meeting ex-colleagues eating at seafood paradise

we wavered between gluttons bay and seafood paradise. eventually decided to go to the latter since ivy had been wanting to eat the creamy butter crabs. gluttons bay, right next to the esplanade, it would be our choice if we had wanted oyster omelette and satay.

after i had parked the car at the back of swee hin building, i went to look for ivy and lay bee. they were not at the outer part of the restaurant. when i called ivy on the mobile, she told me that they were in the room. when i entered the room, i was greeted by a tableful of former colleagues.

tsai ling, lay kim, wee kiat, rachel and eileen ho were seated around a round table. they were there to celebrate tsai ling and lay kim's birthdays. it was they who pointed out to me that my daughter and my wife were at the table after the next.

we ordered the signature dishes - creamy butter crab, baked honey ribs - the one dish that my former colleagues did not order - and homemade tofu. instead of rice, we had a plate of hor fun. even on a weekday, we had to wait more than twenty minutes before the dishes arrived.