Saturday, 21st October 2006

On his return from Vancouver, R's promotion was confirmed and he took us all to our favourite restaurant Thiam Hock in Gadong for a celebratory meal - yes, we braved the traffic to make our way there on payday but we narrowly beat the traffic by going in at about 6.30 pm.

Menu:

1. Individual bowls of shark's fins for everyone - And here I must apologise for being so p-in-c and if I can justify it in anyway, we only have this once or twice a year - partly due to the cost ($24 per portion). It was lovely though, rich flavourful stock, chunky combs of fins, large pieces of dried scallops & firm pieces of crabmeat.

2. A 2.6 kg lobster cooked in 2 forms (half was cooked in their signature stock with garlic and the other in a flavourful peppery light broth served in a claypot with glass noodles)

3. Butter Chicken (everyone's favourite)

4. Sizzling tofu with minced meat and egg

5. Braised Pork leg with slithery Sea Cucumber and Mushrooms

6. Stirfried Broccoli with crunchy firm fat prawns

We were all very full and satisfied after that meal. Thanks R, keep up the good work - you're a generous pal. Hope another promotion will come your way before too long... From your very grateful guests, Ym, M & H, Wm, P, D, J and KF.

Lastly, the bill (gulp..) :

And some nice crisp white wine, glasses thoughtfully provided by the management.