Friday, 6 April 2018

Lunch With Ex-Colleagues At Hotel Excelsior Chinese Restaurant, Ipoh

Yesterday afternoon, a friend suggested Hotel Excelsior as our lunch venue because the Palace restaurant is promoting their set meals. There were 3 of us, we were working in the same department before we retired. 
 Entrance to the Excelsior Palace Restaurant (Chinese restaurant).
 We ordered 3 single set meals.
First set - Sweet sour chicken chop with rice.
 The rice was served on a plate with some salad and potato fries. 
 Sweet sour chicken chop with carrot, potato and onion served in a separate plate.
2nd set - Fried lemon grass chicken and rice set.
The chicken pieces were coated with fragrant sticky sauce.
3rd set - Baby French beans with minced meat and preserved radish (choy poh) and rice.
 The rice for 2nd and 3rd set came in a bowl.
we shared and tasted the 3 different sets. 2 of us managed to finished the rice while a friend only took half a bowl of rice. Since I ate the rice, I had a very light dinner. 
 Then we were served the desserts.
A chilled black herbal jelly
 Sweet drink - boiled sea coconut slices and lemon.
Each set costs RM 15.20 nett.
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The following sky pictures are for joining Skywatch Friday.
Morning sky at 7.48 am
For most of yesterday, we had an overcast sky.
7.50 am
Morning sky at 8.15 am.
Afternoon sky - 3.20 pm.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Sing to the Lord, O kingdoms of the earth -
sing praises to the Lord, to him who rides upon the ancient heavens,
whose mighty voice thunders from the sky.
(Psalm 68:32-33, The Living Bible-TLB)

54 comments:

  1. The food is so brilliant and beautiful! Looks like a cross between high class fancy, and home cooking.

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    1. Thank you, Ginny! The setting is high class and the food though simple is good!

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  2. The chicken piece is very tempting...

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  3. Funny seeing some fries and coleslaw with white rice. The fries so little, better leave that out.

    Black jelly. I love that.

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    1. Thank you, Rose! I rather they gave more coleslaw and minus the fries!

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  4. Rice with french fries? That's a fun combo!

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    1. Chinese style chicken chop with rice, mixed with fries and coleslaw...odd mixture!

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  5. The quantity is a lot in the set, the food looks good and the price is nice too haha.

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    1. The 3 of us almost couldn't finish the food! We came away filled to the brim!

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  6. I like the lemon grass chicken best but I think the best value for money set is the chicken chop set.

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    1. The lemon grass chicken set is also good value for money. Very delicious!

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  7. Same as mun, i like the fried lemon grass chicken the best but the other two sets also not bad, good choice

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  8. ...such a lovely entrance!

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  9. A beautiful entrance, great food and some really dramatic skies, a joy to visit.

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  10. Nice food, Nancy.. never been to excelsior for a long time already!

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  11. Hello, your meal looks delicious. What a lovely entrance. Great Skywatch photos. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!

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  12. I love Chinese food but my problem is I eat to much. Have a great day Nancy. See ya.

    Cruisin Paul

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    1. Yes, Paul! With the yummy dishes, it is easy to get carried away! Now we limit ourselves to a small portion white rice!

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  13. Muy bueno todo. Las fotografías del cielo, muy bonitas. Besitos.

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  14. What a lovely feast. You do go to the neatest places and have the very best food.

    Have a fabulous day and weekend, Nancy. ♥

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    1. Thank you, Sandee! We do have many good eateries within easy reach!

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  15. Sweet and spicy dishes... nice gloomy sky

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  16. I love chinese food.
    How many delicious dishes.
    Last but not least wnderful skies.
    Greetings
    Maria de
    Divagar Sobre Tudo um Pouco

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  17. It must be nice to stay in touch with your former colleagues!

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    1. It was great to be able to keep in touch after we have retired!

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  18. Great to have lunch with colleagues, and beautiful skies!

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  19. The sky photos are beautiful, but it happens to be noon here in Alberta, and all those food photos have awakened the glutton in me.
    A beautiful post! Thank you.
    Kay
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  20. Chilled black herbal jelly is really tempting..

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