This was around two weeks ago when my niece, the one working in Singapore, came back to Sibu on the 13th instant for the Mooncake Festival. Her parents were out of town, gone on a holiday, so we asked her to join us for a steamboat dinner that evening, just a simple one as we were going to have something a little bit more special the next day.
She brought along these…
…but she shouldn’t have because I am very sure they did not come cheap – nothing from there is cheap plus they…
…were small, hard and dry. The tiramisu one tasted nice and surprisingly, I quite liked the matcha one even though I am not into anything green tea but on the whole, I would much sooner go for the very cheap and very much nicer homemade ones from the neighbourhood shop.
The following day, the 14th, was her birthday and my girl’s was a few days later on the 17th so we decided to have a double celebration and we ordered two cakes, one for my girl…
…and one for my niece to cut and then take back to Singapore to enjoy it slowly there…
Instead of going to the same ol’ restaurants everytime somebody celebrates a birthday, my missus said she would cook some special dishes for the dinner that night.
I only cooked the chicken in traditional Foochow red wine soup for the mee sua (longevity noodles)…
…and an egg each for all of us.
Unfortunately, the photos I took did not turn out too well and I only had this one of the roasted rack of lamb…
…and this one of my missus’ version of the ayam masak kunyit…
…to show. This was the first time she cooked a rack of lamb – she did cook lamb shank a few times before – and yes, she certainly did a very good job with all the herbs and spices and yogurt that went into the cooking.
My niece sure enjoyed the home-cooked food to the max. It has been sometime since she last had the opportunity, not since Chinese New Year, I think.
Well, once again, here’s wishing a VERY belated Happy Birthday to the two girls, may God bless you both abundantly with good health, endless joy…and blue skies and everything nice. Cheers!!!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 