A Hearty Dinner

We were at PF's house on Saturday evening for a sukiyaki dinner with some intense sake, and it was delicious and heart-warming. Comfort food at its best! The adults sat at one table, spending almost 2 hours catching up with each other after our respective vacations. The 4 children sat at the kids' table, munching and yakking away, and demanding non-stop for the divine kurobuta pork slices that we were frantically trying to cook and match up with their speed of eating. 

Amazingly, the Bees already had an early dinner at home, yet, they were able to devour bowls of rice and sukiyaki pork with Eugene and Claire! Company really makes food so much sweeter. 

It was very gratifying to be sitting for 2 hours, leisurely chatting and cooking our dinner over a merry broiling pot, whilst the kids have their separate set of conversation at another table. Minimal distractions and maximum food intake! 

After dinner, we gorged on ice-cream that I bought from Island Creamery (rich and yummy!) and juicy cherries from Cold Storage (Little Bee was the only kid voraciously stuffing cherry after cherry into her mouth, much to everyone's astonishment!). 

The kids fooled around, playing with toys and video games - sometimes creating such a chaotic din that we adults could barely converse, whilst the adults sat back, relaxed and chatted idly. As we grow older, we all agree that gatherings at home are so much more relaxed and enabled everyone to catch up more. Next stop: teppanyaki and grill at our place!