Well, it was the start of a new year yesterday and following the Chinese tradition, we had Foochow mee sua (thread noodles) in ang chiew (red wine) chicken soup for longevity and in the evening, we went for the New Year buffet at Kingwood Hotel.
At RM45 nett per head, there was a lot to choose from, more than what one may get at their usual Saturday and Sunday night buffet dinners (RM30++ per head) and I finally had my turkey…
…and lamb…
I asked the chef at the station to carve me some, and good grief! I was served one plateful!!!
Among the items available, I loved the chilli crabs best…
…but it was kind of messy to eat crabs at the pseudo-formal environment, so I only had a little. The roast chicken was nice too…
…and the fried snowfish and honey chicken as well. The shish kebabs were a bit dry though…
I did not take photographs of the rest of the buffet spread as I was dying to start feasting on the food already…but I did manage to take a few more from the salad counter, including the umai (Melanau-style raw fish)…
…and I could not resist taking snapshots of the very colourful dessert counter with all the cakes and tartlets…
Well, some may feel that it is quite pricey…but what the heck! It’s only once a year…and frozen turkey’s over RM200 a bird at Ta Kiong this year! And besides, my daughter will be going back to Sungai Petani, Kedah today to start her first year for her TESL degree…and you can bet that when she comes home the next holidays, she’ll be skin and bone left! Sigh!!! If only I could just pack up and follow her there to take care of her meals…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 