T-day recap

After a fun day of wandering around with my friends (more on that to come) we ended the day with a traditional (sort of) Thanksgiving dinner. We met up with a group of my local friends at an American restaurant here that was having a Thanksgiving dinner promotion.  A set meal with turkey, stuffing, and pie...mmm... 

Course #1 -
Roasted pumpkin soup with garlic toast. 
Quite tasty.  We were off to a good start and I was hopeful this was going much better than my Thanksgiving dinner defeat in Bangkok last year.

Course #2 -
Traditional roasted turkey breast, with sun-dried tomato and ricotta cheese stuffing, served with sweet yams and french beans. 

The food all tasted fine but the turkey breast was not carved off of a turkey and we all decided it seemed to be processed turkey.  Slightly disappointing but far better than no turkey at all.

Course #3 -
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

It smelled and tasted like true pumpkin pie.  The only difference was the strawberry they put on top as a garnish.  (I know it is hard to see in the photo above - we were sitting outside and it was quite dark and I didn't want to use my flash.)

So, overall not nearly as delicious as a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner.  However, a million times better than last year and the year prior where I didn't even get a Thanksgiving dinner.  I did check to see about getting a turkey at the grocery store and braving an attempt at cooking dinner.  I was quickly put in my place as just a small frozen turkey breast was $40.  Holy cow!  What on earth do they have against turkeys over here?

The best part for me was having a bit of home here with me for the holiday.  Ashleigh and David have been exploring Singapore since Sunday.  It is nice to come home and have somebody to chat with in the evenings.  They are headed off to their next destination today but it has been great fun having them here.