Previously... | 上回。。。

Previously, in an earlier post, I shared another reunion dinner in this post:

之前我有这帖分享过另一个团年饭：

🍜🏮A balance vegetarian dinner | 平衡的素菜晚餐🏮🍜

This time the reunion dinner was with the in-laws. Again, we have dinner outside on the eve of Lunar New Year. Of course, the restaurants who serve dinner on the eve will charge you more but there is usually another restriction. You have to go in shifts. Some extend to 3 shifts in that evening. We booked for the first shift at 5:30pm but they told us we could go as early as 5pm. So, we make sure we go early because there were limited parking lots.

这一次团年饭是与太太娘家。我们还是在除夕晚除外吃。当然，在除夕夜还做生意就收你贵一点。其实，通常还有其他限制。你必须”轮班“。有些在那天晚上还搞到3个班次。我们预订了第一班在下午5:30，但他们告诉我们，我们可以在下午5点到。所以，为了确保有位停车就早点去。

Oasis Taiwan Porridge Restaurant | 海京楼

We were not the only one. There were people already there doing what people do nowadays while waiting or passing time, i.e., fondling their mobile device.

也不只是我们早到。有人已经在那里做一样在等待的人很普遍做的事情：抚摸他们的手机。

We shall walk in after this people.

就跟着进去。

Many red lanterns were hung as decorations.

红灯笼挂上做装饰。

Our table number was 88 - an auspicious number because 8 sounds like 发 which means getting rich.

桌子号码88。发发。好意头。

Dinner Time | 晚餐时间

We already ordered a set dinner last month.

早在一个月前已经订了套餐。

Starting with the Yushen dish, the waiter added in the remaining ingredients saying some auspicious words to wish us a good year.

还是由鱼生开始。服务员先将其他配料加进去一边说些好话祝贺现年好。

Now that the crispy stuff that represents gold is sprinkled on, it’s time to toss….

最后倒进这脆脆的代表黄金满地。可以开始。。。

Toss, toss, toss… for good money making opportunities throughout the year.

大家捞，捞，捞，捞到风生水起。

Deep fried Soon Hock fish.

油浸顺壳。

Fish Maw Soup.

鱼鳔羹。

Braised Pork Knuckle.

红烧元蹄。

Cereal Prawns.

麦片大虾。

Stewed Pork and Buns.

扣肉包。

This is how you eat it.

就是这样吃法。

Broccoli with Scallops.

带子西兰花。

Dessert.

甜品。

Conclusion | 结论

The total price for the dinner was $456.70 inclusive of tax and service charge. Probably won’t choose this place for reunion dinner in future. Their normal dinner is something I will go for. Personally, I think the set should have both the pork knuckles and stewed pork and buns. It should be either one or the other. Generally, the food was still quite OK but the dessert is totally lame.