Merry Christmas everybody! 🙂 Hope you all had a nice one together with your loved ones. We had a simple celebration here in Cebu. Dino and I decided to spend Christmas here in Cebu for a change. We invited my in-laws to come over but air fare was too high already (since we decided to stay here the last minute na din) so everyone decided to stay put in our own cities. This is the first time we will spend it na kame lang. A bit nervous at first that Liam might not enjoy it, he might not have gifts to open and what I’ll prepare for Noche Buena. Pero everything turned out well naman.
So for the first time in my 34 years of year of life, I prepared Noche Buena all by myself. Sorry, did not do it by myself pala, I had Donna and Ate Lilia to help me pa din. When I was younger, I do help my sis in law (bro’s wifey) in preparing, but it’s always her who has the final say on what we’ll have. This past years naman, we always spend it with Dino’s family, so it’s my in-laws who takes care of the Noche Buena. 🙂
Anyway, here’s what we had for Noche Buena…
I baked Flan cake for the occasion, after all, it’s Baby Jesus’ birthday we are celebrating, right? and what’s a birthday celebration without a cake!? 🙂 (see the recipe here)
For our appetizer, I prepared my SIL’s bacon wrapped asparagus, she prepared this for everyone last year (see her post here). This is sooo yummy that I don’t want to share these with them, pero it’s Christmas and it’s the season if sharing. hehehe..
For our main course, I cooked Chicken and Seafood Paella paired with Lumpiang Shanghai. If there’s one thing I don’t like here in Cebu, that’s the salty lumpia warpper.. 😦 I think they do it to make the wrappers last longer. Pero we still finished everything. hehehe..
For dessert, I asked Donna to prepare Buko Lychee Salad. She’s been preparing this quite a number times this year already. That’s why I called this her specialty na. She knows the timpla already, not too sweet, not too bland and not too creamy din! 🙂
We had a blast. They all loved the food prepared. Liam opened a lot of gifts too (will have a separate post for this). Of course, we won’t forget to blow a candle for Jesus. 🙂
A Blessed Christmas to all!! 🙂
mommyjuvs 
I love this post! You really should be writing more often, haha! Keep it going, Mommy Juvs!
Btw, natakam ako bigla dun sa asparagus wrapped in bacon. Ba’t ba di tayo gumawa nyan nung nandito kayo??
one of my resolutions yan.. to write more and to take more photos.. (so 2 pala ung resolution ko for this site).. fingers crossed!! thanks for all the encouragement and for all the photos.. hahaha.. 🙂
bongga pala ang cooking expertise mo mommy juvs despite the fact you are busy sa work. ang galing!
Hi Donna, super late reply.. hehehe Thanks! super effort na yan.. and isip na isip na yan.. hehehe.. 🙂