Everybody brought a delicious dish to share as well as Mom's favorite peach Bavarian chiffon cake.
What you see in this photo are cucumber namasu (pickled cucumbers), somen salad (which took me all morning to prepare), teriyaki flavored gobo (burdock), grilled and fried chicken and a kim chee pork dish. What you can't see are the teriyaki beef and chicken sticks.
Mom had such a happy time. I'm just so glad everybody was able to juggle their busy, conflicting work schedules to celebrate with her.
Happy Birthday to your mother! You and your family really know how to put on a feast, I must say. Everything looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your Mom Kay! She is such a sweetie!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday To Your Mom !Great to see you all celebrate the occasion .
ReplyDeleteThe best birthday gift--to be surrounded by one's children.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday and many blessings to you, Kay's-Mother!
what a loving event and you cooked for her-how special.
ReplyDelete81! God Bless Your Dear Mother! Happy Birthday wishes! It's so nice when everyone can get together.
ReplyDeleteAnother one of those amazing Hawaiian potlucks! And for such a well earned celebration for your mother.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! How lovely for your mother to have most of her family around her :-)
ReplyDeleteHow nice to have one's children and grandchildren celebrate one's 81st birthday. Can't think of a better way.
ReplyDeleteKimchee pork? Wonder what that tastes like.
Oh, a very Happy, Happy Birthday to your Mom, Kay! Please give her a hug for me! So glad you were all able to get together for the occasion! And what a marvelous meal you prepared. You and your mother are so blessed to have one another! Much love to you both!
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Kay, that's wonderful. I'm so happy for your mother, and for you.
ReplyDeleteYour somen salad looks intriguing, as well as time-consuming to prepare. And, just as a matter of curiosity, do you know if people still actually bury their kim chee in the back yard to ripen?
Please wish your mother all the best from us.
-- Kay and Dick
Happy Birthday to your mom. You are a lovely family.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your mom! Wow 81!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! She´s the same age as my MIL, but much fitter. :)
ReplyDeleteWishing your mom a Happy Birthday! What delicious looking dishes...how wonderful you all gather together and celebrate.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your Mom, and many more!! Looks like a good time was had by all!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Dear Lady!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mom!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your mum!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your Mum Kay. Looks like you all had a wonderful celebration. The gobo fascinates me. I've never seen anything like it. Would you mind telling me how you prepare it, cook it? I would like to go to our international market and see if I can buy some.
ReplyDeleteHow really wonderful. :) What is that delicious looking dish of green stuff on the bottom and white swirls that look like mashed potatoes on the top. Looks a little like bangers and mash.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I don't know how to cook gobo. I do get the job of cutting it into slivers, but it's my mom that cooks it. I keep meaning to learn...sigh... but I haven't. I'm going to have to watch her one of these days. The dish is called kinpira gobo and very popular... though time consuming to make.
ReplyDeleteThe white swirls over the salad are somen noodle balls. The secret is in the sauce.
Sorry I am late! Happy Birthday to your mom! Can't wait until next year's celebration to see what you eat then.
ReplyDeleteDo you know what I miss most about Hawaii? The abundance of foods from so many different cultures. I asked Amoeba to bring me home some spam musabi but he refused. I guess that is just as well since they've misplaced his suitcase.
HAPPY Birthday...you raised a wonderful daughter who is much loved...
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY! I'm so sorry to be late wishing it -- but what a wonderful birthday it looks like!
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