The restaurants are too painful to hang out at. We aren't risk-takers, so the rising number of cases persuaded us to keep to home dining. We celebrated B's birthday belated at home where we adhered to all P3HA rules (Phase 3 Heightened Alert) and still got a party going. The hosts ordered a ton of food from the old-school and dependable Swatow Seafood and Oasis Taiwan Porridge. Wow! All of us hadn't eaten at those restaurants for ages.
The dog and cat were on their best behavior. They chilled out and snoozed pretty near each other. Till the cat gave up and went to her room. Perfect. However, the man and I couldn't stay too late. Choya has a 10.30pm dinner time. She doesn't eat outside. Depending on our schedules, she'll have a late afternoon snack to stave off hunger. While she has a substantial snack at 5pm, she needs a proper dinner by latest 11pm. I'm inflexible on that dinner timing, so I don't stay out late, and accordingly, the friends have generally accommodated my schedule. The party continued after we left though. Heh.
When N does the ordering of food, we can be sure we won't go hungry. SO MUCH FOOD. LOL. Braised chicken, braised duck, crispy pork liver rolls, pan-fried kurobuta pork with tahini, stir-fried Teochew mee sua, braised pig intestines with salted vegetables, and three types of shellfish — Thai style and sambal cockles, and clams with chilli padi. What a spread!
I guess the Jurong Fishery Port cluster is ginormous. Fresh fish and seafood stalls would be shut while fishmongers undergo COVID-19 tests, and markets are going to be shut as and when cases pop up among the stallholders too. So N went for broke and got TWO GIANT PORTIONS of grouper fish head soup with Chinese cabbage in Teochew style. One portion of soup was for three to four people. Of course we finished it all. This table inhales Asian soups in a heartbeat. It was soooo good. We loved it. Importantly, the birthday girl loved it, and thoroughly enjoyed dinner.
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