thanksgiving

  • GobbleFest 2017: Twice Baked Potato Casserole

    GobbleFest 2017: Twice Baked Potato Casserole

    I actually made this for our first ever GobbleFest back in 2012.  At the time we bought our roast turkey from Turkey Point Cafe, and I only made the sides.  Back then I wasn’t wise enough to know to make a few dishes in advance, but this time, especially now that I roast my…

  • GobbleFest 2016: Pull-apart Stuffing Rolls

    GobbleFest 2016: Pull-apart Stuffing Rolls

    When having roast turkey, one usually would have it with stuffing.  Even though I butterfly my turkey and therefore there’s nothing I can stuff my stuffing into, I usually would still make stuffing on the side.  So far I haven’t found any stuffing recipe that Rudy actually liked, and dinner wouldn’t be complete without dinner…

  • GobbleFest 2016: Mashed Sweet Potatoes

    GobbleFest 2016: Mashed Sweet Potatoes

    December 24th, 7 p.m. Malaysian time.  I can’t believe a year went by so fast.  Once again it’s GobbleFest, and Rudy and I decided to have the Round Knights over for dinner.  We bought our turkey early this year, and managed to get a 6-kilogram turkey for RM29.99/kg from Cold Storage.  Yay! Then we…

  • GobbleFest 2015: Roast Turkey

    GobbleFest 2015: Roast Turkey

    I’ve been meaning to try roasting my own turkey for a while now.  At our last GobbleFest I only made the sides and we bought our turkey from Turkey Point Cafe, which has since closed shop.  The years after that there were issues getting halal turkey, and there was one year when all the…

  • GobbleFest 2015: Classic Sausage Stuffing

    GobbleFest 2015: Classic Sausage Stuffing

    Since turkey is conventionally served with stuffing… well, here we are.  I don’t really know what “good” stuffing is supposed to taste like, or what the texture is supposed to be, but I’m told it is supposed to have a pudding-like texture.  This recipe definitely had a soft texture, very much like a savoury…

  • GobbleFest 2015: Mashed Potatoes

    GobbleFest 2015: Mashed Potatoes

    We need our filler for Gobblefest, and I can’t make everything in the oven because the turkey’s gonna be roasting there, so I decided on this super simple, super basic mashed potatoes recipe.  Guests totally kicked it up by adding bacon bits, spring onions, the turkey gravy, even the cauliflower soup. Based on the…

  • GobbleFest 2015: Brown Butter Cornbread

    GobbleFest 2015: Brown Butter Cornbread

    When putting together the menu for this year’s GobbleFest, I asked the Round Knights for suggestions and Azuan pointed out that we were missing a bakery item.  Serious Eats had already put together an amazing classic Thanksgiving menu, and this cornbread recipe was on the list, so I decided to try it out. I’ve tried other cornbread…

  • GobbleFest 2015: Creamy Cauliflower and Bacon Soup

    GobbleFest 2015: Creamy Cauliflower and Bacon Soup

    One must have soup as a starter for any dinner party (well, mine at least), and this recipe by SeriousEats caught my eye.  Not only were we able to fulfil our veg quota for the night (together with the stuffing), the garnishing that came with this hearty soup was also great for kicking up our…

  • Project: Gobblefest November 2012

    Project: Gobblefest November 2012

    Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012 Time: 7:30 p.m Number of guests: 13 pax Location: Bandar Utama Hosted a Thanksgiving dinner of sorts over Awal Muharram holiday.  I figured Thanksgiving would be a perfect theme to try out different dishes using ingredients associated with the Fall, and I also wanted to challenge myself and see…

  • Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup

    Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup

    This creamy soup is filled with generous amounts of mushrooms, and is seriously the best I have ever tasted.  I will not make cream of mushroom soup any other way ever again.  A portion of this recipe was used for the Emerilized Green Bean Casserole, and the rest was served as a starter.  Definitely…