Be together…

How good it is to be able to be together to share the joy of a happy event like a wedding or a birthday…and it sure was great last Friday that we were able to do that to celebrate my mum’s 85th.

After the delightful dinner that we had not too long ago, my dad wanted to order the dishes from the same restaurant again so of course, we had what my mum enjoyed the most that previous time, the chess or checkerboard duck…

…thus named as the squares were arranged like a chess board.

My girl came home in time that evening for the weekend and we had her favourite from the last time, the deep fried pomfret fillet with the very nice sauce…

…as well.

We also had this then – their poon choy-like hot plate with prawns and abalone and a whole lot of other delightful stuff…

…one of our two versions of the Four Seasons, the other one being the so-called leng pua, meaning cold plate and it was good so we had that again.

I loved the stewed pork belly…

…eaten sandwiched in between pieces of mantou so much that I just could not resist having two! Yum yummmm!!!!!

There was also this dish of asparagus…

…with mushrooms and some kind of snails and also this one with the huge sea cucumber…

…both of which were pretty good as well.

We had the longevity mee sua in chicken soup earlier in the day so for a change, we had this dish of fried noodles…

…and that was great too!

I remembered how my mum loved the macarons the last time so I went and bought some more…

…for dessert, my favourite two – the mint…

…and the salted caramel…

…that were not as sweet as the rest and it sure pleased me to see her enjoying it, smiling away happily.

It was more expensive this time around, RM460, a little bit more than the last time but that did not come as a surprise as the sea cucumber does not come cheap, especially those big ones and asparagus isn’t either, not here…and I am sure those snails that they cooked it with was a special delicacy as well…plus that hot plate alone would be more than RM100 already, I’m sure.

Of course, on occasions such as this, nothing beats seeing everyone’s smiling faces, all so happy to be able to be together to celebrate the special event and enjoy the scrumptious dinner.