this post is filed under Cuisine - Chinese, Location - Vancouver
Sorry for the long delay everyone; I've been away from civilization for a bit. Anyway, here is what we had at my cousin David's wedding banquet at Floata Seafood Restaurant. Watch out - their site has a pretty funny looking flash intro. The banquet section of the site has the "Silver Phoenix Wedding Menu" that we had. Pretty much hit all the bases of Chinese banquet food - if you're not used to it, get ready...
roasted suckling pig
deep fried stuffed crab claw with shrimp paste
stuffed melon with scallop and "hair vegetable" in oyster sauce
shark's fin soup with crab meat
live lobster in superior broth
abalone and sea cucumber with vegetables
steamed live rock cod
I particularly like the fish picture for scaring non-Chinese friends. :) The biggest omission is the squab, which I forgot to take before everyone grabbed their piece. A lot of the stuff is separated onto individual plates, so I didn't get a chance to take the pictures of stuff as it was presented on big plates. I also didn't get the fried rice, noodles, and dessert, but nothing too special. They really pulled everything out - suckling pig, shark's fin, abalone, lobster, squab, fish... Tons of food. Good stuff. Congrats David!
Excellent pics. The shark fin soup is my favorite part of a Chinese wedding banquet; authentic shark fin is to die for. I'm not too fond of the fish, but I agree that its looks can be rather daunting.
posted by John D. on July 15, 2004 02:22 PM
Thanks for taking photos of the food!
The photos are so nice & the food look very tasty !!
Serena & David
posted by David on July 29, 2004 01:08 PM
I can't believe people still eat shark fin soup. I just read what horrible things they do to sharks in order for you people to eat that. You should be ashamed of yourself. That soup is endangering many species of sharks.
posted by Yvette on September 14, 2006 08:52 AM