On Sunday, Jaime and I went to one of his Jiujitsu friends' wedding reception at a Chinese restaurant in San Mateo. We were just expecting a typical banquet - 8 to 10 dishes per table to share. Well, we were in for a real treat. It was a seafood restaurant at 88 E 4th Ave in San Mateo (forgot the name) and the owner happen to be the uncle of the bride, so he sponsored the dinner and brought out the BEST food.
I am pretty picky about Chinese food and this is the BEST Chinese Wedding banquet I have ever been to. Here are the 10 courses we had - each was individual served to each one of us at the table.
- Roast Pig and Seaweed salad
- Shrimp and Scallop with Mango wrapped with a light crispy wrapping lightly fried.
- Crab claw shrimp ball
- Shark fin chicken soup served in a Coconut - the shark fin was top notch. Jaime doesn't like soup and he ate the whole thing
- Fresh Abalone with mushroom. The texture of the mushroom match that of the abalone and the sauce was light and yummy
- Half of Lobster sauteed with garlic sauce
- Roast chicken - Chicken with Lobster symbolized the balance of yin and yang
- Seared sea bass - individually served and was perfectly cooked
- Crab fried rice - no soy sauce, great flavor, light
- Various Chinese dessert (seasame ball with salty egg yolk inside - yum, rice bean pastry, lotus paste soup for fertility and cup cakes)
We were stuffed and super happy. The wedding was also very tastely and festively done with tons of games, activities, and dancing. What a party! Best wishes to Bill and Wendy!
Lei
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