The Sheraton has always been one of the better restaurants in town, along with a few others…and I was invited to dinner there last Tuesday night – the annual dinner hosted by the owners of the tuition centre that I am presently attached to. My daughter was back for the Raya break, so when the boss’ wife said that some of the teachers were unable to attend, I jumped on the opportunity and asked if I could bring her along. She, of course, said yes…and as a matter of fact, there were a few more empty places that night.
So there we were at the restaurant, my daughter and I…
I noticed an improvement at the restaurant that night – they had cloth napkins instead of the usual paper serviettes…
…and that certainly gave it a little bit class. Perhaps they should use goblets instead of those glasses…and replace the melamine crockery with fine china next. LOL!!!
They had the usual plate of peanuts on the table…
…which I can no longer eat now that I’m toothless. Hahahahaha!!!!
Somehow or other, I could not get a good photograph of the first dish – the hot mixed platter, which was actually something more than the four seasons as there were a lot more choices, so I had to use the flash and this was what came out in the end…
Then, as in all Chinese dinners, this followed…
There is certainly no cause for alarm as there was hardly anything in the soup – just some bits of crab and egg but it tasted fine. Then came the steamed fish…
We had fish head curry last year and I was hoping we would be having that again this year but unfortunately, things did not turn out the way I had hoped. Ah well, the fish was very delicious, so it did not matter that much. Then there was this fusion dish with potato salad on one side and some Thai-style prawns on the other…
After that came the duck stuffed with glutinous nice. The waiter had started dissecting it and stopped when everyone at the table exclaimed in horror that I had not taken the photograph yet! LOL!!! That explains the incision in the bird…
Then came the abalone…and the deep-fried egg white patties with minced meat and oyster filling…
…and I discovered something else that I can no longer eat – abalone! Sigh! Finally came the dessert of or nee (yam paste) and sio bee/siew mai (meat dumplings)…
…and fruits…
I noticed a lot of leftover sio bee at one table and my thoughts strayed to Stella and how, as a kid, she used to wait longingly for her mum to come back home from wedding dinners with the sio bee wrapped in pink paper serviettes (and more often than not, stained because of the colour of the paper). Those were the days…
Well, on the whole, I thought the dinner last year was better. I did not ask for the cost per table but my guess is it was more or less the same or perhaps just a bit more expensive. With the current economic situation, I would not be surprised that they have been forced to compromise on the quality of the food so as to maintain the prices.
Still, it was a good dinner and my daughter enjoyed herself thoroughly. To me, that’s what matters most…
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Yummy!
If there are empty seats the next time, bring me along! Haha..afterall I’m their old ‘fren’ too. Haha…
Am outstation with wifey and kiddo. Thank God, kiddo is surprisingly easy to handle on the plane and on the road
Ya, those days when you were a poor English teacher like me. Now that you’re a rich and successful businessman, no annual dinner for your staff and affiliates…and old friends like me? Hint! Hint! Hahahahahaha!
Still not back from your Raya break? Not coming back tomorrow I hope! I can imagine the mad rush and commotion at the airports! Actually, after all this time, I’ve yet to see your kid. As handsome as you…? Hehehehehe!!!
Oh my! Can’t imagine the amazement of the waiter when someone exclaimed in horror while he was dissecting the duck… only to realize that it was because you still haven’t taken the photo of it… LOL!
Can’t seem to recall there being a Sheraton in Sibu though..
It was in Delta, at the junction of the lane to the Sibu Swimming Pool. Then it moved to the white building along Brooke Drive where Oriental Bank was formerly… The waiter actually looked quite annoyed! Not a very nice one, that guy! The ladies were more pleasant and friendly…
Happy Morning on a nice Saturday morning! Sheraton is also a bit higher class than other restaurant in Sibu. I guess all the people in Sibu knew about the curry fish head in Sheraton as our CM also like it very much long time ago but not after one incident where the fish is not so fresh served to him by the restaurant. I miss the egg white patties of Sheraton! I never try the duck before! Looks nice to me. The hotplate for Sheraton is really nice compare to Paramount Hotel Pheonix Court one. Paramount use all the frozen foods which you can get from easily from any Supermarket for their hotplate nowadays. Yiaks…
And they only have four, I think…and they call it The Four Seasons. The duck’s nice…but I prefer the roast variety…where they slice the skin and meat and serve it rolled in a pancake – something like Peking Duck but the pancake’s not the same.
like the folded-napkins. great food shots!
From me to you, suejean =)
They’re supposed to be candles, I think. Ya…thanks for the compliment.
Those were the days isn’t it…. To this day I still think Sibu has very nice siew mai compared to anywhere else besides Kuching. The legacy continues because all my three kids loves siew mai too. Today m going for yum cha with good friends from interstate n 1st thing my son says we have to order is siew mai, n chicken feet,can u believe that! But I don’t really fancy the siew mai here though compared to back home but oh well, beggars can’t be choosers!….Have a great weekend,m having yum cha again tomoro for my eldest gal invited us for lunch,since we don’t have to pay why not! So m having a yumcha galore weekend! Yum cha cheers to you!:)
Wah! So nice…yum cha non-stop. My daughter also loves the local sio bee…but she also likes the dim sum siew mai. No time to take her yum cha this trip home… Have to wait till year end! Sigh!!!
You mentioned Stella and the sio bee…..yeah those were the days. Now everything is so readily available they are not that special anymore. I esp love the peaches at the end of dinner. Think of something that extra special that you can have that is not so readily available now???????
I also looked forward to the dessert for for the longans, not really crazy over the peaches. Dunno of anything we used to have but are no longer available… Maybe the dates on a stick dipped in caramel…but I wasn’t crazy over those!
Oh… your next birthday I think we should get you a blender. LOL! On the other hand, you sure will be super slim soon!
Hahahahahahaha!!! I will wait for the day…
I have heard of the Curry Fish dish from Sheraton.
Might head there one day!
=)
Call me when you’re in Sibu…and let your super-senior take you there. My treat (*1st time only! LOL!!!)…..
Sheraton hotel? Everything looks so delicious from here! Especially the abalone! LOL
How come you can’t eat it anymore ar? :p
Restaurant…not hotel! Just the name is the same. I can’t chew the abalone…and I jolly well can’t swallow the whole slice! I’d probably choke myself to death! LOL!!!
Ahh.. Sheraton.. i haven’t step into that place for like..hm…a long long time… adu.. typical chinese dinner.. haha.. Well, even if they compromise on the quality of their food, the dishes still look VERY nice and palatable.. drool !
Wanna treat me to dinner there tonight before you fly back to intech tomorrow?
so your daughter came back at the right moment!! what a nice deli-sumptious dinner.. so..let me see, now is 26th sept.. so next year i will plan to go around this time to get free dinner from your “bosses”…hahhaa.. shame on me..
They do not necessarily have it at the same time every year. Anyway, you don’t have to do that. Just come anytime…and I can treat you to dinner there, and I can call the other bloggers from around here to join us – if I know who they are, that is!
Nahaha… no money, broke ! KPM hasn’t given me my allowance.. sigh… it’s INTEC not INTECH..hahaha
So kesian! Never mind! You’ll have a windfall when they do pay you sooner or later. …I know ELTEC but not INTEC. Btw, what does that stand for actually?
last time I had dinner at Sheraton I have to park my car somewhere at the road side in the dark…they dont hv enough parking space.
That’s why we usually go very early…or get somebody to send or car pool. You can park by the roadside across the road (the other side of Brooke Drive) but I hear it may not be very safe…
nice shots!
the food always looks good in sibu, and i’ve gotta put sheraton on my list when i visit sibu next.
Thanks. Always welcome to our humble little town… So when are you coming? I do not have tuition classes Oct-Dec so I should be quite free to take you around, the Sheraton included… Just give me a tinkle – the number’s still the same.
Hahaha.. what windfall ! Just a meagre sum compare to what you earn per month la… INTEC stands for International Education Centre. It’s under the UiTM Managament, original established to prepare bumi and malay students who wants to further their education overseas
Don’t worry! Your time will come when you come back with a degree…and don’t forget the blood, sweat and tears that I had put in to come to this level! No pain, no gain! Then you will reap the harvest…
wah, da dishes look more appealing than ruby’s le….
how’s da pricing?
Definitely a lot more expensive. But next time you wanna come, you let me know earlier…and I can arrange for us to go for dinner there…and maybe meet other bloggers.
love your food pics!!
esp the peanut photo..i could almost taste the peanut..haha
what’s next? dslr for you?
Thank you!…Chup! Chup! Enough is enough! I would not have got this camera that I’m using had I not bought my daughter a new one for her birthday. Besides, it seems that they are a lot of people with DSLRs…but the photos in their blogs suck BIG-time!!! Don’t ask me why…. I don’t know much about these things.
omfg sheraton!!! i really miss the food there..
So when are you coming home for the hols? December? Give me a tinkle…
good looking food! haha sounds like they are handsome..
you’re always posting about food..
makes your readers drrooolllll =P
im gonna have my breakfast in a while!
Not always… Not today, for example. Well, my daughter was home and we’d been going around eating all the good stuff that she missed…so you can expect quite a lot of food posts for a while…
I was thinking where is this “Sheraton” in Sibu, i clicked your link and saw the restaurant chinese name, now i know where is it.
I like their food, last year when i’m back, i was having dinner there, yummy yummy! I remember i had my wedding dinner at this restaurant, before they move to this new place.
Now looking at the O-nee and siew mai…drooollll…i always like Sibu siew mai!! So big and yummy!!!!! So so long i never eat O nee already!!
Really so kesian u people in KL! Sound so deprived… When are you coming back to Sibu next? I can always invite you there for dinner…and will make sure there’s the or nee and the sio bee! I love them too! LOL!!!
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