Dinner @ Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club

I attended the divisional teachers' day celebration at Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club here in Miri tonight. All the primary and secondary schools in Miri were represented, so my school was allocated a table for 10.

It was a Chinese-style banquet dinner, and the food was pretty good. I would say that tonight's food was better than a similar dinner that I had just 2 weeks ago at Dynasty Hotel.

The starter was none other than the Triple Hot & Cold Combinations. It consisted of two types of dumpling-like thingy - one was steamed and served in a starchy egg sauce, and the other was deep-fried. Of course, there was the seasoned jelly fish as well. The seasoned jelly fish had strips of fresh cucumber and cucumber that gave it an additional crunch. It was flavoursome too - sweet, sour, spicy. Not bad at all.

Triple Hot & Cold Combinations

Tonight's soup was the Braised Fish Maw With Seafood Soup. I could see and taste the fish maw which was cut into thin strips. I visited another table, and colleagues there sang praises of the soup.

Braised Fish Maw With Seafood Soup

The Pe Pa Roasted Crispy Chicken followed the soup. The chicken was quite tasty, its skin crisp and meat tender. The accompanying sauce tasted salty and tangy. The taste of taucheo or fermented bean sauce came across quite strongly in the sauce too.

Pe Pa Roasted Crispy Chicken

Next up was the Deep Fried Seasonal Fish With Sweet and Sour Sauce. I think the fish was tilapia, fried to a crispy perfection and then drenched in sweet sour sauce. I liked the generous amount of diced vegetables that came in the sauce. There were onions, red and green peppers, tomatoes, and pineapples.

Deep-Fried Seasonal Fish With Sweet and Sour Sauce

Stir-Fried Baby Kailan With Assorted Mushrooms was served next. This dish was quite balanced - not too starcy, not too salty. The vegetables were crisp, and the mushrooms soft and slippery. Quite yum.

Stir-Fried Baby Kailan With Assorted Mushrooms

Yangchow Fried Rice was the last of the main course. The rice was fluffy, fragant and thus quite tasty too.

Yangchow Fried Rice

We had Seasonal Fresh Fruits for dessert. Quite fresh indeed, wish there were more! I particularly liked the pineapple which was really sweet.

Seasonal Fresh Fruits

We had use of the Grand Ballroom, and it looked pretty posh. I liked the a lighting and decorations. Overall, an enjoyable dinner - good food and good company.