It was my mother-in-law’s birthday on Sunday and we had a little celebration at their house on Satuday night, just the immediate family including my sister-in-law from Kuching and my brother-in-law and his wife from Bintulu plus the grandson from KL and the grand-daughter from Singapore.
In previous years, we would all go out to some restaurant outside but this year, my mother-in-law is no longer all that mobile and considering the hassle of getting her there just to eat and all the way back again, we decided to have the dinner at home instead.
My in-laws went and ordered a few dishes from here and there, including these Foochow sio bee (RM1.60 each)…
…from here and also a few dishes from here, such as the sweet and sour fish fillet…
…and these huge freshwater prawns (RM90.00)…
…as well as the sea cucumber soup and my brother-in-law’s favourite egg omelette with lap cheong (Chinese sausage) and when they said that they paid RM150.00 for all those, I knew that most of that went to the prawns – those things are a killer really!
They also got the mee mamak and this curry bihun…
…from this restaurant but we did not go out to get anything as my missus said she would want to cook a few dishes of her own.
Her kacang ma chicken…
…was a hit all round and my mother-in-law especially enjoyed it so much! Unfortunately, like our daging masak hitam, it is not all that photogenic for any snapshot to do it much justice.
Her asparagus with sambal udang kering (dried prawns)…
…were very nice too and she also cooked this chicken curry…
…another of my in-laws’ favourites everytime they came to dinner at our house. At the end of the day, I would say that nothing beats one’s own home-cooked delights, that’s for sure.
It was a simple celebration, nothing grand but it was indeed most meaningful and an opportunity to get together with one’s loved ones to share the joy on a very special and auspicious occasion.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 