But first thing first, there's an "Early Bird Discount" for Lunar New Year Eve Reunion Buffet Dinner and Fa Cai Yu Sheng Takeaway. Enjoy 20% off when you reserve by 5 January 2020. Hurry!
Fa Cai Yu Sheng
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| mega sized Yu Sheng |
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| huat ah! |
Enjoy Lunar New Year Festive Buffet early, from 20 Jan onwards right till 9 Feb 2020. Available for both lunch and dinner at $68++/$88++ respectively.
Lunar New Year Eve Reunion Buffet happens on the 24 Jan 2020. Dinner: $98++/ $138++ (includes free flow of bubbly, house wines, soft drinks and juices).
Indulge in bountiful treasures pen cai, lap mei fried rice with seaweed crumb, stir-fried prawns with chili and curry leaves, yam paste with gingko nuts, dumpling with osmanthus honey and more.
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| festive decoration |
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| pen cai (盆菜) |
And I'd take a glass of M Wine red with the savoury flavourful food. Let's start with the salad aka the Yu Sheng. Traditional flavours and not too sweet. Lovely crunchy crackers in it.
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| Fa Cai Yu Sheng (发财鱼生) |
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| M Wine Red |
Next up, one could enjoy the cold seafood section from the buffet. And, the de-facto for me? Oysters, of course! Juicy, plump succulent oysters...so yummy!
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| plump, juicy oysters |
One could pair it with a variety of sauces, ranging from sweet spicy to a bit spicier. Nothing too overpowering and the highlight, was indeed the lovely flavourful oysters. So satisfying.
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| fresh oysters and spicy sauces |
After which, let's nourish our body and soul with a bowl of hot ginseng chicken soup. Boiled with seawhelk, chicken and bamboo pith, the soup had a slight bitterness to it that's attributed from the ginseng. Flavourful and felt awakened after that bowl.
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| ginseng chicken soup |
Then, we moved on to the main highlight that was the pen cai. Noticeably, the ingredients for the pen cai included prawns, sea cucumber, abalones, roast pork, roast chicken, dried oysters, dried scallops, mushrooms, black moss (fa cai) and vegetables.
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| sea cucumbers |
Here's a portion of the bountiful treasures of the pen cai. Flavourful plate with many treasures indeed.
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| bountiful treasures of pen cai |
For the chili prawns with curry leaves, its pretty much localized flavours and with the prawn texture remained slightly crunchy.
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| chili prawn with curry leaves |
To usher in the Year of the Rat, the fish has been transformed into a "Squirrel" 松鼠. I shall not comment on whether it is cute or not, but the fish was superb! Thought it was squirrel fish at first (in keeping with the theme) but Chef revealed that they used grouper as its meat was more suitable for this dish. Don't miss this dish if you see it!
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| "松鼠" 石斑鱼 (sweet and sour squirrel shaped grouped fish) |
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| sweet and sour fish with pine nuts |
Oh, if you still have stomach space (dessert space is separate, of course), I'd recommend the roast pork. I don't know how they did it, but the skin crackling was real good. Roast pork and yellow mustard combo ftw!
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| roast pork, char siew and roast duck |
Another dish that's synonymous with Lunar New Year would be the lap mei rice. Or, is this a Cantonese tradition? Not so sure but my sis cooks this for us when we are in hometown for CNY.
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| Lap Mei Fried Rice with Seaweed (臘味炒饭) |
End the meal with Lunar New Year dessert such as steamed nian gao, osmanthus jelly, yam paste and gingko nuts and many more. My favourite dessert was the carp shaped mango jelly. Refreshing after a heavy buffet meal.
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| steamed nian gao (蒸年糕) |
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| mango carp jelly |
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| pomelo sago in coconut milk in cute egg shell |
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| yam paste with gingko nuts |
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| Lunar New Year cookies |
Thank you Gilbert for the invite and Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel for hosting the dinner. Special thanks to Chef Jackie and team for the delicious food.
Here's wishing everyone, an Auspicious and Prosperous Lunar New Year! Huat ahh!
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