It felt like just yesterday when my old friend, Jasmine, presently residing in Adelaide, Australia, was home for a few days but that was actually 5 years ago in 2014! Funny how time does seem to fly these days!
Well, I did not get to see her when she got into town as she had other commitments lined up and we could only meet the evening of her second day in town when my good friend/ex-classmate, Robert and his wife Angela, hosted a dinner at a local restaurant and invited me to join them…
We had this lovely dish of roast chicken served in that old school style, buried under pieces of some very nice keropok (prawn crackers)…
…and we also had this huge plate of Foochow fried noodles…
…and this mixed vegetable dish…
This is called the Green Dragon vegetable (青龙菜) or the royale chives…
…which I hear is not available locally and is served at this restaurant by special order. I quite enjoyed it – it had a slight hint of the fragrance of regular chives.
By the time this steamed tapah…
…was served, we were already filled to the brim so I just had a small piece of the fish and yes, it was very nice.
It sure was a lovely dinner and most of all, it is always great to get together with friends to chit chat and catch up with one another’s lives. Welcome home, Jas and thank you so much, Robert & Angela for the treat! Stick around for more of what mischief we were up to during Jasmine’s brief stay here.
金囍楼 GOLDEN HAPPINESS RESTAURANT (2.285042, 111.834017) is located at No. 5-7, Chengal Road Off Lanang Road, further in along that road where Kawan Hotel is.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 