An Unforgetable House Dinner in Markham!

One of our host's creations

Canadians love to host and attend dinner parties.

Why not? Middle class Canadians do live in nice homes with  good size living rooms and dining rooms for entertaining.

The gregarious host and her guests

The Canadian weather is cold for more than half a year and many of our activities are held indoors.

What is better than hosting a cosy dinner at your own comfortable home and sharing it with great friends.

Toasting to a memorable dinner party!

We have been to numerous dinner parties over the  years. But the one we attended last Saturday topped it all.

An extraordinary dinner party hosted by one of our friends

Our hosts moved all their furniture from their living room replacing it with a custom made dining table that could sit twenty four guests.

Our hosts and some of the guests

Instead of having our dinner buffet style, we were seated comfortably and the different courses were served all night at our seats by our hosts - Francis and Amelia.

Abalone served on fresh sliced cucumbers

 There was a menu all typed up and placed on the table so we knew exactly what we would be eating.

 Dinner started with three trays of raw and cooked sushi paired with warm saki served in tiny Asian style cups, followed by abalone served on fresh sliced cucumbers.

Yuummmmy potato and shrimp salad!

 In all, there were three appetizers, a seafood soup, four main courses and three different kinds of desserts!

It was a dinner unlike any other we ever had, a feast fit for a king!

Each guest was served his/her own freshly cooked lobster!

The most surprising element of the dinner was when the hosts showed us a case of fresh lobsters and then cooked them in the kitchen and served them to us right after.

We were given a quick lesson on how to remove the meat from our lobster professionally like a Newfoundlander in the Canadian east!

It definitely helped us to remove the lobster from its shell much easier and enjoy our lobster in a cleaner manner. 

This extraordinary dinner was generously hosted by a lovely couple, Francis and Amelia.
It was evident that they spent a lot of time and efforts preparing this dinner for us.

All the guests enjoyed the extraordinary dinner tremendously!

We appreciated their kindness and thoughtfulness in receiving us into their home. The dinner invitation gave us the opportunity to visit their home and get to know them on a more personal level and learn about their hobbies and talents.

Amelia created these lifelike miniature fruit and vegetable 

We discovered that Francis is a very handy person who not only custom made their dining table that can accommodate from eight to twenty four guests, but also finished their entire basement himself making it a great living space!





Amelia pursues her hobby in arts and crafts and creates many lifelike miniature daily objects being displayed around their home.












Francis, complimented his wife's craft talents and made both the miniature and regular size display shelves ( such as the one on the left ) for her creations. We were blown away by the beautiful and artful projects made by both of them.

It was a fantastic memorable evening! Most of all we had a marvelous time with lovely folks whom we befriended while working on a  charity project! Good deeds do pay off!

R.T.
At a feast fit for a king!
Markham, Ontario