The Royal Dinner 2013

The Royal Welcome and arrival of Her Majesty The Raja Permaisuri Agong

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I cound’t believe I am inside the palace and waiting for my royal food to be served.

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Royal napkin.
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Royal cup and saucer
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Silvers by Carl Mertens of Solingen, Germany.
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The Royal butter, Anchor kaya ito? Hindi, alam ko ang lasa ng anchor.
This is light and not salty.
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Peppered sear salmon and yellow fin tuna sashimi with mizuna salad, smoked cod with micro greens and honey-sesame dressing.

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I was more interested with the china, rather than with the food, although the French chef of Shangri-la hotel delighted us with the delicious entrees.

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I am telling you, you do not want to have a guest like me who turns the plate upside down to check where your plate is from.
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But don’t worry, I will not judge you. I only do this when I am dining in a fancy restaurant or in a special place like this.
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Roasted plum tomato soup with prawn lollypop, curry cream and roasted almonds.
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After I took one bite of the prawn lollipop, the rest of it dropped, splattering the soup on my face and dress.
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May I go out, ang layo ng toilet. I stopped in the middle for fear of violating any protocol.
Pwede kayang tumawid, eh dadaan ako sa harap ng Queen?
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Look to the left, look to the right, before crossing.
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Very similar to our door handsets at home. Kanila, gold, amin, tanso.
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Ladies taking pictures inside the toilet. Betcha by golly wahhhhh!
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Sige nga, gaya-gaya na rin ako. Pero sa labas naman, hindi sa loob ng toilet.
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Char grilled Australian beef tenderloin on savoury bread patties, sauteed mushrooms and herb jus reduction. Fancy chefs always use this reduction thing. Buti pa stomach fat reduction.
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Pretty impressive
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I mean the plate. Parang hawig ito sa mga pinggan ko, i-check ko nga pag-uwi ko.
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Ituwarik nga natin, kung saan ito gawa. Bavaria.
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The Royal guests
Professor Joanna Bashford Fernandez from Spain (half British half Spanish), Royal Tru-Me,
Matgorzata Korutowska from Poland, who used to be a top executive at IBM, now an entrepreneur, importing textiles from Malaysia.

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The Royal and gracious host, the Queen of Malaysia, flanked by the Vice President of Vietnam and First Lady of Namibia.
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more to follow..

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