Father's Day

Last night the now-grown-up children did us and their fathers proud when they hosted a dinner to celebrate Father's Day. Although two other families in our clan could not make it, excluding the ones in Ozieland, we had a good time. The food was good.

To us Malaysians, food is very important and it has to taste good too. Sometimes nicely done-up premises do not serve food that is palatable while lean-tos adjunct to a small house or coffeeshop dish up sumptious food.

Last night's food was good. We started off with a cold dish that had a four-combination of starters.
There was a dish of sauteed broccoli, mushrooms and taufoo with the latter hidden beneath the mushrooms.
The Yam Basket was on the menu but the waitress said that the yam that day wasn't nice so she asked whether we would like to substitute another dish and the concensus was prawns but without the shells as it would be easier to eat.
Crispy skin chicken embellished with prawn crackers (a great favorite with youngsters)followed. It is meant to be eaten dipped into a special blend of salt and spices which brings out the flavor of the chicken. The crunchy prawn crackers simply melt in one's mouth.
Next was a fish dish. The cod fish was sliced and half was deep fried while the other half was steamed with plenty of ginger.
We had spinach soup with century egg and egg yolk of salted egg which made it look pretty, floating in a sea of green spinach. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it. Too busy eating!!
The last dish was fried noodles fried with chicken and mushrooms.
Six fathers were present three of whom are also grandfathers. They sat together, regaling one another with their stories while my sisters and I had a good natter, with the youngest announcing that she will look into a cruise holiday next year for us sisters to enjoy as her older sisters are not getting any younger!
Big families are great fun when we get together but when we were young kids, our parents had a very tough time as we were a feisty lot. We thank the good Lord for our abundant blessings.