It has been a really long while since folks on my dad's side gathered for a dinner like Saturday night. But we did have a nice dinner, all thanks to Aunt Rosalind who's back for holiday. Her son, our cousin Hiroshi, as the name he goes by these days, was the head ring leader to gather the folks at Long Beach seafood on dempsey.
The food was good and selection was just right, although I'd like to have black pepper crab but I had to remind myself I was guest, plus we have visitors to Singapore and thus, must give chili crab the higher priority as it is the unofficial official 'national' dish of our country. Two thumbs up for the food - and I enjoyed myself so much, I forgot to take the picture of the Ee Fu noodles (which was very well done and tasty, without being overly salty and I've never tasted ee fu done like this so deliciously in any other restaurants before) and dessert (bulu hitam which came with coconut ice cream instead of coconut milk). The vegetable with Enoki mushroom was also really good.
The highlight of the night for me was meeting our youngest cousin Ian. We haven't seen him like 10-20years or so, and now he is all grown up. But, he still had that same impish look and didn't take too long for me to point him out. Pity our eldest cousin "Ah Jin" and her brother couldn't make it, else it will be cousins in full force.
For a moment, I just had this feeling that if grandpa was around, or looking down from wherever he is for even a split second if he could, he would have been proud to see us all gathered together.
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