Yesterday, I hosted a dinner party for eight - Victor, Fedelia, John, Boon Yew, June, Li Yuin, Eng Teng and Andrew.
I have tried to do a different recipe this time - marmite prawns, pumpkin kuih, ABC soup, and salt-baked chicken. The first three turned out delicious, but only to my disappointment that the salt-baked chicken has been dipped into the sea of salt (too salty). Overall, it was a good dinner. We also had delicious salad from June, KFC sponsored by Eng Teng, and Connetto Minis from Fedelia. It was tantalizing delights for everyone.
After a fulfilling dinner, we played Scrabbles for almost an hour; until Andrew arrived and we played a game called 'Mafia'. The game 'Mafia' is a simple game where each person is given a card with pre-determined icons for Mafia, Doctor and Civilians. As the names indicated, the Mafia kills Civilian & Doctors, and Doctors heals. The scenario goes like this:
A facilitator distributes cards to everyone. After reviewing your cards, you are asked to close your eyes. Facilitator would then asked only the person holding the 'Mafia' card to open their eyes and determine who to kill. Then, the 'Mafia' will shut their eyes. Then, facilitator to ask the person holding the 'Doctor' card to choose a person to heal. Then, 'Doctor' shut eyes again. After that, facilitator would announce whether anyone was killed by 'Mafia'. There may be instances whereby the 'Doctor' might heal the person got murdered at random. Basically, after all the 'killings', everyone needs to guess who is the 'Mafia' in order to win. If not, in the end, 'Mafia' will win. It may sound complex, but once you are at it, you will enjoy the game for hours. Recommended players: 7 people and more. The more the merrier.
We played until 2am, and everyone tired. Mom made some delicious longan drinks for everyone.
It was a fun and enjoyable night. At least it's healthy, cost-savings (not to me, hee hee), and most importantly, we are enjoying ourselves in a safe environment.
Maybe next round, we could have Fedelia's secret recipe of roast chicken and some side dishes for a change. Shall we?