Last Saturday we went down to Mandarin Oriental to do our banquet taste testing, and it was great! I especially liked how it made it was made such that it looked as if we actually paid for a “Private Dinner” (just see the private dinner message they placed outside the room we had the taste testing in).
- Private Dinner Notice outside our room
- Appetisers/Cold Dish
- Vegetarian Appetisers
- Vegetarian Soup — with truffles!
- Lobster Soup (texture very similar to shark’s fin)
- Scallops with yam (very nice)
- Duck with special house sauce
- Duck with special house sauce (individual)
- Cod fish in teriyaki sauce (very nice)
- Cod fish in teriyaki sauce
- Crispy buns with chill crab sauce
- Vegetarian glutinous rice
- Hazelnut Royaltine (chocolatey fudge cake) — winner in our dessert choosing contest
- Tiramisu — runner up in our dessert choosing contest