Year of the Dragon Feast

This January 2024, ten members of the Gourmet Club of Verandah celebrated Chinese New Year with a second annual feast at my Florida home.

We started the night promptly at 6 pm with cocktails and appetizers. Gerry once again made beautifully green Midori Martinis and Kay made lovely Sticky Asian Meatballs. 

We started with a Dropped Egg, Pork and Vegetable Soup and moved on to Julie's Cashew Chicken, Joanne's Asian Ramen Salad, Pippin's Sauced Vegetables, Linda's Thai Chicken Pasta and Val's Fried Rice. 

Sue and Nancy treated us to the plum wines they brought with them. 

Pam's Three-Ingredient Almond Flour Cookies and a trio of Asian-Inspired Ice Creams* and fortune cookies ended the evening. 

What a great night of food, wine and conversations! The best part was packing up leftovers in the take-out containers!

*Ice creams were Green Tea garnished with Sesame-Honey Almond (Trader Joe's); Ginger-Ginger-Ginger garnished with a half candied ginger in syrup; and Star Anise garnished with a light sprinkle of Five-Spice and a star anise.