Farewell Kodera-San

We first met her during our CNY department Lo Hei dinner before she officially became our department head. She was the first lady DH and we are not too used to it having a lady to lead.

After the departure of Fukumoto-san, she took over the driver’s seat and was pretty much nice as she always wanted to hang out with the locals especially the ladies working under her. I remembered having lunch with her during her first few days as DH but was uncomfortable as she was our DH and it wasn’t so normal to lunch with your boss.

As time goes by, she showed us that she can be a good leader by listening to us and helping us to achieve our goals. In all, I am happy that I have the privilege to work under her for a good 2 years before I tendered my resignation.

Today, I am really honored to be invited to join this farewell dinner for her arranged by Linda though I am no longer a MC staff but she welcomed me with open arms. Linda as usual, had the perfect arrangements in both food and managed to get us a private room too.

The dishes she pre-ordered were pretty much interesting and some of those were not in the menu. It was specially ordered for this dinner. The first dish was the Simmered star garoupa fish with cabbage in chicken stock… man…this was really GOOOOOOD!! The soup was so yummy that I wished I could have a second serving. Thumps UP!

The second dish was the sautéed sliced beef with Hong Kong Kailan, well, it might sounded pretty much normal and usual but it was different in its own special ways. The beef was so tender that it melts in your mouth and the kailan was so crunchy! Yumz! Then followed by the braised seasonal vegetables with needle fungus and oyster sauce. Mmmh… as for this dish, it wasn’t my favourite but it tasted good.

While we were still chatting away, they served the sautéed Alaskan king crab meat with fried egg white. WOOOOOOO…….. this is truly my favourite dish for the night! It was so tasty that I could have the whole plate all by myself! It was especially yummy when you paired it with vegetables… so so GOOD!

The surprise continued… when the door was pushed wide, there came this little piglet sitting on the silver plate staring at us. That was the BBQ suckling pig stuffed with glutinous rice. OMG!!! It was too cute to eat but how can we resist the smell of this dish… the chef chopped the piglet into equal portion and sliced up the skin for all of us. As for the limbs, he suggested that we pack and bring home to cook with porridge. WOOWWWWW….

This dish is clearly a winner for the night for all and everyone of us enjoyed the crispy skin and the glutinous rice with the skin was absolutely stunning! I couldn’t stop eating it though the portion was quite big for one. I still managed to finish it as it was so tasty! 

It was a night of good food and fellowship with people whom you know well. Kodera-san gave a heartwarming speech after our desserts were served. She talked about how much she enjoyed working with the team and she will definitely miss us. Yes, in return, we do miss her but we are sure that we will have chance to meet again in the future.

Kodera-san, thank you so much for your guidance and it was a privilege to work with you. Take good care and keep in touch.