It’s my mum’s birthday today. She’s 84.
We had dinner earlier at home last Saturday night when Melissa was back for the weekend from her jungle school…and that was simultaneously our Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival dinner in advance, the whole family together.
Of course, we had the fried mee sua (longevity noodles) with the golden eggs…
– a tradition we would observe for all birthdays and other special occasions.
Other than that, I ordered the same dishes that I had at this restaurant with Huai Bin that day and enjoyed a lot so there were these creamy butter prawns…
I don’t know whether it was because we brought the dish home and did not have it piping hot from the wok but there did seem to be a lot more gravy than when we had this same dish there so much so that they came across more like the butter scotch prawns that we would usually have here. Perhaps it was a different chef/cook doing it but nonetheless, it was very nice so it did not matter one bit.
We also had the claypot venison…
…which did not come in a claypot, probably because we were not dining in…and the asparagus…
…and also the chao chai (preserved vegetable) fish (tapah) soup…
In addition to all the above, I asked for another vegetable dish – the broccoli…
…and for six persons, the bill came up to RM110.00 which I thought was very reasonable.
For dessert, in keeping with the tradition of the auspicious annual festival, we had the lovely Lavender mooncakes…
…from my friend, Annie, who sent them…
…all the way from KL. Thanks again, Annie – everyone loved them so much – not too sweet, very fine and smooth…very nice.
It wasn’t really a grand celebration nor was it on the actual days but most importantly, the family gets to sit down and have dinner together – that, of course, would be what mattered most.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 