Ton's birthday

This was a suggestion from Chan who said that my Turkey posts should take a break. So, I decided to post about Ton's birthday (today) which we celebrated in Asiatica Restaurant somewhere near Shijo.



We started with something light. Er, I have no idea what the names of the dishes are, so any help is appreciated!! Spicy salad I would call it. Delicious!



Then it was fried egg with sauce.



After that came steam fish with garlic, onions, lemon, chillies and parsley. Oooo...I LOVE steam fish, especially this kind of fish. And it is so simple to make.



Next was Thai-style seafood "otak-otak" dish. Oh, this one was delicious! And the portion was big.



Meat with cashew nuts came after that. I like cashew nuts, so I always love this kind of dishes. I will go for the nuts instead of the meat!



Then came fried "la-la" or clams with sweet sauce.



After the clams was this minced meat dish. Oops....didn't realise that the table was dirty...guessed we were really hungry.



Oooooo......my favourite, tom yam soup. Delicious! Sigh.....just looking at it makes me hungry again. Too bad the bowl was small.



Dessert courtesy of Chompooh which were custard and sticky rice with beans. Oishikatta. Thank you!



Ton's chocolate birthday cake, all ready for Ton to make a wish and blow out the candles.



Ton, flanked by two gorgeous ladies, Yam and Mai.



After dinner, deeply satisfied with the delicious food, we all tried to make the glasses "sing". And needless to say, it took some of us a lot of time and energy just to make them sing.

So Ton, Happy Birthday once again!

"To what can our life on earth be likened?
To a flock of geese,
alighting on the snow.
Sometimes leaving a trace of their passage."

-from Su Shi-