When we woke up Thursday the weather was sort of cloudy and we were all moving a bit slow. We took the chance to relax a bit and enjoy some downtown- it was Thanksgiving after all.
Then we headed to town to the Cadbury Chocolate factory. Lillianna continues to talk about this day, probably because I think she ate her weight in chocolate that day. It was pretty crazy. As we signed up for our tour, the woman handed her some chocolate and gave some to her parents as well. Then we met our tour guide, CocoJoe who pretty much get gave her more chocolate any time she finished what had been in her hands. We each got a bag at the start of the tour to put our samples in, well Lillianna often was given one to eat then and one to eat later. She also got a special chocolate Easter Egg that was the size of her head. Crazy. The highlight of the tour was the chocolate "waterfall." We had watched Willy Wonka just a few days before, so we were excited for this famous part of the tour. It wasn't like Willy Wonka, but still cool. This waterfall was located in a purple silo where they take a giant bucket filled with one ton of chocolate pour down. The room smells amazing! The pouring itself was really loud and during it Lillianna didn't like it because it was too loud for her, but as soon it was done, she requested that it go again. It left a pretty big impression as well- she kept saying Chocolate waterfall LOUD. After we managed to get her away from the chocolate factory it was time for naps and Thanksgiving feast preperation.
The one ingrediant that we hadn't been able to find was the French oinions for the green bean casserole. After some internet research it seemed like the best substitute was fresh made onion strings- never made them before, but turns out they are pretty easy and really tasty. We had enough for the casserole and for snacking. The "turkey roast" not reccomended. We are pretty sure this is what happens to all the parts they don't use when they sell the turkey breast. Turkey isn't really eaten a ton in NZ, so the regular ones they had were huge and pricey- over $60, seemed a little over the top for 4 of us. We topped our meal off with the chocolate egg and Tim Tams- a super yummy chocolate biscut (cookie). It was a great evening of fellowship and feasting with Paul and Amy.
Then we headed to town to the Cadbury Chocolate factory. Lillianna continues to talk about this day, probably because I think she ate her weight in chocolate that day. It was pretty crazy. As we signed up for our tour, the woman handed her some chocolate and gave some to her parents as well. Then we met our tour guide, CocoJoe who pretty much get gave her more chocolate any time she finished what had been in her hands. We each got a bag at the start of the tour to put our samples in, well Lillianna often was given one to eat then and one to eat later. She also got a special chocolate Easter Egg that was the size of her head. Crazy. The highlight of the tour was the chocolate "waterfall." We had watched Willy Wonka just a few days before, so we were excited for this famous part of the tour. It wasn't like Willy Wonka, but still cool. This waterfall was located in a purple silo where they take a giant bucket filled with one ton of chocolate pour down. The room smells amazing! The pouring itself was really loud and during it Lillianna didn't like it because it was too loud for her, but as soon it was done, she requested that it go again. It left a pretty big impression as well- she kept saying Chocolate waterfall LOUD. After we managed to get her away from the chocolate factory it was time for naps and Thanksgiving feast preperation.
The one ingrediant that we hadn't been able to find was the French oinions for the green bean casserole. After some internet research it seemed like the best substitute was fresh made onion strings- never made them before, but turns out they are pretty easy and really tasty. We had enough for the casserole and for snacking. The "turkey roast" not reccomended. We are pretty sure this is what happens to all the parts they don't use when they sell the turkey breast. Turkey isn't really eaten a ton in NZ, so the regular ones they had were huge and pricey- over $60, seemed a little over the top for 4 of us. We topped our meal off with the chocolate egg and Tim Tams- a super yummy chocolate biscut (cookie). It was a great evening of fellowship and feasting with Paul and Amy.
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