Mother’s Day Gift Package – 14th March 2010 (open from 2pm till 10.30pm)
Why not treat your mother to a luxurious package for Mother’s Day for £100 which includes four lovely gifts:
1. Table for 2 (Set Meal – 3 courses with a glass of wine/beer/soft drink)
First Course: Three Precious Soup ((Pork, prawn, peas, fresh bambooshoots, carrots in a clear broth)
Second Course: Dim Sum Platter (includes har gow (prawn dumpling), siu mi (pork dumpling), Asian style burger (made from beef, waterchestnuts and shitake mushrooms))
Third Course: Choose one of the below (includes egg fried rice)
- Mabel’s Claypot Chicken (a dish named after my mother, Mabel and a dish that reunited mother and daughter)
- Lemon Chicken Deluxe in a lemon honey sauce
- Sweet and Sour Chicken with wolfberries and longans
- Beef and Sweet Peppers and Blackbean Sauce
- Buddha’s Golden Picnic Basket (mixed vegetables in a crispy noodle basket) (V)
- Firecracker Chicken or Vegetables (V)
- Jade and Ebony (Chinese mushrooms on a bed of Chinese cabbage in a savoury sauce)(V)
2. A bottle of wine to take home
3. A box of chocolates to take home
4. An autographed Sweet Mandarin book with your mother’s name in Chinese.
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My earliest memories was hearing the click-click of my mum’s heels on the tiled floor, the white clouds of steam billowing out as the wok lid was lifted and the incredible aromas that made my stomach growl. We grew up in a family firm that was built on decades of graft and hard-earned experience, and we were expected to give up our weekends and evenings to help in the family takeaway. Schoolwork, a thousand little frustrations and missed Friday night parties evaporated as we sat down to eat.
My mum has that knack of melting away problems with a smile despite the fact that she has been through a lot (racist attacks, the isolation of being an immigrant family) but it is a tribute to my mum’s extraordinary character and toughness that she didn’t let these experiences get to the core of her. She has a forgiving heart and has learnt not to be bitter. If the world were run by mothers, the world would be a peaceful place. My mum is my heroine and my inspiration in returing to the catering trade.
For all mothers and your endless love, I dedicate the Mother’s Day Gift Package to you.
Love
Lisa
