birthday celebration at empire cafe


yesterday, the kua clan gathered at raffles hotel's empire cafe to celebrate pei ling's birthday. there were twelve of us altogether as lay bee had this feed-at-raffles voucher which entitled her to half the cost for a dinner for (a maximum of) twelve persons. she had another voucher which entitled her to a complimentary birthday cake.

okay, not the whole clan was there. her elder sister's family was not represented because she is still in the usa. anyway, if they had turned up, the number would have been exceeded. to make up the twelve, tim - ida's friend - and rachel - pei ling's friend - were roped in.

we did not go for the set dinner. instead we ordered from the ala carte menu. the ten orders included pork chops, chicken curry, song fish's head, bean sprouts, stewed beef and curry fish. there were complimentary glasses of lime juice. if you order soya drink at empire cafe, there is free re-fill. for dessert, we had orh nee.

the bill came up to $288, so she paid half of the amount, $142.

incidentally, pei ling is 33 years old.