It was far too cold to go out this year, so we had a night in with good booze and finger-food.
We started with pomegranate and raspberry Bellinis, whilst preparing orkney crab claws with a seafood dip. This was followed by a mixed platter of cherry tomatoes, olives, and Ossau Iraty cheese. Dessert was Banoffe cheesecake. All helped on it's way down with a small serving of neat amaro lucano and a mini dark chocolate flavoured Toscano cigar.
We saw in the fireworks on TV, and called loved ones to wish them a Happy New Year.
Suffice to say not all of my New Year celebrations have gone this well...
It was always a little too cold, a little too late for the striking of the hour, problems getting there, problems getting home, getting harrassed by drunks, getting harrassed by your date, witnessing fights break out, carrying friends home... NYE have generally been a big anticlimax for me. This year, it was quiet calm, lovely, and most of all, WARM and cosy!
What did you do and eat this year, and how has it compared to other years? I remember when the millenium came in, I was asleep in my bed, working early the next day, and couldn't have cared less about celebrating! Being self-absorbed, I used to make more of a fuss about my own birthday, rather than the birth of a new year....
We started with pomegranate and raspberry Bellinis, whilst preparing orkney crab claws with a seafood dip. This was followed by a mixed platter of cherry tomatoes, olives, and Ossau Iraty cheese. Dessert was Banoffe cheesecake. All helped on it's way down with a small serving of neat amaro lucano and a mini dark chocolate flavoured Toscano cigar.
We saw in the fireworks on TV, and called loved ones to wish them a Happy New Year.
Suffice to say not all of my New Year celebrations have gone this well...
It was always a little too cold, a little too late for the striking of the hour, problems getting there, problems getting home, getting harrassed by drunks, getting harrassed by your date, witnessing fights break out, carrying friends home... NYE have generally been a big anticlimax for me. This year, it was quiet calm, lovely, and most of all, WARM and cosy!What did you do and eat this year, and how has it compared to other years? I remember when the millenium came in, I was asleep in my bed, working early the next day, and couldn't have cared less about celebrating! Being self-absorbed, I used to make more of a fuss about my own birthday, rather than the birth of a new year....
, sounds seriously tasty. Your family are lucky so and sos. 
