food tasting @ fairmont

went down to fairmont yesterday to have the food tasting session... it was also the first official meetup between the 2 parents... quite nervous & we were really worried cause my mama is really the very naggy & demanding person BUT she seemed quite composed & mild yesterday... so on the whole everything kind of turn out quite fine..... so.... lets back to the food tasting....the dinner was held at one of the function rooms which will also be used for solemnisation.... is quite spacious for a round table of 10 but to fit 50 people for solemnisation, it may be slightly pack.... but is free... so dont complain...

they have this "notice board" thing at the entrance so that you know which function rooms you supposed to go.... so ours was butterworth room =)

menu

so this is the menu... we made some changes to the standard chinese menu which i will elaborate later on....

appetizer platter

it looked quite nice especially with the crystal ball in the middle.... the sucking pig slices were not bad, quite crunchy but sauce abit too salty... the flower sea jelly was quite cool... not the type you get for sushi... is crunchier... in general the appetizer was not bad

seafood soup

it actually look like sharkfin but nope... dont have sharkfin.... taste wise was ok... perhaps they added quite alot of seafood like prawn, scallop & conopy... so it tasted abit fishy... but the taste can be masked by vinegar

scallop with asparagus & nuts

yummy... nuts were nice & crunchy... mama said the scallops were too small & tasteless... but i found them quite tasty wor... got this sweet taste so we just ignored her comment... .

roast chicken

the original chicken dish was ginseng chicken... mama say it's not so good cause after all ginseng is a herb so not good to serve it during banquet.... & i think most people will prefer to eat something more savory so we all agreed to change to roast chicken... the skin was nice & crispy... meat was slightly bland but compensated with the plum powder

abalone with spinach

yummy abalone.... no matter how busy i was on the actual day... i must request them to save the abalone for ME!!! is soft & tender.... delicious =)

steam fish

ok lo... the meat was slightly tough... cause the chef said the fish was rear & not fresh catch... well... expected... especially when the hotel has a budget... cant expect too much

fragrance rice in lotus leave

i think by the time it hit the carbo, most people were quite full so not really into the rice dish... taste was slightly bland but still ok since the previous dishes had stronger taste.... they also put in a lot of ingredients into the rice... they had like diced chicken, duck, dried shrimp.... not too bad

red bean soup

this is requested by mama to MUST have red bean soup with lotus seed+lily bulb... it symbolised good luck & blessing for the couples in cantonese.... i would preferred to have yam paste or red bean soup with dumpling kind.. but oh well.... i probably wont eat it so dont care... haha

so after trying all the food, the chef came in to get some feedback from us... in general there was not any major changes, just some adjustment to the taste cause some of the dishes were too salty or sweet to our liking.... i mean the dishes may not be very extravagant, i think they were pretty decent & tasted not bad =)