Having been based in Manila for almost 7 years, this was my first celebration at home since 2001. It was just a simple combination of homecooked and ready to eat fares forthe usual crowd of 12. It was very hectic that day for I spent almost the whole of it just preparing for this dinner. It was another everything-by-me dinner (i.e. planned, bought, prepared, served, etc)
In the morning, I bought Crema de Fruta from Goldilocks, garlic bread from Tibiao bakery and a 15-piece chicken bucket from KFC. Just to get away with the usual lechon kawali and to make it "riceless" plus I really love this Goldilocks dessert, one of the few actually.
Around noon, I prepared my coleslaw and fruits so they can be cool enough when served. The former just being another made-up-in-my-mind recipe for I havent really tried in making one before.
Then my whole afternoon, preparing my two pasta-two sauce combination and the usual mixed vegetable side dish. I got linguine and fusili for pasta while a very meaty sauce and a seafood-vegetable medley in olive oil. I just wanted to see which pasta goes well with which sauce so this explains the four pasta dishes.
In the end, my whole day preparation was worth since it took only minutes to see this spread disappear. Despite my attempts to make this riceless, that KFC prompted me serve rice.
But what luck, I totally took for granted the most important task of all, taking pictures!