My best reunion dinner in Cardiff

I had my best reunion dinner in Cardiff at Bali Restaurant, which serves a wide variety of Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean dishes.

I didn't expect myself to enjoy this much last night. I was still feeling down until I rang home to talk to my parents. I did wish I was home with them on this day, kneeling down and presenting them with mandarin oranges and say new year greetings to them.

This year, I only had Chen Guang with me, but I'm satisfied. Michelle Tang called me the day before the eve to find out if I was having any plans for reunion. Her bf has gone back to Singapore for the new year, and she's left alone. Gosh, she should have just gone to London to find her family since her parents specially came down to UK from Taiwan.

Right, back to yesterday's dinner. As it was a festive occasion, I decided to doll up. Had make up on, and wore a new coat I bought (muahahaha...I bought it at a big sale..50% of the original price...costing me only 27.50 quid..how cool's that?!). My boy got quite a shock when he saw me, and his compliments the whole evening made me feel good about myself :)

He wanted to try various dishes that I would normally have in Singapore, so I was in charge of ordering the stuffs. Here's what we had:

1. Bali Special soup (similar to Thai's tom yam soup)
2. Kambing Bakar (a lamb dish since my boy wanted lamb)
3. Sambal Sotong
4. Steamed sea bass (it was the whole fish..and my..was the fish massive..hahah)
5. Tahu Goreng
6. Stir fried vegetables
7. Mixed satay
8. Char Kway Teow

The angmos sitting near us were all getting a shock when they saw the waiters placing the dishes (the portion was pretty big) on our table. They were wondering how we were going to finish our food, and throughout our dinner, we had lots of eyes staring at us (it made us feel like celebrities). Eye feasting for them manz.

It shocked this couple sitting next to us when they saw us finishing everything up. Both CG and I were terribly full, but we enjoyed the dishes so much. He loved every single dish, especially char kway teow.

The bill came as a shock too (we didn't expect it to be cheap anyway). It was my boy's treat and before we had dinner, he had already insisted that the bill should go no lower than 30 quid, so when the bill finally came, he was pleased that it went WAY above....HAHAHAHAH. That delicious reunion dinner of ours came to a price of 77.05 quid (approximately $231)!!!!!

We headed to Henry's for drinks. I wish I could have a pint too, but I don't fancy the taste of beer or any type of alcohol, so I kept to my usual non-alcoholic cocktails, while he had a pint. Had a little chat over drinks before going back to watch korean drama.

So that's how I spent my new year's eve's evening. It'll be 2nd round of feasting tonight in my flat. My boy said we'll take photos tonight..hmm...I certainly hope so...