Siu~V: wedding : jade and adrian

Jade (my bro-in-law's younger sis) and Adrian held their wedding dinner in Noble Banquet, Jalan Bukit Bintang couple months back. With their name so closely resembling another restaurant also in the same Oriental Group of Restaurants (i'm talking about Noble House), we did the thing that i'm sure have happened numerous times - we went to the wrong restaurant. Luckily they were both situated close by. What a joke it turned out to be when I kept telling my sista I have arrived at the restaurant and yet, she could not spot me. =_=

It was yet another family affair as I was introduced to more 'uncles' and 'aunties' of the Ho side of the family, my sista's in-laws. It was kinda cool we were seated so close to the VIP table and stage with the live band playing. Made me felt important. eh-hem...despite me not knowing 99% of the people there.

The bride, Jade adorned really pretty gowns that night. Too bad I could only get a shot of her in a cheongsam as lighting in the hall was pretty dimmed when she was in her other dresses. Oopsie, is that the bride's belly showing? heehee.

Frankly, what I liked best about that night was umm......
I mean, to me the highlight of the night wasn't when the bride was toasting with guests, looking extremely high-spirited despite being 3-mths pregnant .... with twins!,

Neither was it the highlight when the surprised groom had to down a baby bottle-ful of Hennessy.

The best part of the night (for me at least), was the dinner itself.
Need I say more when I confess to taking more photos of the food rather than with the bride and groom...
I guess thanks to my sista for suggesting this place to the happy couple in the first place.
This was what I feasted on that night ...... (salivating)

Gonna show some of the more memorable creations, such as this irresistible bowl of Shark's Fin Soup with Clams and Mushroom. Would you believe I drank the entire bowl with extreme guilt for those poor
<*)}}}>< ? .... (wat, dun look like a shark meh?). The least I could do was to finish every drop of the soup so at least, the sharks did not die in vain mah.

My very sweet Poached Tiger Prawn with 'Shao Hsing' wine and 'kei-ci' was very richly soaked in wine, I was worried all the young kids at the dinner would start jumping all over the place like little monkeys.

A simple-looking yet elegantly-tasting Braised Ee-fu Noodles with Lobster meat. Perfect for my palate without the saltiness or alkaline taste from the noodles.

This has got to be a first for me at wedding dinners - Deep-fried Soft Shell Crab in Money Bag. Being a Jap food maniac, I lurveeeee my SSCs (Soft Shell Crab).
Can't say much about the $$ in my bag tho', all I found was a piece of cucumber.

And THIS has got to be the most awkward-looking dish I've ever seen in a wedding!
I would never have guessed a 'Yin Yang Pomfret' would end up looking like this. Btw, 'Yin Yang' in Chinese means one negative, one positive .....like having the two extremes.

In this case, the creator must have thought it interesting to cut out the flesh from the fish to be stir-fried with the vege, then deep-fry what's left of the fish, bones and all.
What I don't quite understand is why make the fish stand upright and what's with the gaping hole in it?

When it came to dessert, it wasn't the traditional Shanghai pancake (halleluyah!), but instead it was a very nice eggy soft steamed sponge cake (mmmmm, fluffy) and peanut ball (a bit like the mua-ji)

The perfect pastry to complement the not-too-sweet Double-boiled Snow Pear with Sea Coconut. I love their generous portion of tiny bits and pieces of chewy stuff in my warm dessert.