For my New Year blog post, I will attempt to share with you how my family welcomed the New Year.
For a change, we decided to have our New Year’s Eve dinner a little earlier than in previous years so we could welcome the New Year with a full stomach.
We planned on serving healthy food but in the end, lechon (roast pig) and roast beef somehow found their way to the dinner table.
lechon
Our family members filled our long dinner table with a seating capacity of 24. This table used to be the dining table at the German Ambassador’s residence in Dasmarinas Village in Makati City. It is perfect for my large family of 26.
cassava cake
bruschetta - definitely not Pinoy 
palabok
Hotdogs and hot chocolate are regular fare at our family’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve dinner. Everything else is changeable. I was assigned to make potato salad.
hot choco
We made sure to take photos since my youngest sister is visiting from Germany and had some fun while at it.
A few year’s ago, we decided to stop buying firecrackers since our neighbors do a superb job of providing a pyrotechnic spectacle. This year, one neighbor is said to have spent Php 80,000.- for his fireworks display. And the neighbor selling these firecrackers is said to have earned close to a million this holiday season alone.
potato salad
Conversation lasted until 1:30 a.m. upon which good judgement prevailed over us and we decided to call it a day. There is still tomorrow to resume all the merriment.
mashed potatoes
It is always fun celebrating special occasions with family and loved ones.
I hope you welcomed New Year’s Eve with much hope and jubilation.
Let us all hope that the new year will bring blessings of peace, good health, love, happiness, success and prosperity!
Happy New Year everyone!
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Tags: christmas in the philippines, happy new year, lechon, new year's eve dinner, palabok
12 Comments to “Happy New Year everyone!”
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wow. yummy lechon happy new year!
Happy New Year Mona!
that lechon got me, I have to read to whole post! lol I always get homesick on holidays like this. Lucky you! you have a family of 26 to spend the NY’s eve. Happy New Year! Have a blessed 2011 ahead
LOL, Evan! Our lechon (Cebu) was definitely a big hit.
My sister who’s not based here, feels the same way – there’s nothing like spending Christmas with the family in the PHL.
Have a new year filled with blessings!
wow! yummy! penge lechon hehehe…
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Happy New Year
That looks like quite a lovely spread. I hope you guys enjoyed it
Wow lechon and the food in the table is so inviting
Pahingi ng recipe mo sa potato salad 
Oh. My. Goodness. I’m now craving for some lechon!!! Yay!!! Happy New Year!!!
I loved your photos. I love the hot chocolate, the hotdogs, tapas (?), and especially the long table. It’s so traditional and “old filipino”. I love big wooden furniture like that. I wish I had one of those so I can host dinner parties and set the dining table the way the aristocrats do.
It must have been a really great Christmas get-together. Happy New Year to you and yours!
Hope the New Year has started off well for you ladies!
@Silvergirl-Sure, I will share the recipe with you. Just send me your email address through my contact form. Thanks.
@Mama Mia – yes it was a great gathering. It’s hotdogs and fried ham together on the serving plate.
Have a great year ahead!
the roasted pork looks very delicious