Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Mum's Birthday at Park Palace

Another year passed, it's mum's birthday again! Last year, we throw a birthday surprise for her on National Day as it was her 'Da Shou'. This year, we had to celebrate her birthday on weekday instead of a weekends. Know why? Well.... coz mum had planned her day with lots of programs. Her own celebration starts on Fri on a weekend cruise, followed by Monday evening a opera show. Monday was her actual birthday. Since she already has program in evening, we had to arrange a lunch instead with only 2 youngest grandchildren celebrating with her. Lunch was arranged at Grand Palace restaurant at Grand Park Cityhall Hotel. I remembered the kung-fu soup served in teapot which I believed mum & dad will like, thus recommend this restaurant for lunch. I called Rachel to reserve a private room and pre- order the soup. How can a birthday without a cake? I went on to check what cake best suits mum and Phyllis suggested me to try Glace cake made by Japanese Chef. Japanese cakes tends to have a lighter sponge of which elderly would prefer. I went in the website to have a look. Hard to make a decision... In the end, I decided to select different slices of cakes instead of a whole cake so that we can them all with almost the same price. :-) The food is yummy at Grand Palace. We ordered few dim sum, a vegetable dish, a mixed roast item, a fish and a noodle dish...and of course, the kung-fu soup served in teapot. I am glad that they all like the soup I recommend, especially little Cieran! He kept asking for more 'tang'! :-) All of us have a sumptuous meal. Glace cake was the desert serving as last dish. Joanne commented that it was kinda special to have cake slices instead of whole cake. Refreshing idea! kekeke.... Happy that they love the cakes as well. Mum who doesn't like heavy cakes with buttery was also praising that the strawberry shortcake was light and nice. All of us get to choose a slice of our liking. We all like our choice except for Eric. he had chosen a green tea cake and he doesn't like the cake texture. 3 slices were left behind, of which we kept 1 for Vernon and Ashley each. Another slice I was initially intend to keep for Jeremy, but mum had packed it for Joanne instead. Never mind lah... just don't mention about cakes to him...haha!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!

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