this is the birthday lunch menu we have worked out for my pa tomorrow:
  • mee suah with quail's eggs and bakwan kepiting (balls of crab meat, minced pork, prawn and chopped bamboo shoots) in a soup of chinese wine and eggwhite.
  • roast goose, thinly sliced
  • fried egg doufu on tiny baby spinach, drenched in egg white and crab gravy
  • a yet undecided fourth dish
  • sesame tang yuan for dessert

needless to say i'm not involved in any of the cooking, just the criticising and heavy lifting.