Salut! Friends For Life

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Eager to participate in this week's Salut! celebration, Arnella Chin, operations manager at Track Price Plus, and longtime beau Pierre Goubault, director of Dream Entertainment, held a private poolside dinner party at their St Andrew apartment complex last Monday evening. The delightful eight-course dinner, catered by Gobault's mum Lorraine Fung (one of the 10 caterers participating in Salut's 'Order In' week), went over exceedingly well with the dinner party that included the hosts' fresh-faced corporate friends as well as execs from Best Dressed Chicken, a sponsor of Salut!

Sipping J Wray and Nephew's Torres wines — a Vina Esmeralda white and a Celeste Crianza red — guests eagerly sat at the table and awaited Fung's cuisine. Dinner would soon commence, and given Fung's penchant for exciting the palate, guests heartily indulged in forkfuls of each of her dishes. The menu, most of which included meats provided by Best Dressed Chicken, was titled 'Lucky Eight Dishes'. Thursday Food features moments from the dinner party our affable hosts, Chin and Gobault, dubbed 'Friends for Life'.

Lorraine Fung's 'Lucky Eight Dishes' Menu

Tilapia stuffed with spicy crab meat

Lychee and chilli chicken tenderloin

Chicken Sui Mei (steamed wontons)

Deboned chicken thigh served in an egg wrap garnished with escallion and hoisin sauce

Crispy chicken liver

Singapore noodles

Eggplant rounds stuffed with cubes of tofu

Lucky eight vegetable mix (including broccoli, water chestnuts, snow peas, mushrooms, baby corn, celery, onion, carrots)

For dessert, guests enjoyed decadent lychee cheesecake compliments of Chocolate Dreams.