Dinner at Gaya Seafood Restaurant 20 April 2008

On the way back from Veda Blu to Kyrugma House, Sharon Lai asked me where I was going to have dinner with my family that night.

I told her I preferred to go somewhere other than our usual place at Gaya Sports Seafood Restaurant. Maybe Emperor’s Delight Restaurant in the city – to try the ‘xiao long bao’.

But when I arrived home and suggested to mum Emperor’s Delight, she said she still preferred Gaya Sports Seafood Restaurant. Oh well, don’t say I did not try.

The restaurant was half full when we arrived at 6.40p.m. I ordered deer meat with ginger and shallots, poached prawns, wet buttered crabs, shells and ‘kangkung’ veges.

When I went to wash my hands, I saw one of the captains Peter and chatted with him. He said I have not been patronizing the restaurant for a long time. I told him the previous time I was there was during Chinese New Year. I did not want to disturb him at the time because it was his night off. When I was taking photos of the dishes, he was curious and enquired what I was doing. I jokingly told him I was doing a write-up for a magazine. Haha! He said he wanted to see them in hard copies.

The deer meat arrived first. By the time we had dinner, as usual on a Sunday night, everyone was hungry. The deer meat was very soft but the chef did not put enough gravy on it so Alistair cannot have the gravy with the rice. As a result, he only ate white rice that night.

Next we were served the ‘kangkung’ veges. This was the only dish that did not look too appetising and the portion was too big. When too little, we complained too little. When too much, we complained too much. We are indeed a bunch of hard to please fussy customers. This was the only dish with leftovers.

The poached prawns were the third dish to be served. The prawns were slightly on the big side but tasted juicy. Mum mentioned when customers did not order the prawns fast enough, then the prawns would keep on growing until they are served on the dinner table.

The shells were the fourth dish to arrive. This time they were quite big size and Barnabas had a fun time taking them out from the shell.

Lastly, the wet buttered prawns made it grand entrance. It was the most superb dish of all but the gravy was slightly on the salty side. But if eaten with rice then it was ok. The crabs tasted very fresh and yummy. Even mum who usually does not take much of crabs had some. We thoroughly enjoyed eating this dish including Chloe.

At the end before I paid the bill, the complimentary papayas arrived. I did not take any since I do not eat papayas.