Vietnamese Birthday? *wink*

After our 'swimming' attempt in the afternoon that day, the whole family (sans Kenji & I...can you believe it??!!) went out to have dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. It was to celebrate Aunty Jane's birthday which is TODAY, but because she's flying back to Korea early, they wanted to celebrate it early...so, on to the restaurant & its delicious food, shall we?

Here are some of the beautiful decorations in the restaurant...pretty lightings, I should say. Pity they don't allow pets...hmmph!

Here is the drink that Mom ordered...Apple Mint Soda. Sounds weird, doesn't it? It even has mint leaves floating about! Eep! But Mom says it tastes okay...there's a bit of lime inside as well, so it's fizzy, with a bit of tang from the green apple and lime.


Now THIS one is REALLY weird looking! LOL! This was Aunty Jane's drink...something about BASIL LEAVES and lime and soda! o.O" Mom says this actually tastes better than HER drink, surprisingly! The combination of the basil and lime makes it taste like a passionfruit drink...cool I guess, but the green things give me the creeps. >.<"

Some 'appetizers' before the food arrives...I think it's peanuts or something.

And then the food arrived! This was a chicken ball noodle soup that Aunty Vivian ordered...she wasn't feeling too good after her wisdom tooth extraction (Ouch!) and had to eat some bland-tasting food. =(

The rest of the family had this platter of yummy food! *licks lips* There were spring rolls as well as some finger foods, and even ingredients to make their own Vietnamese roll...the 'skin' looks like paper, but once made wet with water, it's soft and tender...mmmm! I SOOO wish I was there...*pouts*

Other foods include yummy fish marinated in spices...

Spicy pork cooked with basil...Look at all the red chillies! *shudders*

Eggplant stir-fried with some other veggies and sitting on top of fried vermicelli...

Prawn curry served in a pineapple! Now that's a first...LOL! And see the paper-like thingy in front? That is the 'skin' for the Vietnamese roll...=)

Sesame chicken...ooh! There's also starfruits inside for decoration!

All these taken with a bowl of fragrant rice....*sigh*



(click on image to biggify *wink*)
Here's a little something Mom helped me do...Happy Birthday to Aunty Jane! May this year bring you lots of joy, happiness, wealth, health, and everything nice...as well as every year of your life!! We will sure miss you while you're in Korea! *hugs*

xoxo,
Scottie

P/S: I got a few comments from my friends that some of my videos from my previous post are not viewable, so I've uploaded them to Youtube already. =) Hope it's viewable now!