DORALINLEE'S PALACE: CNY Reunion Dinner

Well, there goes my CNY holidays.... What have I've been doing the whole week of CNY???? Well this year, I am not as 'holy Molly' as last year. I did not go to any temples for prayers.... just play I mean pray at home la..... but oh well, I am .... not so 'Holy Molly' type of person la......

This years CNY are not as eventful as last years CNY, cause last year I was still in KKB you see, so going back home for CNY is like going to Disneyland for me.... full of excitement and amusement Hehehehe! For this year, I don't really feel the spirit or atmosphere of CNY. To me CNY is just like any other normal holidays. I don't feel thrilled or the excitement of getting ang pows or playing with firecrackers anymore...... In fact I was a bit ashamed to be still receiving ang pows from my relatives (Haiya! So old liau still can received ang pows ah?)

Anyway I still enjoys the reunion dinner that we have on the 3rd day of CNY... (Yeah! Its' a bit odd, we usually had our reunion dinner on the 3rd day of CNY but who cares man! As long as we had one) This year the atmosphere were merrier compare to last year cause this year, my cousin uncle's family come to join us in Penang for the dinner so like the saying goes the more the merrier....

We had our Dinner at Chung Hwa Midlands restaurant and here are some shots that I have taken there.

The first dish, the appetizer that will make you go hungrier... (I prefer the peanuts la!!!!)

Pickled veges la I think, taste very much like kimchi.... DISLIKE IT

This bottle of red wine saves the day.... We bought our own red wine la (My mom brought one bottle and Uncle John brought another two... at the end left three empty bottles)

The time comes for the main course.....

The traditional and a must CNY dish the Yee Sang (a symbol of good luck and prosperity)

Wah!!! Many hungry people from my table are busy tossing and attacking the poor dish already (According to our Chinese tradition, all of us must tossed the dish with you chopsticks as high as possible to signify good luck so the higher you tossed the richer you will be) Come on everyone TOSSED HIGHER... UP UP TO THE SKY!!!!!!!!

The camera girl was busy with her camera and did not bother to join in the tossing game and this is what she get on her plate in return... Hmm... not bad la the taste, cause the next table finished the whole plate within seconds but our table enjoys the red wine more than the yee sang hahahaha!

The second dish is the Herbal Black Chicken soup

The taste is not bad but I have tried a better version of this soup before in KL. The soup here has NOTHING in it only 100% H2O!!!! Plus, they even take away the black chicken before I can get a good shot!!! (How RUDE!!!!) The one in KL that I have tried many years ago even have a scallop, a big piece of mushroom and a thin slice of abalone.... but the recent on is a total disappointment!!!!

To make up for the disappointment.... we open our second bottle of red wine

and everyone especially me is happy again.... Yay!!!!!

Ok, I am not alone here... my cousin is happy too ok Yay!!!!!

Surprisingly these two boys are allergic to cameras..... Scared of the bright flash I guess

Then come the next dish I had never tried before and my mom was so excited about trying out this dish. What is so special about this expensive dish????

They called it Phun Choy in Cantonese (Means a tub of vege)

Nothing special ma.... only got many layers of different types of food ma. The first layer as you can see have lots of the green veges (Which is not even my favourite broccoli), Then lots of chicken, duck and Ahem..... pork (Eeeeee.... so full of meat!!!!), I think the bottom layer have mushroom, fish ball, big prawns and a few thin slices of vegetarian abalone (NOT even the original abalone!!!! Haiz.....)

This is what I get on my plate

The taste is not bad but..... I WANT MY BROCCOLI AND ORIGINAL ABALONE!!! Can I order one that is custom cook which only consist of scallops, abalones, broccoli, baby corns and many types of mushroom minus all the meat? (WELL! In my dream!!!!)

Anyway like the saying goes 'Different people, different taste' I was not so interested with the dish so I went to become a busybody at the next table and guess what? These people were actually enjoying the the dish!!!! Ok my conclusion is, they were too hungry already so they find the dish very delicious....

Then finally the dessert. Longan and winter melon sweet soup

I dislike this too cause it was too sweet for me. Besides that, there were these 2 rascals that were sitting next to me keep on putting unwanted food into my bowl when I was not looking or was busy playing with my camera.

Brother and sister same character, same mischievous behaviour one....

Finally most of us were very full and drunk....... Hehehe! Not exactly la, we are not alcoholic okay... but my cousin, me and my aunts had a slight headache after the dinner.... (I can feel like I am a bit floating while walking but I am still much aware of what is going on la.)