I am dying! Soooooo much food tonight … sooo little space in my stomach.

To celebrate Chinese New Year Mei organised a big group of friends to visit the Kam Tong Resturant tonight. We were supposed to meet at 8pm though it was much later before we started eating. However, once we started eating, the food never seemed to stop. Oh boy.

David and Mei did the ordering for both tables and made sure to order the traditional food for new year which included: Black moss with dried oysters (the moss signifying wealth), whole fish (togetherness and abundance), a chicken (prosperity), two lots of noodle (uncut to represent long life), peking duck, and fried prawns (they were awesome!) I think we ordered about 10 different dishes all up (bill came to over £40!)

We actually started our meal with “lo san” I think its called where you get a plate of umixed ingredients, noodles, smoke salmon, scrambled egg, various seasonings and dressings and then everyone gets in with their chopsticks and mixes it together. It was quite cool if a bit messy!

I’m sure that Kam Tong Restaurant has never seen the likes of our group before. We were rowdy and noisy but I think they quite welcomed it as a good way to start the Chinese New Year. I’m certain they liked the attention that our table was getting for all the food that was delivered to our tables (we were split over two tables there were so many of us).

What a great way to start the Chinese New Year though I’m sure I won’t be eating for at least a couple of days. Ha ha. We actually had enough leftover to fill I think it was 12 takeaway containers!