It's a long list, and I can't help but describe the dishes made, so it might not be interesting...
Starting with...
tasteless chicken
kidneys and two xtra drumsticks
Chicken!
The chicken and the kidneys were entirely boiled in water make the chicken... tasteless... Besides creating chicken stock, we had to make it tasteless for...
oh the sauce for chicken
The sauce! Mum had me dice an entire clove of garlic just to make this sauce. The garlic is stir fried til golden in oil, and mixed together with oyster sauce and soy sauce, to create the smooth, and fragrant flavour. My mum went a little overboard though with sauces, and used the garlics with sweet plum sauce! Not bad though...
The chicken stock was used for the soup, and something else...
chicken rice!!!
Yes!!! The surprise of the day! Thought it would be just white rice, but! it's chicken rice! Irresistable!
yong tau foo and beancurd skin rolls
Now this is the power dish made by my mum and me... The beancurd (the hard one, not the silken one) was fried to get it's crispy exterior, and the meat was marinated in the morning with sesame oil, carrots, spring onions. We had wanted to get some water chestnuts too, but heck, it was forgotten, so it's just too bad! Then the whole thing was stewed in chicken stock and oyster sauce, to make that crispy, yet juicy dish!
The beancurd skin used to make the meat rolls were surprisingly salty: the smell lingered on my hands for a while, and Mum had to wipe the thing twice to make it less salty... The beancurd skin rolls were not done for quite a while, so Mum got too enthusiastic and made a lot...
stir fried sprouts
The sprouts seemed to be the most expensive of the lot to my mum: she kept saying how she would never buy so little veg for so much... haha...
steamed garoupa
Ah yes... steamed garoupa... the same sauce used for the chicken was also used here... Dad kept saying about how much these dishes would cost in a restaurant, and this dish alone, he said would cost 80-90 bucks... !!! Serious boh....
popping champagne
And champagne! I'm not a real good drinker, and I don't have a preference towards alcohol...
serving it out
Dad insisted on me popping the champagne, and I got it splashing all over the fish... in case you didn't notice the wet liquids on the table... Mum was babbling about how the champagne ruined the garoupa, and Dad was going on how alcohol goes well with seafood...
I would say that the top of the fish was great, but the bottom has the taste of the bitter alcohol and saltiness of the sauce... hah...
champagne is for the classy, not me
And Dad bought 5 wine glasses a few days ago... for alcohol drinking occasions.. like now...
the whole thing
Quite a spread eh?
fruits
And not forgetting the fruit of the day: melons! This particular melon was in the kitchen for a week, and had not ripened.... Thankfully the melon was sweet enough... but still a little hard...
And may the photo spamming begin!!!
mum and me
Just took this photo before eating... and Mum kept saying how the gold chain makes a good impression on my frame, and dark shirts. Dun really care man, and I don't really like jewellery...
chicken rice wars
My little brother got a little crazy with chicken rice and ate quite a lot...
pose minus sister
Poor sis... she took the photo and she's not in the picture... No chance to show her teeth... not!
mum and sis
me and bro
dad
A wonderful dinner, from the looks on everyone's faces... :-)
aftermath
And more proof that champagne is for the girls and ladies...
Alright... gonna talk about the presents some time later! I received a gift from my parents, my godmother and my grandma... hmm... more to come maybe??!!
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