Had a wonderful night of good food and wine, and great conversation at the friends'. They were traveling over Christmas and the New Year, so it was lovely gathering for a chat before everyone flies out again on work trips. I was trying to avoid going over for dinner because I know N always cooks up a storm and is so considerate to guests. I don't want to put her out. Some people really love hosting home parties for friends, and she's one of those who also does it fabulously. I'm ever-grateful when friends have us over because it's really a lot of effort lah.
The friends decided that champagne was still required since we were just two weeks into the year. N presented this superb appetizer board. She added in falafels and smoked trout and oysters. She threw in artichokes too because I loved those.
She totally outdid herself with the main. I was highly skeptical when she said "an easy one-dish simple dinner". Knowing N, I knew she might pull some stunt. I was really hoping for mac and cheese. That would be quite delightful. Hahahahah. She found some gigantic slab of 2-kg tenderloin and grilled it. GOSH! It's very challenging to grill a lean tenderloin; much easier to sear it on the stove. Ribeyes are kinder to home cooks. But she did it anyway. So there was tenderloin beautifully grilled pink in the center. There were roasted potatoes. Mmmmm. There were sides of zucchini, tomatoes and halloumi.
To be very honest, when homecooked food is good, paired with moderate levels of alcohol, hanging out at home is sometimes very enjoyable, over going out to restaurants. This is also very welcome for us because our floofs are happier at home lounging around. At least those floors are clean, and they roll around wherever and whenever they want. Choya is quite a terror here now. She knows she can get away with anything when it comes to Uncle B and Aunty N. LOL
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