Crown Jewel Fine Dining
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Denise
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
I don't normally post about my big family dinners here (I'll usually put some photos up on Instagram instead), but we had our last family dinner of the Year of the Snake this evening, which is a very important tradition for us, so I actually brought my camera with me this time. We went to my grandma's favourite restaurant for family banquet dinners, Crown Jewel. Some snapshots of our feast:
Roast suckling pig with hoisin sauce
Deep-fried shrimp and crab ball with Chinese mustard
Shark fin soup with bean sprouts
Braised dehydrated oysters and scallops with black moss and romaine
Jumbo prawns with asparagus
Steamed chicken with Chinese cabbage
Fried rice with fish roe, egg whites, and ginger
Deep-fried dumpling in broth
Lychee and goji berry gelatin and flaky lotus seed paste pastry
Chinese dessert soup with longan, papaya, red dates, and snow fungus
This isn't really a review or anything, just a food snapshot post. Now we have to spend the rest of the week cleaning the house to prepare for the new year. So excuse me while I go scrub my toilet and bleach my tub.
What are some of your annual traditions? Do you do anything to prepare for the new year (lunar or otherwise)?
Crown Jewel Fine Dining
325 Bamburgh Circle
Scarborough, ON M1W 3Y1
(416) 502-2888
Yum everything looks so good!
ReplyDeleteIt was super-tasty, even the gross-looking oyster and scallop course, LOL. I don't always have the time to go to these big family dinners so it's a real treat when I can go. :)
DeleteGuess that texture shot of the seafood ball didn't make the cut? ;)
ReplyDeleteI just finished my post and was about to hit publish!
LOL, no, I was totally contemplating putting it in JUST FOR YOU but then I thought it ruined the "flow" of the photos (which is one per course). :P Glad you got the texture shot in, though, LOL.
Deleteas usual delicious. i miss having my big family chinese set meal banquet dinner things SO much. i usually do them for the cny, mid autumn and for my grandmas bday. ugh..if only i were home..
ReplyDeleteJenn
A Beautiful Zen
They are rather glorious! I think I'd really miss them too if I hadn't been to one in a long time. I usually only make it to the important occasion dinners, like the ones you listed. My grandma likes to get the family together every couple of months for a dinner like this one (maybe not quite as extravagant), but I rarely make it to those due to work, so this was a real treat for me. :) Hope you get to go to a banquet dinner soon!
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