MY EXPERIENCE AS A PARTY HOST AND HOW I SPENT THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY .

   Hello, all. Happy New Year once again. In this post I'll be sharing my experience as a party host.

 

     During the Christmas holiday I decided to host a house party, just family and friends. My dears, hosting isn't easy at all. I'll start with the cooking, I don't have a personal chef yet so I decided to "borrow/hire" someone's chef. Took permission weeks before my event but when the day arrived the chef wasn't allowed to work for me (long story) so, I, my sister and my younger brother did all the work. My plan to sit with my guests, eat etc was cancelled. I was in the kitchen for hours, from the beginning of my party till everyone left. At the end of the day I was walking like an old woman cause of waist pain Lol!.

 Cake and small chops (if you are Nigerian you’d know what small chops is) was done by a catering company. So, while I was cooking I left to pick them up because I didn't spring for delivery and my plan was for my driver to pick them up but he called in sick and seeing it was the holidays same day delivery services wasn’t available. Therefore, I had to do all the pickups myself (imagine the stress).

   Barbecue was the only thing that went as planned. They showed up and delivered perfectly. The entire Barbecue was done at my house so he came with all he needed, setup and everyone loved it.

He made; Cat fish, Crocker Fish Barbecue, Asun (peppered goat meat) roasted plantain, smoked chicken and turkey and Potatoes fries with pepper sauce,

     I made fried rice, a lot of people make fried rice different ways. I however enjoy my fried rice with a lot of vegetables and meat i.e carrots, green peas, sweet corn, diced meat, spring onions, fresh pepper, bell pepper. But the sweet secret to my perfect fried rice is that I fry my rice with cooking butter not vegetable oil. 

     You need to try it if you haven't and for those that have tried using butter, they know how amazing it is and you must always make your fried rice that way because you can't go back to using oil anymore. 

     In all, I enjoyed myself i.e being with friends and family, it was amazing because majority of the time we're all busy working/engaged with one thing or the other. So, it's nice when everyone comes together and have a nice time. That being said, I wouldn't like to host this year again Lol, I would like to be the guest. Relax, eat and have fun, because the clean up after everyone leaves isn't easy at all.

Feel free to tell us your experience as a party host in the comment section.

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