Linda and I were invited out to a beautiful hotel buffet on Dec. 31st, to celebrate New Years.  It was like going out to Chuck-A-Rama, but with Malay food.  Just next to this amazing melon sculpture, they served marinated octopus.  Not so good!  I don't mind the crispy fried octopus, but the marinated raw stuff was a bit tough to get down.  This sculpture was at the end of the salad bar, with all sorts of salad items on one side and lots of lunch meats and cheeses on the other side.

Here is the picture of the cheeses and lunch meat bar.  Down further was rows and rows of metal covered hot dishes.  It was fun to read all the signs in front of each metal container.  You lifted up the lid and peeked inside to see if you wanted some.  At the very end was a chef, standing there and cutting from a very large turkey.  You would then drizzle hot cranberry sauce on top and for me, it only took 4 additional trips back to the turkey to really get full.  When you think you're all done, you travel around the dessert island and keep eating and eating.  We spent about 3 hours having a great time with Bro. & Sis. Kurup and their family.  Linda never made it to midnight, but I stayed up and then went to bed at 12:15.  Happy New Year!