Happy mid-week! 😋 A lovely birthday celebration dinner with friends, built around a comforting fish steamboat with a few tze char dishes and a cake to finish.

What we had:

A fish steamboat: sliced fish, cabbage, black fungus and tofu in a clear, milky broth
A sizzling fish maw and egg gravy dish
French beans stir-fried with minced garlic
Fried ngoh hiang (five-spice rolls) with sweet sauce
A birthday cake to celebrate

Fish steamboat is the lighter, cleaner style of hot pot, and perfect for a group. The broth stays bright and savoury as you cook the fish and vegetables in it, getting tastier as the meal goes on. We dropped in the cabbage, fungus and tofu, swished the fish through until just done, and ladled it all out steaming.

Around the pot, the tze char dishes added variety: the fish maw in egg gravy was silky and comforting, the garlic French beans crunchy and fragrant, and the crispy ngoh hiang great for dipping.

Then the cake came out, and a birthday is always a good reason to gather. Good food, good company and a celebration in the middle of the week, hard to beat.

Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 A clean, comforting fish steamboat with tze char sides and birthday cake, a lovely celebration. Would re-do.

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