Thursday 21 July 2016

Celebrating A Birthday With A Hotpot Dinner.

On the first night of our friends' stay in Ipoh, we had a sumptuous dinner at Sun Lee How Fook restaurant which I have posted in yesterday's post. You can check out what we ate here. We were invited by our friends to join in the birthday celebration of their father and it was to be a hotpot dinner. It was a gathering of about 16 people, including the birthday boy.

Preparation of the hot pot ingredients is very easy. A friend contributed the soup. The rest were all bought, mostly from Jaya Grocer. They were all ready to be used. We only need to wash the greens.
(L-R) Types of fresh mushrooms, stuffed tofu, tofu puffs & stuffed beancurd sheet. 
 (L-R) Stuffed tofu, fish balls, fish cake & meat balls & beancurd sheet.
 This was one out of the 4 to 5 types of greens.
 Packets of Udon noodles.
 Saucer shaped fish paste items.
Thinly sliced pork
Thinly sliced beef
Thinly sliced mutton
Pig liver slices
Stuffed tofu, fish balls & bean curd sheets.
Stuffed bean curd sheets & fish cake.
Fresh prawns
 Some beer for beer drinkers.
 Something to warm the body on a rainy night. 
Cheese Cake as the Birthday Cake.
 Once the soup started boiling, Chinese cabbage and fish & meat balls were added.
We had 2 pots cooking on 2 portable gas stoves to feed 16 people. 
Do it yourself (D.I.Y) Hot pot or steamboat dinner is a great way to celebrate any function. It allows the people to freely mingle with one another and cook whatever you like to eat and eat at your leisure. It was a wonderful birthday celebration.

So the people went away to eat a festive meal and to send presents;
it was a time of great and joyful celebration because
they could hear and understand God's words.
(Nehemiah 8:12, The Living Bible-TLB)
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The following photos are for joining Good Fences.
 # 1 - contrasting fences next to each other.
 # 2 - Brick wall & metal fence.
# 3 - Advertising fence and metal gate.

Linking to Good Fences.

51 comments:

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    1. With more people, we can enjoy more choices.

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  2. You can have quality choices when have hot pot at home :) wow, Jaya Grocer has lots of meat slices for hot pot nom nom

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    1. I love hot pot with more people. The more the merrier and we can have more varieties.

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  3. a feast for a celebration. love the wall with the grid inserts at the top.

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    1. Thank you, Theresa for hosting Good Fences. Have a lovely day!

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    1. Thank you, Julia. Yes, we enjoyed the feast very much.

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  5. quite the feast! love the different fence styles!

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  6. A real feast, what a great celebration dinner.

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    1. Thank you, Mamas. Every one has a satisfying dinner.

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  7. a wide choice of food yummy

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    1. Thank you, Gosia. We get to choose what we want to eat and cook it.

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  8. wow that's a great birthday meal, Nancy.

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    1. It was a wonderful and tasty celebration dinner.

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  9. What a feast. Wow. I love your food posts.

    ♪♪Happy Birthday to you,♪♪
    ♪♪Happy Birthday to you,♪♪
    ♪♪Happy Birthday Dear Geoge,♪♪
    ♪♪Happy Birthday to you.♪♪

    Have a fabulous day Nancy. ☺

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    1. Thank you, Sandee for the birthday song! Have a beautiful day!

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  10. A fantastic feast with so many choices!
    I really like the wall & railing fence picture too!
    Have a lovely day!

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    1. Thank you, Christine. Have a lovely day too!

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  11. It must have been a very merry occasion with lots of laughter and happiness. Happy belated birthday to George!!

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    1. Thank you, Mun. It was a very happy birthday celebration!

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    1. We love to have hotpot at home too. Hmm...didn't know we can get so many types of thinly-sliced meat from Jaya Grocer. Will have to pay a visit to Jaya Grocer soon.

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    2. Jaya Grocer has made hot pot or steamboat easy and convenient.

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  13. Hummm coisas deliciosas para mim ia uns camarões.
    Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
    Andarilhar

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    1. Thank you, Francisco. The prawns were very fresh and sweet.

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  14. Great feast!!! Have a lovely day! :))

    xxBasia

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  15. The cheesecake is beautiful! And the food is again making my mouth water!

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    1. Thank you, Ginny. The food and cheesecake were good!

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  16. It looks like a delicious feast! :)

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    1. Yes, Linda. It was! Have a beautiful day!

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  17. I love the birtday cake. What a nice one! The other: delicious food. And your fences are so great. The brick wall & metal fence is the winner :)

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    1. Thank you, Jedidja. We have lots of brick wall & metal fences here.

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  18. Wow what a feast! From the hotpot to the whisky to the cheesecake... you guys know how to have a good time all right.

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    1. All of us enjoy the food and cheesecake. Not everyone takes the beer and whisky. But we all have a good time.

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  19. Lovely post dear! Have a great weekend! xx

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    1. Thank you, Beauty. Have a great weekend too!

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  20. What a party! Happy Birthday, Nancy's friends' dad!
    ~

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  21. I've never heard of a "Hot Pot" celebration before. It looks like quite the meal. I'll have some of the birthday Cheesecake.
    Nice fences, I liked the 2nd one a lot. Alos what a great way to use the fencing for advertising.

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    1. Hot pot is easy. No fuss over cooking. Once the soup base is boiling, just throw in the raw food to cook and its ready for eating!

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