Chinese - Si Chuan Dou Hua

Ah yee and uncle sq's wedding food tasting held at Grand Plaza Park Royal (near funan centre). This is the restaurant where the food tasting was held.



Si Chuan Dou Hua.

and the setting of the table...



This is the comments sheet dat the hotel gave to ah yee and uncle sq.....



I koe the fonts are too small for you to read the names of the dishes.. but later i'll list them...

When we first got seated, the server came round with this big long (i forgot wat the mouth of a teapot is called) teapot mouth (anyone who knows, correct me please).



Haha.. although this kinda refilling tea is very interesting.. but i somehow found it abit intimidatingly irritating. So long! den will scared duno will spill anot! U see from the angle he's pouring huh...if spill or splash, surely will kena the guest's back or head. I just find it dangerous leh... i told ah yee, wedding cannot haf this kinda teapot!

Anyway, first dish was the Grand Plaza Park Royal Combination (Deep-Fried Silver Fish, Roast Duck, Honey Pork, Jellyfish, Spring Roll)



Coz so many people around.. i paiseh to stand up and make them wait for me to take a nice close up pic la... so i took from my seat and zoom zoom in. The pics will be abit blur... makedo la! its very clear considering is fone camera already hor!

The deep fried silver fish, majority of the elderly felt dat it tasted like french fries and didn't seem to quite like it. I found it ok leh.. like koropok! I guess the main reason why the elderly didn't like it is because they felt dat its not worth the price - they said its just fried flour.

Next is the Braised Shark Fins Soup with Crabmeat and Conpoy.



Overall, all of us had no complains about it. Except that some of them actually could taste crabmeat shells and wanted the chef to take note. (but hor.. actually hor.. i feel dat hor.. eat sharkfins with crabmeat, must have abit - i said abit, not alot - of crabmeat shell den will be nice one mah... no meh?)

Third dish is the Stir Fried Octopus with Fresh Scallops and Broccoli.



Ah yee and myself found dat it was abit blend but everyone else felt dat it was just right... dat kinda got us abit worried.. is it our tastebuds? lol... oh.. n they liked the way the deco was done... haha... u should listen to the elderly comment! U see the red rim.. its all tomato slices.. and the green rim are kiwi slices.. they said must tell the chef the actual day must use as much tomato and kiwi slices to deco .. if not wait lugi! WAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.... lidat they also wana count.. wahhahahahahha

Fourth dish is Drunken Live Prawn



Everyone liked the portion (coz they give alot) and the type of prawn (they said its some duno wat light water prawns) but they felt dat more wine should be added coz the wine taste is not strong enuff. Uncle sq's mummy felt that the prawns should be changed to prawnballs or any other prawn dish because it'll be easier to eat which i agree, coz go wedding banquet sure alot of people lazy to shell the prawns one. But ah yee likes prawns like that.. can shell one.. haha... she's the bride mah! and i agree it looks nicer when served as compared to prawnballs.

Next is the Steamed 'Live' Garoupa in "Hong Kong Style".



Din manage to take a pic of the whole fish coz they merely showed us and den brought it to one side to divide for us. According to uncle sq's uncle, the fish is dispersed in a very scattered and ugly manner. Must feedback to make it disperse more nicely. Taste wise, it was just ok la. Not fantastic but not not nice loh.


Den comes... Roasted Chicken with Crackers



I personally found the crackers too oily. The roast chicken skin was very crispy and the meat was so tender (coz i got a drumstick mah!). But hor, elderly said the skin not crispy enough and after we finished most of the chicken, the main plate seemed to be very watery with traces of blood and looked somewhat disgusting. So they say must roast until skin is crispier, meat is tender yet cannot haf blood. (wah, they quite demanding hor? =x )

The second last dish is Fried Egg Noodle with Seafood.



The prawns very big and ok la, crunchy... not very crunchy.. just crunchy. The noodle tasted like bee hoon to me leh. The taste is ok loh.. not fantastic but can eat la. They requested for the noodle to be changed to Ee-fu noodle.

Finally, the last dish is the dessert. Sweetened Red Bean Paste with Lotus Seed & Lily Buds.



Hur hur.. i dun dislike red bean la.. but i prefer yam paste