On 29/1/2015, the Gang had decided to meet for a year end dinner at Pek Wah Restaurant, KL. The event was attended by almost all of the regular members, with the exception of Francis who was on a business trip to Japan,and Kee who had opted to stay out for personal reasons. As usual, Chan Peng came with his partner, Ah Cheng, as he cannot drive at night due to poor eyesight. Dennes also brought along Ms Chanya, who hails from ChiangRai and is here for a month long holiday. He is having the best start to 2015!
Apparently Siew and Khoo were regulars at this restaurant since their younger days, so Siew has volunteered to pre-order the best dishes available. We had steam chicken in bacon, stewed pork with buns, stew terrapin in mushrooms, special fried rice with sausages and steam "soon hawk" or marble goby fish, just to name a few. As Chinese New Year is just around the corner, we started off with a plate of "Yee sang" topped with slices of raw salmon. This is a dish only available during the CNY festive season and everyone is supposed to dig in using chopsticks, toss and stirred up all the ingredients at the same time shouting all the auspicious wishes, including "Hole-in-one lai lah, lai pa hole-in-one". The action called "Lou sang" symbolized the beginning of a new year with prosperity and good health! Since this is the first time Ms Chanya has eaten a dish in such a rowdy manner, she must be amused by what she just had; but I am sure she will remember this occasion for years to come.
Of course, such grand dinner cannot go without rounds and rounds of "yam seng" or cheers with liquor and wine. For the night, Allan contributed a bottle of Camus cognac and a bottle of "Pears" whisky, Khoo brought a bottle of Martel brandy and red wines from Siew and Chan Peng. We were told that the bottles of brandy and whisky has been bought more than 30 years ago!
Gentlemen, thanks for sharing the stocks with us. Hi guys...Liquor are meant to be consumed and not as display units in a showcase, hahaha.
Incidentally, tomorrow is the birthday of our beloved captain Alex .
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| Happy Birthday to You, Alex |
We wish him good health and stay young for another 50 years...guys, we need him to book our tee off times!
I think another reason why Siew chose Pek Wah restaurant is because the room is equipped with a karaoke machine. He was itching to start off the session even before the dishes were served. Later, he was joined by Dennes, Alex, Lau, Gan and Ah Cheng. It was surprised to see even Khoo sang a few numbers. Since we were all in the 60+ age group, top hits by Teresa Teng, Chong Sek Choong, Sammi Yip, Lisa Wong, The Bee Gees were the choice of the night. I was coxed to sing the Eagles' greatest "Hotel California" as well. It did not matter whether you were out of tunes or sung in the wrong keys, no one noticed because most of us were half drunk and we were just having fun! Enjoying the moments!
Finally, we called it a night at around 10pm. For those who had to drive , be safely home. For Liaw and me, we had to walk 2 and 3 par5 to our LRT and KTM stations respectively. On the way, my heart was thumbing hard and my head spinning. I believe Liaw had the same feelings because I had to look back and waited for him a few times when I noticed that he was falling behind. I am sure, we were not walking in a straight line even though we were making every effort to do so. No doubt, both of us had reached our limit!
By the time, I boarded the train, my eyes were so heavy that I was afraid I might slept through till the last destination instead of getting off at Kepong! I hope Liaw found his way home safely as well. To me it was pure suffering, who said the cognac and whisky were so good to drink?????
Last but not least, we would like to extend our appreciation and sincere thanks to the two young men, Low and Gan; for footing the bills. 3 cheers to both of you!
We play hard 9 (golf), we eat hard (turtle) and we drink hard (liquor)....sadly at our age, these are the easiest hard stuff that we can still do without MACA!!!
