So this was how I ended up eating so much. I received a call from JL during lunchtime on Friday to invite me to join his family for "dim sum"( a type of Cantonese style prepared food) at a restaurant near where I worked. I agreed to join them of course!
So I took a short 15 minutes walk over to Swee Choon dim sum restaurant after my work ended at 1700. Even though it was still early for dinner, there was already a long line of customers queuing to get seats. Haha, that is how popular it is. I did not have long to wait before I saw JL's car turning in from the road and soon JL came over with his parents.
We were quite fortunate to get a table not too long after. Having already looked through the menu while waiting in the queue, we also made our order without much delay. The food came soon, and almost all at once. We dug in hungrily, unable to wait any longer seeing the spread before us. As JL's parents had said that they were paying for the dinner, I tried not to order too much or eat too much, as a form of courtesy. That meant I left out quite a couple of my usual dishes which I always have when eating dim sum. It was still okay for me though, as long as I had my egg tarts... hehs. The food there was also only just decent, and there were several other dim sum eateries around which served much better dim sum.
We had almost cleaned out the food by the time JL's sister arrived. Haha! That meant more food! I did not make a second order of food of course. But just helped finish up whatever could not be finished. If I was not already full before, I sure was after finishing up the second round of food. My stomach was full to bursting point with all that mouth watering food and I was really really happy after that fantastic meal. I offered to take the public transport home so as not to trouble JL's parents with sending me home. I also really needed a long walk to help ease my stomach a little... haha!
Before the tastes of Hong Kong had even left my tongue, I found myself preparing for another meal with JL this evening at 1700 at "Sikek" in Novena. This time though, we were eating with some of his friends and it was to be Korean cuisine, a barbeque buffet!
This being my first time meeting JL's friends, it was quite fun for me. I got to meet new people and make new friends as well. I had thought it would be quite awkward for me with them being involved in their conversations and me being left alone as they did not know me well. However, JL's friends were really friendly and kept offering me food that they had helped to cook. Needless to say, I ate more than my fill of food as it was a buffet, despite there being mostly meat available. I drank lots too to wash down all that food, haha! No alcohol though.
So the evening went on with lots of chatting and even more eating. I found JL's friends to be a really joyful group of guys and I sure am looking forward to meeting them again soon.
As I made my way home, I did worry that all these eating was going to make me grow fatter. I guess I need to do more jogging over the next week, but with the wet weather these days... oh wells!
As I made my way home, I did worry that all these eating was going to make me grow fatter. I guess I need to do more jogging over the next week, but with the wet weather these days... oh wells!
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