My Most Expensive Meal

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I had my most expensive meal in my lifetime the other day. As they say, there is a first for everything.

The 23rd of February was the seventh day of the first lunar month this year. In the Chinese Calendar, it is also called Renri (人日), or "Human Day". The day is celebrated as the common birthday of all human beings. It is a traditional day for celebrating life, humanity, and growth.

Coincidentally, a group of my friends and I decided to gather for a meal on that day. It was sort of our ‘reunion dinner’ – a meeting of long time friends, some of them from overseas who were back for the Chinese New Year. Because it was a ‘Human day', most restaurants were fully booked. We managed to find one who has a table for us – the Peach Garden Chinese restaurant.

We were recommended, and got sold on the restaurant’s Chinese New Year set menu - $168++ per person. Together with the bits and pieces, the total bill for eight diners came to $1733.35. Divide that by eight, each person paid about $220/-. Ouch!

These were the dishes

Signature Yu Sheng with Salmon and Golden Abalone – a raw fish (salmon and abalone) salad

Peach Garden Nine Treasures Thick Soup. This consists of Superior Shark’s Fin, Sea Cucumber, Fish Maw, Sliced Abalone, Braised Mushroom, Bamboo Pith, Bamboo Shoots, Compoy and Black Fungus

Steamed Fillet of Sea Perch with Superior Soya Sauce

Pan-fried Pork Chop with Black Truffle Sesame Sauce

Stewed Ee-fu Noodle with Baby Lobster and Garlic in Superior Stock

I forgot to take photos of the desserts.

Peanut Glutinous Rice Ball with Peach Gum and Red Date. The one we had was a slight variation of the one in the photo.

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Black Glutinous Rice Nian Gao The Nian Gao was similar to the one in the photo

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Nian gao (年糕) is a traditional, sticky, and sweet Chinese glutinous rice cake, often called ‘New Year Cake or ‘Year Cake’. It is primarily consumed during the Lunar New Year as a symbol of prosperity, as its name sounds like "higher year" (年高), signifying growth, improvement, and success.

Overall, the meal was nice enough, but not so nice that I tell myself I need to have them again.

What do you think? Is the meal worth $220/- SGD ($170 USD)? For someone who eats to live, this is an extravagance I don’t need.

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