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2014-01-30
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Although I was invited by my friend to join her for this CNY Gathering, I was quite hesitant as I had to pay about RM 80 for just Yee Sang as she did not mention there would be 8 course dinner. Then at the last minute, at 8pm, Sunday, 26 Jan, I finally decided to attend the dinner. Our first dish was obviously Yee Sang but with jellyfish and also fresh Maguro Salmon! Since I am not a fan of Yee Sang, it just tasted ok to me. Then we had Braised dried scallops with sea cucumber and crab meat in s
Our first dish was obviously Yee Sang but with jellyfish and also fresh Maguro Salmon! Since I am not a fan of Yee Sang, it just tasted ok to me.
Then we had Braised dried scallops with sea cucumber and crab meat in superior soup. The scallops were amazingly tender and not rubbery as I thought. The soup was very clear and does wonders to the soul. Black Chicken was used to cook the soup adding to the sweetness.
The Roasted Duck and Chicken combo with traditional sauce was so-so. I guess again this is not a fair judgement as I am not much of a meat lover. I would have preferred to eat this with white porridge as the sauce was quite salty and the gravy quite thick. We could not finish this as the portion was too big.
The steamed golden omega snapper fish with homemade sauce was amazingly tender and fresh. It tasted like Cod Fish to me and we finished this in seconds!
The following dish is my favourite in every Chinese wedding dinner. It is Nai Pak vegetables with braised dried oysters, mixed mushrooms and 'fatt choy' was so tasty. I love the combination of fatt choy with the thick sauce. The mix of mushrooms make me the mushroom crazy person so delighted!
The steamed fresh tiger prawn with ginseng sauce came with quite spicy sauce. I felt it was just ok. Luckily, a gentlemen helped me peel the prawn or else I would not be able to review it.
The last filling dish is steamed glutinous rice with dried oysters, salted egg yolk and dried shrimps was just ok.
As for desserts, we had longan and sea coconut tong sui which is just ok, like normal longan tong sui. Duo of New Year fried cake with yam and golden fish with red bean paste was quite special. The Golden Fish was a winner with its shape and the paste was sweet. The fried yam kuih combo was also fantastic and the size was just nice for biting!
The entire meal cost RM 1188 for a table of ten persons so each of us had to fork out RM 168!
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