Reunion Dinner

Sunday, January 25, 2009

It was a rather enjoyable day today, and as you can guess from the title of this post, today I had the annual reunion dinner. We went for CHICKEN RICE! Now you may be wondering, today is reunion dinner. Who in the right minds would go for chicken rice? Well, it was with anxiety that I stepped into the restaurant, although my impressions would soon change, as you will find out later :)





A picture of the restaurant. It is the Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice Restaurant but I got the idea of a “low class” restaurant.


However, when I went in, I was actually very surprised at the number of people seated comfortably, and I was soon to discover for myself the reason. When I was at the table, I was instantly surprised at the large variety of dishes that they served, and some of them looked just as scrumptious, or even more appealing…there were also air conditioners too:)


A blur picture of the menu there dishes such as hot plate tofu, kang kong, BBQ sting ray and etc.

A blur picture of the menuFor example, the You Tiao (fried bread stick) was very crispy. There was also the aromatic Chicken rice and other mouth-watering dishes. And what's more, it is like ice-kacang melting in my mouth


As you know, it's quite embarrassed to be standing in the middle of a crowd and trying to snap a few photographs with everyone eating. So I apologize if any of the photos are not up to scratch.

So anyway, I found myself having a whole different idea of the restaurant. I felt that chicken rice was actually quite delicious. As you probably can tell from this paragraph, I'm quite an avid fan of meat, but in the comfortable settings and wide variety of food, I felt equally at home as I would have felt at any other restaurant.


Of course, all this talk might make me sound greedy, after all, the real point of the reunion dinner is to catch up with family. As there a Chinese phrase go “家和万事新” is a homophone for phrases which could mean “family should live in peace and harmony”


Back to buffet, it was actually quite crowded, so I regularly had people bumping into me as they tried to snap some photos so I respectfully gave way, although sometimes my courtesy was returned with people stepping on my foot as they walked past. After all, I didn't want the mood to get spoilt. The meal was actually quite filling, as you know the food was very heavy...I need to lose some fats:( After an hour of eating we were quite ready to go.



And so the reunion dinner was actually quite an exposure. It was also a great time to meet up with family. Maybe I wasn't able to highlight the family spirit so much, I mean it's something you can only really experience for yourself, don't you agree? Of course, I've tried my best, so let's just all soak in the experience of the new year and get into the festive mood.

团圆饭

Sorry if the video is very laggy


Wish all of you a happy CNY. See you guys tmrw……oops, I mean Thursday =D

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