YeinJee's Asian Journal

A Chinese banquet is normally held during special occasions, like weddings, new year, festivals, or sometimes a family gathering or business meeting. A typical Chinese banquet will have 8-10 dishes on its menu.

Some photos of a Chinese banquet, taken during my family dinner at Kok Thai Restaurant in Ipoh, Malaysia last weekend…

The appetiser, or the ‘cold dish’ in Chinese, is often the indicator of how good the restaurant is; the food presentation is vital and sometimes more important than the taste

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Most Asian Pacific countries have some sort of rice cake dishes of their own… it can be eaten sweet, salty, or spicy; and come in variety of shapes.

Not sure where this particular dish was originated; it’s a common Chinese street food that can be found in Malaysia… rice cakes stirred fried with soy sauce, bean sprouts and Chinese chives, and normally with chillies as well.

Stir-fried rice cakes