Tai Pan

Went to Tai Pan for yan ta - Chinese brunch with some of the gym crew - Andrea, Sarah, Lewis, Jo, Jacob, Rich and Jonny. Jonny had to leave early and didn't want to get in our photo.

Andrea, Sarah, Lewis and Jonny had never tried yan ta before so we thought it we would take them to try something different! I've never actually been with any of my mates only ever been with my family so I'll have to sort that out soon!

Selection of dim sums 

Chicken feet  my favourite!

Crispy chow mein with green beans, asparagus, mushrooms, pork and carrots

Egg tarts - also my favourite!

Jonny's orange chicken

3 meats - duck, char siu and crispy belly pork

Soup ho fun with pak choi 

Crispy belly pork

Custard buns

We ordered so much food and managed to eat all of it! They all enjoyed it and was definitely an experience. Chinese food is obviously the best not bias or anything!

We did go to the gym this morning and I did a 5k run with Jo and Jonny in the snow and hail!! I was an actual drowned rat but luckily Rich lent me his coat so was alright apart from the hail hitting me in the face actually hurt! My worst nightmare I don't do rain never mind snow/hail/sleet. I had to go to try and make up them miles 9 weeks to go!

After going to Tai Pan went to Costco with Jo, Rich and Jacob. We just went round eating all the samples. Come home and had crispy duck and pancake for dinner cos my brother was home.

I only managed 3 cos I was that full!

I was a domestic goddess yesterday I made lasagne and scones. Was in the kitchen for about 4 hours cooing and cleaning. My mum thinks I'm the worst daughter ever - well I proved her wrong didn't I.

Avocado and poached eggs on seeded bread for lunch post gym.

I thought I posted a lasagne recipe when I made it before but turns out I never so will have to get one up next time I make it again. I've made scones so many times so the recipe is here if want to make them! Productive busy weekend - back to it this week then a week off work!

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Auntie Li-Ming's 60th

Yesterday afternoon we went to Tai Pan restaurant for Auntie Li-Ming's 60th Birthday meal. (Why they decided to have a photo after the meal & the table's a mess I have no idea.)

Lobster starter

3 meats - crispy belly pork, char siu & duck

(from right anti clock wise) Sea bass. Ho fun noodles with beef & beansprouts. Crispy tofu, aubergine. Ho fun with seafood - scallops, fish balls, squid, veg. White fish in like batter. Veg with chicken. Scallops, asparagus, mushrooms, mange tout, lettuce - not sure what the actual thing is that's holding all the food in but it's edible with a sauce I didn't try. In the middle chilli beef.

Family are used to the food photo shoot before you're allowed to eat or touch the food now. Most of the food had similar stuff in it - like the veg with seafood. The food was nice was so full after it a didn't end up having dinner in the evening but the food was cold. 

 Little Lucas!

Dress - Zara Kids

Boots - Zara

Happy Birthday Auntie Li-Ming!

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All food photos were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Uncle Ray & Christine's Wedding

Wing Cousins

Wing Cousins with Nanny Wing

Pork & Jelly Fish

Scallops, Seaweed & Lettuc

Bird's Nest with Scallops, Mushrooms, Asparagus & Carrots

Crap Meat & Prawn Balls

Shark Fin Soup

Lobster!!

Lobster each!!

Duck's feet with veg

Duck

Fish

Sticky Rice

Chicken

Noodles

Cookies & Red bean in pastry

Red Bean Sweet Soup

Wedding Cake

The Menu

Dress - Diamond by Julien Macdonald Debenhams

Necklace - Mum's

Heels - Carvela Kurt Geiger

Congratulations to uncle Ray who is finally married!! Last one out of my dad's 3 brothers to be married! (He's the youngest, my dad is second oldest)

The marriage bit happened in a small room in St George's Hall & then we went to Tai Pan Restaurant to have our meal which consisted of 15 different dishes as you can see with 2 being soups! So stuffed after! The one course we were all waiting for was lobster & we couldn't believe we were getting one each! It was so good! Chinese love their fine food especially meat & seafood as you can see, sadly not for you if you're vegetarian or don't like fish cos you're missing out! 

Christine got changed 4 times, the last outfit there isn't a picture as it was what she wore to leave the restaurant to go home in. 

I wanted to get a long dress but I kinda regret wearing a long dress as I had to wear it all morning whilst doing my hair & make up otherwise I wouldn't be able to get it on so was having to carry it all around the house which was a pain same with going to the toilet! Not sure whether I want to wear a long dress again! Also I don't really like my dress but it was too late to find another!

The day went so fast I was up at 8:15am for my mum to do my make up & my hair which took a while as we used 2 curlers. Curled held it in while my mum did another bit then swapped. We left the house at 11:15am to go to St George's then left & got to the restaurant at 3. Was home by 8:45pm as everyone had work, school, uni etc but there was no after party sadly but if there was would've been better if it wasn't Sunday.

The weather wasn't great windy & cloudy compared to last Sunday where the sky was blue & the sun was shining like it was properly Spring! But at least it didn't rain so I guess it wasn't all that bad.

If this wedding was in China it would last for days & would be so much bigger with so much more food! If you ever get a chance to go to a Chinese wedding you should jump at the chance to!

Julie

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