deuces wild Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 For us:New Years Eve....preparing a seafood dinner for 2 (my lovely wife and me) including king crab, scallops, shrimp and linguine with pesto sauce. I will be watching college bowl football games throughout the day and cooking the meal. Most likely both of us will be hitting the sack before midnight. Getting old is a beatch.January 1st, New Years Day......watching more college football including Ohio State in the Rose bowl. Dinner will be a tradition Czech dinner of dumplings, sauerkraut and pork. January 2nd.....watching more college football games. Dinner will be a hash mixture of dumplings, sauerkraut and pork......yummmmmmm!January 3rd............hitting the recumbent bike for an hour and back to a heart healthy diet of veggies and lean meat (no red meat) and fish. So what are your plans? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Get wasted and spend new year's day in bed. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 As every year on new years eve, we are invited to the house of a British friend and her Japanese husband, where we will have some fresh oysters, followed by a porcini risotto (prepared by yours truly), and a grilled fish - fresh from Tsukiji market (the largest fish market in the world).Naturally there will be a few bottles of good wine, and a Dom Perignon - already in the cooler.And, as everybody else in Japan, we will be watching Kōhaku Uta Gassen, the traditional NHK song contest (more info), this year featuring Susan Boyle, who had a sold-out concert here last night.Around midnight we will go to a nearby temple to hear the temple bells ringing in the new year. Needless to say, I will be wearing my favorite winter kimono.On the new years days Tokyo is almost empty. I will take a stroll in the empty streets, trying to find some new locations. I also may visit the Sensō-ji shrine in Asakusa.The evening we will spend at another friend's house. He owns a group of restaurants, and some of his staff will run the kitchen during the night. Lots of wine, and perhaps some good sake, will be around. I will bring some Swiss wine, as every year.For those who had to work and missed the previous night's NHK program, he will probably show a recorded rerun of the program on his cinema-size flatscreen TV.Most likely I will wear my favorite winter kimono (again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 As every year on new years eve, we are invited to the house of a British friend and her Japanese husband, where we will have some fresh oysters, followed by a porcini risotto (prepared by yours truly), and a grilled fish - fresh from Tsukiji market (the largest fish market in the world).Naturally there will be a few bottles of good wine, and a Dom Perignon - already in the cooler.And, as everybody else in Japan, we will be watching Kōhaku Uta Gassen, the traditional NHK song contest (more info), this year featuring Susan Boyle, who had a sold-out concert here last night.Around midnight we will go to a nearby temple to hear the temple bells ringing in the new year. Needless to say, I will be wearing my favorite winter kimono.On the new years days Tokyo is almost empty. I will take a stroll in the empty streets, trying to find some new locations. I also may visit the Sensō-ji shrine in Asakusa.The evening we will spend at another friend's house. He owns a group of restaurants, and some of his staff will run the kitchen during the night. Lots of wine, and perhaps some good sake, will be around. I will bring some Swiss wine, as every year.For those who had to work and missed the previous night's NHK program, he will probably show a recorded rerun of the program on his cinema-size flatscreen TV.Most likely I will wear my favorite winter kimono (again).Very nice and quite unique!Happy New Year to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 We always get together with 6 friends in a different house each year, and everyone takes a course. Last year I made a venison and smoked bacon casserole at our house. This year we will be taking a pudding and some cheese to a friends house. I am taking Delia Smiths sticky toffee puddings with a pecan sauce, and some chilled puring cream for a topper. Unfortunately we will be one couple short as our friend Maurice had a heart operation yesterday. We will stay until about 1 a.m. as usual. We only have to walk to the next but one house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 >Andsome you taking the cat with you?................and some chilled puring cream for a topper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Off to daughter no.2 later this morning - they bought fireworks to see the new year in. She'll be feeding us for the duration. Home late afternoon tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 >Andsome you taking the cat with you?................and some chilled puring cream for a topper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Relatively quiet night for us tonight. Just the two of us... I just wish the NY came in earlier - 12am is way past my bedtime! :lol:In my younger days, I would have 'partied' 'till dawn. First arrive and last to leave. Tomorrow (January 1st) I will be cooking a family meal, and for the first time ever roasting a goose. I found an interesting recipe HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Like Irene, we will be having a quiet evening feasting on Norwegian Smoked Salmon and Smoked Reindeer Leg (both sent to me by a Norwegian client) served with home made dill mayonnaise and home made bread.Irene, remember to save the goose fat for the best roast potatoes you can get. There should enough fat draining off to keep you supplied for quite a while.We have goose quite often (there's a goose farm nearby). I always think it best to roast it on a rack so it's not sitting in the loads of fat which drains off.BTW The best part is the skin - as with a duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I would like to think that we will just have sandwiches, salad, a bottle of nice wine, half a dozen Rennies and be in bed by 10.00 pm - but I guess management has other ideas.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Meat sarny, plenty of Famous Grouse and off to bed. It's one of the three times a year I take a drink. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Susan Boyle performed admirably last night; someone has already uploaded the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVewJPsCFhE (left-to-right reversed).Although it had been snowing all over Japan, Tokyo is clear - bright sunshine! Off we go soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 My little stroll on New Year's day: we started from our house in Ebisu, walking strictly East. First walking along "bus dori" through Shirokane and Takanawa areas, to Tamachi station, and from there we followed Sakurada Dori until we reached the waterfront of Tokyo Bay.Here I suddenly got the idea that we could walk across the Rainbow Bridge over to Odaiba island. This took actually less than 20 minutes. Once decended from the bridge we walked along the beach to Tokyo Teleport station, from where we took the Rinkai Line train, which runs under Tokyo Bay, back to Ebisu.Checking my CITIZEN pedometer I found that we walked 12km, taking about 3 hours! It also told me that I used 950kcal and burned 135g of fat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 My little stroll on New Year's day: we started from our house in Ebisu, walking strictly East. First walking along "bus dori" through Shirokane and Takanawa areas, to Tamachi station, and from there we followed Sakurada Dori until we reached the waterfront of Tokyo Bay.Here I suddenly got the idea that we could walk across the Rainbow Bridge over to Odaiba island. This took actually less than 20 minutes. Once decended from the bridge we walked along the beach to Tokyo Teleport station, from where we took the Rinkai Line train, which runs under Tokyo Bay, back to Ebisu.Checking my CITIZEN pedometer I found that we walked 12km, taking about 3 hours! It also told me that I used 950kcal and burned 135g of fat! That can't be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 The walk over the bridge looks horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 The walk over the bridge looks horribleIt's actually not, except that we walked on the wrong (North) side, where an icecold wind blew; on the South side there would have been sunshine.It is very safe; the walkway is completely separate from traffic, and it's also secure on the outside - no-one can fall down into the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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