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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve Goose Dinner

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For Christmas eve, my brother bought a roast goose for dinner. Comes from all the years of watching "A Christmas Carol, he said. Made him curious to find out what roast goose tasted like. I don't recall Ebenezer Scrooge bringing a goose to dinner?

He got it from Sham Tseng BBQ Shop - Monterey Park, which replaced Sam Woo. The goose was roughly the same size as a roast duck, and to be honest, tasted mostly like duck too, although a bit deeper in flavor. It was more than double the cost though!

He served it alongside roast potatoes, bok choy, cucumbers, roast pork, and tomatoes.

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If I hadn't known it was goose, I would've thought it was just a very flavorful duck.

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She's ready to eat!

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The niece loves drumsticks. Just like Tiny Tim! Guess there was a roast goose in the story after all.

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I brought over Persimmon Muffins for dessert.

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And because that didn't look festive enough, made Persimmon Mini Bundt Cakes too.

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On the way home, I stopped off to visit St. Albans Road in San Marino to see the lights.

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If you look at the bottom of the pictures, you can see how tiny people are in comparison to the trees.

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It's really hard to get a scale of how the whole street looks unless you're actually there, but definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

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Merry Christmas!

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4 comments:

  1. And Merry Christmas to you, too, WC! Thanks for scoop on the goose. And about Sam Woo. I remember years ago when my co-worker was all excited about the Sam Woo that opened close to the office. It didn't last long, however.

    Those are pretty impressive lights!

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  2. Merry Christmas to you too Ms Wandering!
    Those mini bundt cakes look love and the Christmas lights are intense!!
    Happy 2013!

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  3. I miss seeing the lights on St. Albans, used to take my kids to see them when we lived in Rosemead.

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  4. Nikki,
    Happy New Year! It's the only place I know to get roast goose in case anyone wants it. Sam Woo's been pretty miss for me on the barbecue side. I get my roast pork and roast duck from Capital Seafood's to-go shop. But for salty fish fried rice and beef chow fun and wonton noodle soup for cheap, it's still my go-to.

    Oanh,
    Happy New Year to you! Although, it still weirds me out to think that Christmas is summer for you!

    Beanbag,
    I took my niece and she enjoyed seeing the lights a lot.

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