I had a plan to split the birthday celebration into two parts this year.
The first part would take place a month prior.
The second would take place nearer to the date itself.
It wasn't for any particular reason.
I just felt the inclination.
Like this there would be two cakes.
There would also be two presents.
Birthday Celebration One gave us the joy of having a wonderful Lunch at home.
There were also plates of foods bought from the stall downstairs.
We had a salted fish pork patty, a triangle of omelet, braised potatoes, a piece of (very spicy) otah, and battered fried fish coated with the flavor of salted egg.
It was all very appetizing.
After lunch there was the opening of the card.
There was also the presentation of the birthday present.
Later that evening we shared a plate of hor fun- the gravy type- specially bought from the zichar stall in the coffee shop downstairs.
The wok hei from this stall tasted particularly good.
Along with the thick strips of hor fun, the little prawns, the pieces of pork, the fish cake, and the vegetables, we had a bowl of homemade soup filed with more lettuce, more tomatoes, more beef balls, more cuttlefish balls, more fish balls, and one specially steamed egg.
We ate everything with our regular cups of coffee.
Then it was time for the Cake- sponge with fruit and cream, cute little bananas, and cups of creamy warm vanilla ice cream.
