One Big Roast Pig for Birthday

Birthday Boy cutting the Roast Pig himself.

Recently we had a dinner at Imbi Palace for one of our close friends in conjunction with his birthday. For others, birthday means obligatory birthday cakes, or even eating boiled eggs in red or having a piece of chicken thigh but we do it in style! We don't cut cakes, we cut roasted pigs! My friend ordered one whole roasted pig for his birthday! heheh...

I drool at the sight of the roast pig. Give me anything roast - char siew, siu ngap, siu ngo and siu yue kap (pork, duck, goose and pigeon) and I'll wallop everything! Surprisingly for the pig that size, the meat is tender and nice! One big roasted pig for 12 of us!

And they say the best part of the pig is the neck!

And if you think roasted pig is an appetizer, you're wrong! We had at least 5 other appetizers on the lazy susan. This is what happened when you eat with one of my wine kakis. He'll stuff you to death - literally and physically....

Siu Long Bao

Imbi Palace makes very nice Cold Crabs
(Fa Hai - Flower crab)

It's refreshing to eat cold crabs once in a while. These cold crabs are considered as a Teochew delight. To make cold crabs, the crabs itself has to be really fresh or else it'll taste fishy and aweful.

Dunno-what's-the-name-cockles
Was taught to eat only the outer part (extreme right) and leave the inner part (intestines) out!

Soon Hock / Bamboo Fish / Ikan Hantu

Just got to know the name of this fish in English and Malay. Expensive but heavenly because the flesh is so silky smooth!

Soon Hock Omelette
There's almost a quarter fish left and we asked the chef to make an omelette out of it! This is my first time having a fish omelette and I must say it's very good! I thought eggs and fish don't jive but boy I was so wrong...

All the booze that we had that night.
From wines to whisky and cognac for 12 of us...

And my pipe smoking moment.
One of the most relaxing smoke of all times...
A good burwood handmade pipe paired with good tobacco = a good smoke.