It was not my mom who cooks, instead my brother who did all the marketing, cleaning & boiling the steamboat stock all by himself. As mom will be away from 19-26 September, thus the early celebration for her birthday. She is a lucky woman ya for her elder son preparing all the food for the night whereas the younger son bought her a tasty & pretty birthday cake. As for the other sibblings (all three girls) we just have to be present to fill up our tummy but of course we did help, washing and clean up after meal. All in 14 of us including of mom's youngest sister. My sister's youngest boyfriend even flew all the way from Bangkok to be with us, so sweet of him.
We hardly have gathering as everyone has their schedules and families to take care of unless there is special occassion. Family bonding is very important and to catch up with each other through gatherings. Mom was happy I could see and that is important.
My brother had only vegetables to prepare the stock as we prefer vegetarian version, healthier, no oil & sweet without any meat.
You just need to put turnip, carrot, big onion, maize and honey dates, salt into boiling water. So easy right?
We ended the night with birthday cake & family photos 😊.
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| Bro boiled two full pots of stock |
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