I Forgot to Pack Red

Tonight we celebrated Chinese New Year at Oriental Express.  The food was so very good.  It’s $25 per person and they bring out 10 courses of yummy food.  Unfortunately there isn’t a menu online, nor was there one at our table so I have to guess at what I ate!

First we started with shark fin soup-which sounded really scary but was actually quite good.

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Next, they brought out a “cold platter” that had 4 different offerings.  A seafood fruit salad, a pate, candied walnuts, and tongue spiced with Chinese five spice.  It was all delicious.

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Next up was onion cake. I’m used to onion cake being hot, this was cold but still good.  I do prefer it hot.

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The fourth course was Peking Duck which they prepared tableside.

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I’m not a huge fan of duck, but this was truly yummy.

Fifth was a Portobello mushroom with crab and bok choy.

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Sixth was spicy shrimp.  These were a little too fishy for me (shrimp usually is) but they were good.

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The seventh course was the star.  It’s not much to look at but it was absolutely amazing.  Longevity Noodles.  I could have eaten the ENTIRE plate.

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Up eighth was the prettiest dish of the night-Chicken with vegetables in a noodle basket.

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The ninth course was sweet and sour fish-this was surprisingly yummy.

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And last, but not least, chocolate cake and ice cream.  I didn’t get a very good picture because Lu attacked this.

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Speaking of Lu.  She LOVED it.

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There was a violinist who came around and the girls loved the music. 

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I dressed Lu in her skinny jeans tonight (!) and they just didn’t look right with her tennis shoes.  Mimi insisted that we stop at the Boise Co-op to pick her up some shoes.  They were having a big sale on See Kai Run shoes.  She got the Samanthas.

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Look at these pants!

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It’s only 8 o’clock California time (9 Boise time) and I am BEAT.  Goodnight all!

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