Christmas is the most anticipated and magical of all celebrations. Hearts filled with contentment. Carols sang with eagerness; busy street lights flickering with merriment; heaps of presents everywhere. This is a season of loving, sharing and giving.
We can start up the holiday with a glass of your favorite spirit paired with sumptuous canapés. The famous pica-pica foods such as scallops, fried shrimp, cheese sticks, french fries, chicken lollipop, chicken pandan and hush brown can be a balancing appetizers.
We should also pay tribute to Filipino cuisine by promoting and serving well-loved meals such as Crispy Pata, Kare-Kare, Binagoongan, Lechon Kawali and Crispy Ribs, Sinigan (pork or fish) and Tinola. A plain, garlic or java rice and mashed potatoes for kids and babies is a combination of main dishes. You could also add home-cooked viands like beef mushroom and chicken cordon bleu.
As for desserts, people would usually enjoy ice cream and cakes, chocolate mousse and coffees with a twist. Kids would love to enjoy different flavors of icecream with sprinkles and adults may like fruits combined with ice cream such as banana split (also with sprinkles).
As with the experience of dining, we should set the right holiday mood with festive centerpiece. Christmas balls that is glittery and pinecones can be used at the dinning area. Make attractive accents and perfect complement of classic dinner wares and linens.
Also, we could update our backyard with interesting pieces that allows us to extend our dining areas at home. There could be garden umbrella with rectangular table set, tableware set and kettle, colorful canister, table napkins and its holders.
But aside from this combinations and bundles, we must always remember that “a family that eats together, will eventually stays together”. The Christmas spirit is about family and food can be a real start to make the union be more intimate and strong. In food industry, we believe that family’s success also lies on great food and ambiance.
