What makes a Party?

I was at Elaine's this evening for dinner. It was her birthday. She decided to spend it at home with a couple of friends and her parents. Nothing too fancy, no fanciful menu that would need a lot of time preparing, no need to set the table, no need to dress up. We bought some pizza, a couple of bottles of beer and umeshu. She bought some satay, roast duck, shio bak and char siew and barbecued chicken wings. We had a really really retro looking cake too! Everything was really casual, and the food was great. I mean, good food is the whole point of going to a dinner party right? That and of course good company too!

We sat down and ate, talked, ate some more and talked some more. We did have a lot of watermelon after the cake too. Plenty of tea in between, with the odd beer and umeshu. Generally that was all we did. Eat and chatted. Mon did go back earlier, but by then, it was already past midnight! We left at 1am. Time flies when we have fun.

I like parties like these. Small, casual and intimate with good food and good lengthy conversations. All at the dining table.