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Cantonese Style Banquet Dinner at King Hua Restaurant Celebrating My 50th

I organized 12-course Cantonese style banquet dinner to celebrate my big 5-0 with friends earlier this month, and I chose King Hua Restaurant in Alhambra because I enjoyed the food and the service in my previous visits to the restaurant both for similar dinners, as well as during dim sum.

While the service was very attentive, and the servers were extremely helpful in serving the 3 different cakes at the of the banquet, I found the preparations of many of the courses could have been done better.

However, what was most important was that everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves.

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Roasted Pork Combination Platter (Roast Pork with Crispy Skin, Barbeque Pork, Pork Hock, Jellyfish


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Peking Duck with Steamed Buns


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Sliced Cucumbers and Shredded Scallions (and Hoisin Sauce, not pictured) for the Peking Duck


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Remainder of Peking Duck Served Later During Dinner


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Scallops and Beef Cubes in Bird’s Nest


Scallops & Beef Cubes in Bird’s Nest – This was a good dish with the exception that the nest itself tasted like a fortune cookie.  This combination of savory and sweet was not appealing to many in my group.  I wished they would have done traditional preparation by creating a nest out of long strands of shredded potatoes and then deep fry it.  Would have been lighter, just as crunchy, but without that sweetness.

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Crab and Fish Maw Soup


Crab & Fish Maw Soup – This was the less expensive of the 2 versions on their menu.  But even at $52 (I needed 2 orders per table), it was pretty much a disappointment.  Sure, there was ample crab meat, but not as much fish maw.  Worse was the fact the soup lacked any seasoning, and the fish maw pieces were just bland.

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Chayote with Pork


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Steamed Chicken with Ham and Mushrooms


Steamed Chicken with Ham & Mushroom – This dish was hampered from the chicken, ham and mushrooms sitting in too much sauce.  Traditionally, there’s only a little bit of sauce underneath to provide flavor.  The ham and shitake mushrooms were too salty as well.

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Stir Fried Mixed Mushrooms


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Lobster, Seafood Palace Style


Seafood Palace (formerly Seafood Village) Style Garlic Lobster – Good flavor but lobster got overcooked rendering some of the meat dry.

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Pea Shoot Leaves with Abalone Mushrooms


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Steamed Red Rock Cod (fresh from their tanks)


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Stuffed Deep Fried Egg Tofu Stuffed with Diced Vegetables


Stuffed Deep Fried Egg Tofu with Diced Vegetables was not prepared as well as the last time had this dish.  Some of the tofu was only hollowed out 1/3 way deep, so there was’nt enough room to stuff them with diced vegetables.   I originally requested 2 orders of this dish so that each person can have a whole piece of the stuffed tofu, but that request was missed, so we had to cut these pieces in half in order to serve everyone at the table.

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Seafood Chow Mein, Hong Kong Style


Seafood Chow Mein, HK Style with crispy noodles, but the preparation was lacking in that much of the noodles were not deep fried to a nice golden crisp, leaving a soggy mess in the middle.

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Natsu Cake from Jin Patisserie


Natsu Cake from Jin Patisserie: Kumquat Compote, Vanilla Sponge Cake, Yuzu Creme Brulee and Marscapone.

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Green Tea Chiffon Cake from Cake House


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Blueberry Chiffon Cake from Cake House


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