Attended second wedding meal this month... it was my colleague's and for the first time, I had a wedding lunch. I think having lunch instead of dinner is better in several ways. First, I personally preferred brightly lit rooms rather than rooms lit with 'romantic' yellow lights. Next, I'm partially blind at night, so driving at night is a really dangerous thing for me to do. Third, since I don't have air-cond in my room, enjoying lunch in an air-conditioned room is a brilliant idea!
Also, it has been quite some time since I last attended a wedding in a restaurant. The name of the restaurant is Sea Palace. Youngsters nowadays preferred hotels, which I really have no idea why. First, they are more expensive (mainly due to the red wine, I supposed) than restaurants and the food generally sucks... the only redeeming value in having wedding meals in hotel is that there would be an abundance of car parking lots.
Setting of the restaurant... simple and efficient... no menu though... so every meal is a surprise!
Cake and champagne... it's regrettable that I can't show the wedding photo slideshow... it was one of the best that I have seen so far...
Stage deco...
First meal, as usual, mixed platter... this one however, has four types only, which is the least types that I had in all the wedding dinners I have been to... however, apparently, less type means higher quality... the food is quite nice and still hot! And the one on the left is thin duck slices... very nice!
Shark's fin... this one though, is a little bit watery... I prefer a more gel like shark's fin soup...
Herbal chicken... again... though better than the one I had in Kampar, it still doesn't avoid the fact that chicken when cooked until so tender, will cause the meat to be rough and dry... a duck would have been a better substitute...
Prawns... a little bit tasteless, but it is quite fresh since the meat is still springy :P
Abalones, mushroom and vege... normal lah...
It's quite rare for a wedding meal to serve fish of any flavour other than steamed fish... this one, I think is nonya style fish... the gravy is quite nice... sour and spicy! The looks though, needs some improvement :P
Again, this is the first time I was served with such a small portion of rice. Usually, the fried rice (in this case, lotus leaf rice) served on the seventh meal is quite large... but I tell, you this dish is very good... and I usually don't like lotus leaf rice since I don't like the lotus leaf smell...
The emcee of the day... this one is much, much better than the one in Kampar... even though he sang songs in a deep baritone, it isn't uneasy to the ears... partly thanks to the good sound system... meaning they don't have oversized speakers placed all around the restaurant... it's just loud enough to fill the hall...
The groom who started with a glass half full of champagne and is still holding a glass half full of champagne even though he's more than halfway through the 'yam seng' table rounds :P
"Yam seng"...
Last dish, iced longan... nice!
The whole lunch lasted for 1 hour and 45 minutes (if counted from the first dish served)... which could have ended much, much earlier if not for the waiters waiting for the wedded couple to finish their rounds before serving the final dish.
Anyway, in conclusion, even though the food at the Sea Palace is nothing to shout about, it is generally above average and when compared to hotel food, it's like heaven and earth. So, conduct your weddings in restaurants ler :P... or maybe you should try the western style one... I never had a western style full course meal before lah :P
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