when gx went for spa, i went to browse thru the clothes in robinson, never thought i would find my dress! when i tried it on, it fitted and of cos i grabbed it! then they had promotion and i managed to buy a second pc, which is the brown little chiffon coat, and enjoyed 30% for my outfit! so my modern nonya outfit cost me about $105! bro and c borrowed their outfit from c's sis and bil. gx got his coat from GZ and he said that the older peranakan gen wore something like that for big occasion. i was fine as he looks not too bad in the outfit!
once we reached the restaurant at Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel, while waiting for the rest to arrive, we started taking photos! everyone armed with cameras, all started to look for corners to take pics! the place is not huge but cosy and i like the little decors they have. looking forward to eat in a shophouse thou! during my art school days, i picked peranakan culture as my art studies for a project. there is so much colours in perankan culture.
many important ministers and even 2 of our presidents ate in this restaurant before. before the dinner, alot of us were alittle worried about wearing the kebayas, the last perankan party we had only aunt a and aunt o wore the real outfit, but this time many more ladies wore the costumes and everyone looks stunning. the kebaya has this very soft and gentle look! too bad i can't join them!
we started dinner with peranakan louhai dish. it tasted more like pickles in a red slightly spicy sauce. on top of the sliced cucumbers are thinly sliced raw fish. the salted veg, duck soup was very nice! reminded me of my grandma's soup. love this soup! then the platter was nice. consist of the ngoh hiong, this minced meat with a bit of taro, water chestnut wrapped with a bean curd skin was really yummy! different from the ones my mum makes. this has got very nice 5spice taste.the otak otak had a lemongrass flavour and it was really fragrant and i like it. the middle dish is pcked cucumber which is very crunchy and appetising. didnt get to see the menu, so dun know the name of dish that has little fatty meat pieces. this goes very well with rice! the little squids were good! Condiments of belachan chilli and chinchalok enhanced the dishes further and with this platter i ate almost half plate of rice!
the fluffy steaming rice is replenished by the waitress who served it straight from the red basket. Ayam buah keluah is a Peranakan speciality nuts with a deep black sludgy interior, this dish my mum has cooked before and i know the nuts, buah keluah, are difficult to prepare and expensive. the dish is very aromatic!
i found the ladies fingers too "hard" for my liking cos i like my ladies fingers really mushy and soft! i dun eat the beef rendang so no comment. the grilled tiger prawns cooked with a sweet sauce was ok, the claypot pork is the famous dish mentioned in the little nonya series. this i can't remember the name. its not awful when i dun say anything nice about a dish, i was too full appreciate the flavour! didnt eat the pomfret fish and clayfish, i was too full!
while everyone gets to sip red wine, i drank the inhouse lime drink with green jelly strips. thats my uncle m and i am very grateful to him for all the wonderful things that happens in the family. for dessert, we have tapioca kueh and all i can swallow was one, just to try. then it was more phototaking session!
thou small, the place has a few pieces of antiques for phototaking. love the shot ben took for us. with so many cameras, i think easily everyone went home with lots of beautiful shots. i love the pictures i have taken! towards the end of the celebration, i was feeling exhausted and my feet esp the right leg was feeling very sore!
hope that this tradition will carry on so that my little one would get to enjoy these festive outings and warm family gathering! i feel so excited oredi, thinking that i can dress my own little girl very soon during the mid-year!
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