What do you get with a table of 12 hungry yelpers and two large lobsters?
Thank you Jennifer K. (Super hero Yelper) for organising.
Lobster 5 ways of course and some very happy yelper tummies in a very packed and crazy busy chinese restaurant.
Course 1 - is the simplest - lobster meat steamed in shell with scallions and garlic on a bed of vermicelli noodles - so good and fresh and I am not a lobster fan and we all went to wolfed it down as if it was our last meal on earth - either that or we were just hungry... (I'm banking on the fact that it had tasted soo damn good)
Course 2 - classic Stir fried lobster in Maggie Sauce (MSG soy Sauce) - with the huge claw and Head being stir-fried in Maggie sauce - Lobster wasn't tough and but nice and succulent tender juicy from the maggie and the wok. The chef here definitely knows how to work that wok hai.
Course 3 - was the deep fried lobster with chili pepper salt. Yummy - but not enough chili pepper seasoning - but still excellent. I agree with another's assessment that dealing with the shells to get at the meat is annoying - but that is what chopsticks are for.
Course 4 - lobster innards fried rice - also very good - to the point where I wanted another dish of that fried rice.
Course 5 - lobster brain steamed egg custard - this is a childhood comfort food favourite dish - steamed egg custard - but the lobster brains kick it up a notch with wow factor - the smooth silky scrambled egg with the salty tang of the lobster brains is just the way to wind down the lobster fiesta with a sigh and a murmur of happy satisfaction and a grateful thought for our two lobster victims.
Also served braised greens with whole cloves of garlic and another green dish - not too bad, a bit small. But the braised greens with the whole cloves of garlic stood out among the veggie dishes.
Dessert was a duo of sweet soups, red bean with black glutinous rice and sweet almond soup with tapioca served with fresh mango mochi. Definitely the Mango mochi was the hit of the dessert dishes - so much so that we had to another plate of it to gobble down and into our stuffed stomachs.
Many thanks again to Ms. Jennifer K. For pulling off such a memorable evening.