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today, 21 Feb 2008 would be the day i turn 19 hhahahah...

i feel OLD lol......but what the hack.. life still goes on hehe...enjoying every moment of it :)

well... today is really a great day for me since it is my B'Day!!

On The 20th Feb 2008

went for training as usual but i requested for a morning shift
8am - 4pm so that i could have an early family dinner for my B'day
because....~~~ on the 21 feb = Chap Goh Mei(15th day of CNY)
how cool is that!! haha
usually on Cha Goh Mei i will be having a reunion dinner @ my grandma's place
so i celebrated my B'day earlier with my parents and bro..:D

Before the dinner!!!

when it was like about 3.45pm after my briefing with the Manager in Biba's Cafe
i was asked wether or not i wanna join their staff training
so at 1st i told him NO because i would be preparing for my dinner later...
after a while as i think further... since i am a trainee...-_-"
i should be taking every chances i have to be involved in programmes that the restaurants
conducted...so later on around 4pm i told my Manager, Mr Iskandar...
i wanna go for the staff training :)

there are 2 reasons for me to go...
1. as i have mention above i am a trainee!!
2. it's a WINE TASTING session


this wine tasting session is specially for those staffs involved in F&B Dep.
so every restaurant will send some of their staffs to be present for the training..

as you can see.. MO(Mandarin Oriental) is bringing in some new brands of wine to change their Wine List Menu... not to bored the guest you see..
so i went with some of the staffs there...to a small meeting room but it could fit quite a lot of pple i was pretty shocked when i see those glasses each person has hahah....


they will be bringing in
~~8 red wines
~~8 white wines

so there would be
~~8 red wine glasses
~~8 white wine glasses
~~1 water goblet to rinse your mouth:) hahhaa



the supplier will of course tell us about the types of grapes they are using for the wines and the manufacturers

since i am not a wine expert ~~~ all of the red wines taste the same to me!!!
all the white wines taste the same to me!!! :LOL hahahahah
well i did learn something from that tasting hehe...

1. the darker the wine the fuller bodied it will be
2. the swriling of the glass lets us know wether the it is a light or a medium or full-bodied wine as well...well sort of like...when you swirl, the wine kinda sticks on the surface in the wine glass and it will drop back to the bottom of the glass ... from there if you see the wine drops fast means that the wine is a light wine :)

me posing like a wine tasting expert LOL!!~~

of course i got to try all the wines right... but i wasnt that greedy :) i just sip every wine there so i can maintain my redness of my face DUH!!! hahahahaha

some other staffs got nothing better to do , they mix all the wine together and drink it at a shot...and ended up SLEEPING with their RED FACES just like a Baboon's Azz LOL!!!! hilarious man.... thank GOD they did not snore hahaha

So now moving on with my B'day dinner with my parents...
this time we chosed to go to Shangri-la's Japanese Restaurant, ZIPANGU
the ambience was alright ... it could get a little brighter there...
but the food was good!! hehe.

It's on the flOor~~ so nice!!

the wine cellar is at the entrance

by the wall of the entrance..they really have lots of wine for us to see and for them to show off LOL..

this is the table setting chopsticks @ the front hmm... very diff

So i have ordered the Tempura set so there are appetizers, main course and dessert included

this is a simple salad with Thousad Island dressing

this would be da Chawanmushi~~~so soft so nice hehe...

after chawanmushi comes the seafood soup...tasted GREAT...i finished it of course hehe....

this would be the Chef's Speciality ...it is made out of GOOSE LIVER on the top and radish at the bottom...sounds disgusting at first but when i had my first bite to it , it felt so soft just like Tofu lol....it has a really unique taste from the browned part on the top . it tasted a bit sweet ..first time eating liver and this is a good 1 hehe...

the long waited Tempura Platter is finally here :)

it's accompanied by white rice and...

miso soup :)

my parents ordered the Unagi and...

Chicken Terriyaki as well ... my bro pulak ordered another set...but i forgotten the name if it d... it is the same as mine but he has extra chicken terriyaki...

these are some of the pictures taken at the hotel...their deco for CNY.

I really had a great time... having a family outing for dinner at such a wonderful place . i definitely will be back for their buffet dinner @ Lemon Gardens their hotel coffee house..:)