: : Apollo Seafood Restaurant, Miri : :
Well, it wasn’t fun tonite having one’s computer crashing more than 10 times due to some buggy error problems trying to update a software. Bah! If you see this page, you’re in luck because that means I’ve managed to post something up without having the PC crashing on me.
So, what’s cooking? How about a posting on a wonderful welcome home meal on Friday nite at Apollo Seafood Restaurant in Miri. Seafood is cheap in Sarawak compared to West Malaysia. Also, think Dad remembered that I just love drunken prawn and it’s definitely a must-have whenever I’m back home. The other absolutely must-eat dish is dimsum but that was already pre-scheduled for Saturday morning.
The last time I was back in Miri was in February to attend a friend’s wedding. Stepping out of the aircraft, it didn’t feel at all like the Miri Airport that I knew. The renovations that started a few years back was completed and it looked suspiciously a lot like KLIA. For a moment there, I thought I boarded the wrong plane.
Since I haven’t had dinner as was rushing to catch to 8 p.m. flight, dear Daddy and Sina’ (Kelabit word for Mother) took me to Apollo Seafood Restaurant in town. A good choice, that’s for sure. Also, surprisingly a number of families were still out and about eating dinner at 9:30 p.m. when we got there.
Veggie dish was midin cooked in FooChow Red Wine. I’ve taken enough pictures of midin that it’s starting to get a tad bit boring.
And here comes the food : drunken prawn. Well, not the authentic one where live prawns were put into a bowl of wine until they were drunk before cooking them. This one was something simpler, the prawns were cleaned and cut and cooked with Chinese rice wine (samsu), ginger, some chilli powder (I think. Have to check with parents on how they did it at home) and black fungus. The prawn are the freshwater type so they’re pretty big. This one was fresh out of the aquarium. Sina’ had some of the spicy, tangy soup whereas Dad helped to finish off the prickly and painful claws. Now, eating the claw takes some getting used to because of the sharp thorns on the outer skin. Pricked my fingers many times that nite but it was worth it.
Then Dad craftily walked off and ordered some mussels! Wah! Serious pampering going on that night. It came cooked in oyster sauce (ironic isn’t it) and ginger. Needless to say, Dad and I polished off the dish. Sina’ had some too but she was full from having an early dinner that nite.
Phew! Was so full that I couldn’t sleep early that nite! What a nice welcome home from parents.
Needless to say, they also planned a family get together on Saturday evening. Which they forgot to tell me until lunchtime on Saturday. It was a pleasant surprise though. That’s for tomorrow! :p