Beijing - Formal Dinner with Colleagues

We had this very fancy, formal dinner on the night of the 1st day session. The restaurant was really posh, with expensive looking decor and cutleries.

We had a chinese banquet style dinner, and yes, there were many dishes. Unfortunately, i did not enjoy them at all as I do not like the taste of them. Yup, they do looked very pretty but taste - just did not excite my taste buds.

Just a short pictorial recording of the food we had...

Minced beef cooked in Spicy Soup and HOT STONES!!! Yup, the hot stones are inside the bowl!!! This is the only yummy dish I can stomach * =P *

Braised Chinese Cabbages

Some sort of Chinese Soup - tasted ok, I think got traces of Fish Maw in it * =P *

Tasted like sweet n sour tofu

Cuttlefish in sweet, dark soya sauce

Forgotten what this was * sowwee!~ *

Deep Fried Shrimp in Sweet, Soup, Slightly Spicy Sauce * wah - 4S dish! * =P *

Chinese Ham, Deep fried skin of animal I cant identify to be eaten wrapped in the thin, soft bread

Lotus root slices, with gingko embedded in the "holes"

Spicy Pork Slices - Szechuan style

Deep fried meat loaf with saltedegg yolk - this i know WL will likey! * hehehe *

Chinese Black Fungus Salad (muk yue)

This is beh-tahan : I dunno what's the name of the vege, they were drenched in PEANUT SAUCE!!! * ughhh... * The Peanut Sauce memang one kind of yucky taste - more like water-diluted-melted peanut butter sauce with some spice in it * puke *

Desserts;

Assorted Chinese sweet buns

A very impressive fruit platter - very beautifully and painstakingly decorated.

Despite the food tasted not to any of my likings, we had great company and great fun. All around the table we shared stories, and even brain-teasing games. Really missed the great companions!