Emperor's Court

Last night, we were celebrating my hubby's grandma's birthday. After squeezing our brain juices out as to where to eat that would satisfy everyone's food kinks, we've decided to eat at Emperor's Court.

This be the entrance and signboard of the restaurant. It's located within Hua Ho Manggis Mall a little bit away from the Berakas area and almost towards the Muara area (I think), and is situated at the 3rd or 4th floor. I've heard about this place, and even thought about this place to be my wedding reception, actually, but judging by the size of the area, I don't think they're able to fit the colossus amount of guests we had that night

A podium to greet guests and check if you're on their reserve list

The Chinese name of Emperor's Court, read "Di Huang Ge", I think... ^_^;;

Trigger-happy on the fake (?) plants they have behind the podium

Waiting area for those who are either not reserved or waiting for their reserved table












This be the interior of the area. It definitely have the feel of an Asian restaurant in there, though it feels like one of those really posh kind of Chinese restaurant that you go only once in a blue moon, unlike Lucky Restaurant that still has a an air of classiness but still accessible to those with low budget





More trigger-happy moments

Since we are celebrating a private function, we booked a indoor private room, which is the typical enclosed area like this, and freezing cold, on top of that. Luckily I was wearing something nice and thick



First stop: Fish maw soup. Tastes wonderfully delicious, almost like drinking shark fin soup or something, and goes quite well with vinegar. Not too much, just a little bit. For shark fin soup, a little bit more is good, but for this one, little bit is better on the safe side


Then next up is the beef strips stir-fried with spring onions and garlic. Tastes almost like how my hubby's mom cook it, but just a little bit more flavourful. So flavourful that our nanny's son, who was also invited, grabbed a whole lot >_>


Next up, tofu cooked with mince meat and mushroom dices. Usually we eat that with Japanese tofu, but in this case, we decided to eat with the longish tofu, though I feel it's probably still Japanese tofu but made into this shape because the taste and texture is exactly the same


No Chinese cuisine is complete without a little bit of greens, so as usual, we ordered mixed vegetables, probably mostly cater to those who are more used to eating the usual common veggies that doesn't involve leaves XD


Also some baby kai lan as well, just the simple stir-fried kind with clear sauce and a hint of garlic



Then we have the steamed sea bass, which looked ah-ma-zingly delicious ftw! The fish was steamed till it's nice and soft until it almost melts in your mouth kind of feeling, and the freshness, matched with the sauce is just absolutely flavourful and tantalizing in your mouth. I waited till the last minute to see if anyone wants to take the head and got the green light before mauling it to bits Xd



We also have the roasted whole chicken (minus the head, of course) buried in a mountain of prawn crackers aka keropok. Tastes pretty good, though just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit dry, but amazingly yummy if dipped in soya sauce mixed with cili padi. Nice and spicy. There's the plum powder actually but looks like not everyone is a fan of dipping their chicken on that



My hubby finally got to eat the dessert he didn't get to eat during the wedding, which is the sago chilled sweet soup (due to the games being late and Mike being a chatterbox). Nice and sweet, and tastes delicious chilled. Though to be honest, I'd prefer if it were just as it is with the sago and the sweet soup. The honey dew was a bit of an overkill


The other "dessert" we had was of course, the creme de la creme of the event: the birthday cake! After wishing my hubby's grandma Happy Birthday (she's 89!! Can you believe it?!) and singing the birthday song (as well as letting the kids blow out the candles by demand XD), we had some cake each. It's the usual fruit cake, with the a combination of fruits as topping and filling, and oddly enough, even though my mom-in-law said it's just regular cake with nothing else special on it, it tastes suspiciously like cheese

There you have it. A nice birthday function in a hotel where I successfully take each and every dish clear as day without worrying that everyone is grabbing a piece with nothing left to capture or blog about. Lucky~! ^_^