D&D Committee Celebratory Dinner

Our annual dinner and dance 2012 is finally over and we are happy that everyone enjoyed the event. It was really glad to know that the event was a success as we have put in hard work to plan this yearly event for our staff.

Our advisor Steven suggested a celebratory dinner with the committee members and we decided to dine at Imperial Treasures Super Peking Duck located at The Paragon. Right after work, Jessie & I left the office to do some shopping at Takashimaya since it is near our dinner place. I am glad to take the opportunity to shop at Taka as I seriously do not like to hang in Orchard due to the crowd.

When we arrived at the restaurant, we were surprised that they have given us a private room which we did not request. We sat down to discuss on the set menu and we had some dishes changed. The waitress attended to us was really nice and very friendly.

Our food was served timely and we enjoyed our appetizers with our wine. As there were no corkage charges for bringing in your own wines, we brought 4 bottles… just in case…our appetizers were drunken chicken, chilled vegetable, 3 eggs dish and the spicy jelly fish.

Next was the restaurant signature Peking duck. The duck was really nice especially the crispy skin! We requested our duck meat to be served instead of slicing it for noodles (in that way, we have an additional dish). Shortly, our shark’s fin was served. I would say their shark’s fin was extremely yummy… it was stirred fried and served with a separate bowl of soup. This would be my second time eating this dish and loving it…

The vegetable dish was not too bad but forgettable. It was pretty simple and taste was ordinary. However, I was shocked by the fish… I did not expect that they actually served the whole fish as a dish individually though the fish was not too big. For a person who does not fancy fish is a big thing!!! I had a hard time eating the fish though it was pretty tasty.

Before the noodle was served, we had their signature pork rib. The pork rib was sort of deep fried though no oily but it definitely did not taste like pork rib but pork belly instead. The meat was full of fats and not much meat to be found! Soon, it was the noodle with mushrooms. It tasted like normal mee pok dry like those you can buy from food court but slightly tastier… these last two dishes were pretty disappointing compared to their Peking duck, shark’s fin and the appetizers.

We waited quite a long time for our desserts to be served as they need to steam the buns. When it was served, almost everyone was happy with it. The steam bun though tasteless but it went very well if you combined it with the chilled coconut cubes. I thought it was delicious and something different from the rest.

It was certainly an enjoyable dinner with the committee and it was a pity that our Steven could not join us due to some personal matters to attend. I think we will return for another meal in the near future…