy, crispy and caramelly - heaven on a plate!
Ahhh, how I LOVE winter
And what does one do with the leftover quails' eggs the morning after steamboat? The "biggest" omelette I've ever eaten!
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Lots of fun and the soup afterwards was yummy. In spite of the volume of food that started out on the table because it's a slow dining experience you didn't have to waddle away from the table!
ReplyDeleteOh yes these kidns of dishes are the best things about Winter! I can't imagine eating them during Summer but come Winter, I'm all there cutlery at the ready to cook! :D
ReplyDeleteAwesome spread of food and a great night..perfect for this kinda weather :)
ReplyDeleteLove steamboat, especially during winter! Is the abalone stock a typical thing you do? First time I've seen it done for steamboat.
ReplyDeleteCrack pie, excellent choice for dessert :)
I'm a steam boat junkie. If anyone near me mentions it I would be the first to put my hand up.
ReplyDeletewoww hello hotpot! and when we're having hot pot at home, we always over purchase...like crazy!!! :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a feast! Looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great night yaya.... food was excellent as usual. Wags
ReplyDeleteomg I love steamboat / hot pot!!! its soo good for winter weather and of course catching up on group gossip hehe ^_^
ReplyDeleteOur family steamboats have never been like this. I feel deprived. Your family are obviously better at feasting! Connie
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your comments!
ReplyDelete@Simon - it was originally fish stock but tasted a bit insipid so I sloshed in a big gloop of Yummy House Abalone Sauce and some ginger infused oil and that lifted it up a notch!
@Shanks - I hope you're going to post about the Crack Pie with more pics! I'm still working on my last piece, a sliver at a time to make it last!
@Connie - it's been so long since we did one I only had vague memories so I googled steamboat and basically made a list of everything that I came across and added it to the shopping list and then added any vegies that were in season!