something to munch abt

drove my way to orchid country club... it was abit difficult to imagine what it is like to hold a wedding banquet @ a country club... i honestly haven been to one @ a country club...

the place was abit out of the way, but fortunately, i was told specifically how many traffic lights b4 i had to make a right turn... so didnt take alot of effort to find the place... upon reaching, i'm muz say i was surprised @ how friendly the security guard was.. he directed me the way to the exact location of the carpark n when i got to the carpark, another security guard gave me a reserved lot... so kind of him...


anyway, let me zoom in on what i had @ the wedding banquet...


1. starters
-- the usual octopus, prawn salad, some slimy jellyfish, barbeque pork
i like the octopus n prawn salad.. i personally dun like jellyfish, so it didnt taste nice to me anyhow... as for the barbeque pork, i didnt had any @ all..

2. shark fin soup
my all-time favourite dish
it was filled with crab meat or chicken shreds... the soup base was quite thick n tasty, nice... the only thing is that u cant realli see any shark's fin inside...

3. suckling pig
not as crispy as i expected... but still okay...

4. steamed sea bass
normal steamed fish nothing special, just that the fish didnt taste as fishy as i thought it would..

5. deep-fried chicken
as always.. dry, dry n dry.... i nv enjoyed this dish @ dinner anyway...

6. deep- fried yam n duck paste
there's something else that's served together... both deep-fried n oily, tasted like dough -- but it was covered with sesame, upon biting into it, it tasted abit like fish cake but i know it isnt

7. spinach with mushrooms
something that will be served @ most dinners.. nothing out of the blue but @ least its not broccoli..

8. garlic prawns
it was terrible... over-cooked!! what else can i say?!

9. e-mee -- typical cantonese fare
this was terrible... it was all so soggy n cold... i had a bite n left it standing...

10. orh-ni (yam paste with ginko)
its realli amusing how the waitress serve this dish... upon removing the lid, we could all see that it was watery @ the top.. so u can guess that the sticky yam paste would b @ the bottom... but she started scooping the bottom 'layer' 1st... so the 1st few bowls only had the liquid portion of the orh-ni... den when she got to the last 4 bowls, there was no more liquid for her to scoop... it was left with only th yam paste... den there was stills plenty of yam paste upon filling the bowls... den she decided that she need to fill the 1st few watery bowls with the yam paste.. weird...

but nevertheless... i loved it... its not too sweet like what other restaurants serve... it looked a lighter shade of pink-grey but its realli nice...