Tuesday, April 01, 2008

A Birthday Dinner

Celebrated my mum's 62nd Birthday with a sumptuous dinner at the Oriental Pavilion in Jaya 33. Food is quite good, so this will be a food post! Slurp!


From left to right:
a) "Deep-Fried Soft Shell Crab with Japanese Sauce". You see that deep fried noodle like thingy in the picture? When I was young, I liked to eat that as a snack (actually, I still do!).
b) "Deluxe Monk Jump Over The Wall". How on earth this dish got its name, I really don't know. But the black thiny you see is black chicken. Not to be confused with kampung chicken as some are wont to do. No, the chicken has not been coloured black, but are born black! Seriously! If you can have white people, yellow people, and black people, why not black chicken? :P


Ah, the delightful "BBQ Whole Suckling Pig with Butterfly Buns". You won't want to have that little piglet looking at you when you eat, but trust me, it tasted fabulous. The skin is very thinly sliced with minimal fat. Eaten with a dab or two of the sweet sauce and a touch of decorated spring onions, together with the "butterfly" buns, this is a dish not to be missed! Yum!!


From the top, left to right, and likewise from the bottom:
a) The "Chicken" something or rather dish. Not on the initial menu as we ordered extra. Very nicely done. Tender and juicy, especially when eaten with the "lat chiu yau" as in (f).
b) "Steamed Cod Fish with black fungus and Foo Chuk". Again, not the proper name, as we substituted the original steamed river patin with this cod fish. Tasty.
c) "Sweet and Sour Pork". Now seriously, how can you go to a Chinese restaurant and not eat Sweet and Sour Pork? LOL!!! I give this a two-thumbs up!
d) "Braised Seasonal Vegetable with Century and Salted Egg". Not one of my favourites, but not bad. I still finished the veggie.
e) "Braised Egg Noodle Village Style". Unsure what is meant by village style, but the texture of the noodles was different. Think it is also known in Chinese as "Birthday Noodles".
f) "Lat Chiu Yau" also known as "chilli oil". Tasted very good with the chicken dish.


From the top, clockwise:
a) "Jelly Cake with Fruit Toppings". Weighed at least 5kgs! Nice. I tapaued a container full, and had it for lunch today in one sitting! Now, scared of jelly cake already.
b) "Double-boiled Snow Pear with Sea Coconut". Ok'lah. The pear was nice and tender, yet firm in texture.
c) A slice of what's left of the jelly cake.
d) "Thousand Layered Sponge Custard". Soft, not too sweet, and simply delicious!


The cake looked too good. Couldn't resist a final photo.

So there you go! All that food! Need to go on a diet already... Groaaaann!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

go on diet...

think I have heard of that for the last decade. :p

Anonymous said...

I keep burping just by looking at your pics. Wah.. how many of you? Ate so much!

ml said...

"c) "Sweet and Sour Pork". Now seriously, how can you go to a Chinese restaurant and not eat Sweet and Sour Pork? LOL!!! I give this a two-thumbs up!"

Obssessed-nya!