Happy New Year!

I spent New Year’s eve at home having a hot pot party with my mom, David, Laura, Ken, Sumon, and Koyel:

My mom purchased so many different types of food for our hot pot party: ribeye, lamb, pork, fish balls, tofu (frozen tofu was my favorite), taro, QQQ noodles, and other goodies; David chopped up pounds of cilantro and garlic, and I helped set up the table for our simple but fun party.

Tigger, Sumon and Koyel’s very cute dog also attended:

We played Settlers of Catan (Sumon won and said it was because he played so much Civilization as a teenager), we ate mochi (filled with pureed black sesame and pureed peanuts), and then Ken and I headed out for the evening (it was our first new year’s eve in New York and we thought it might be fun to go out):

I still haven’t written my year-end round up (it’s coming, I promise!), but wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year!