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Food Tasting at Grand Shanghai
By daniel | November 2, 2007
We recently went for our food tasting session for our wedding banquet dinner with our families at Grand Shanghai Restaurant. Esther and I had picked the place for its superior ambience - which is spectacular at night - and the restaurant’s rather impressive Chinese food.
The menu we picked was seafood-heavy - 5 of 8 dishes - which was why we picked the wine we did.
The Smoked Duck, a Grand Shanghai signature dish, was the only meat dish we had (the other non-seafood dishes were dessert and the ubiquitous ee-fu noodles). Wrapped in a sweet bun with spring onion and cucumber, the duck was well-received. It survived the family Inquisition well so it stayed on the menu.
We had just demolished the fantastic Fried Prawns in Special Sauce when the Fried Cod with Garlic (above) arrived. Everyone commented that 2 fried dishes in a row would simply be too “gelak”, but that was until we actually tried the fish. Superbly fried, the outside of the fish was crispy yet the flesh inside was juicy and tender. The result was unanimous - the fish stays.
And then the Egg White Scallops with Broccoli arrived.
Erm… the dish was hardly presentable, and the egg white tasted strange. The scallops were shredded and we had to dig through the egg whites to find the scallop slivers. The tribe ruled and sent this dish packing.
There were more dishes of course, but why spoil the surprise for our guests? =)
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