Our first wedding anniversary

During lunch today, my officemates and i were sharing about our New Year Eve's whereabouts and  stories. One of my colleague did a movie marathon with her hubby which i think is utterly sweet. Another colleague played hide & seek game at a friend's place. I am the least happening one as i slept at 11.30pm on New Year's eve. Heee...

I followed hubby and his family to his aunt's housewarming party for dinner but i left with hubby's family at 10pm. Hubby stayed on and enjoyed his countless cans of beers. I surprised myself as i opt to go to bed early instead to stay on at the housewarming party. I guess it was a wise decision as i was still tired from our Kuala Lumpur to Penang travel in the morning and my body has been pretty unstable, i.e showed signs of UTI and with a sore back. Hubby on the other hand, fell ill on New Year's day with a severe cold. He was already unwell on New Year's eve with fever and sore throat. I guess the long distance driving, drinking and lack of proper rest lowered his body resistance further.

Hence, on our first wedding anniversary which was yesterday, we did not do anything special. We travelled back to Kuala Lumpur from Penang and poor hubby sneezed at least ten dozen times in a day! Hubby also suffers from body aches and a stuffy nose. Despite all the above, hubby brought me to one of his favourite Chinese restaurant for dinner.

 Hubby's favourite goose's claw with sea cucumber,giant mushroom and some greens. I didn't touch the goose's claws but happily took more greens.

 I had 3 of this big head prawn (ironically minus the big head) grilled in the restaurant's recommended Yu Lan sauce. Hubby is skilled in emptying the big head filled with the prawn's roes. Hmm...i think i didn't want to master this skill on purpose to avoid the cholestrol intake from the prawn's roes. *wink*

 Fried rice with waxed duck meat and Chinese sausages. This dish is very fragrance and i had 3 full bowls.

To end the meal, i had a bowl of peanut cream dessert which was not thick enough to my liking.

The bill came to a whopping RM145 for dishes above. Frankly, i am not a fan of sea cucumber, giant mushroom nor big head prawn but hubby thought it was our 1st wedding anniversary and decided to order these premium items. Thankfully, hubby didn't order any shark's fins soup to wow me. I didn't mind eating those fake ones though served at Chinese wedding dinners but i am against the idea of ordering real shark's fins soup for consumption. As we were leaving, we saw a table next to ours ordered 5 bowls of soup which was heated up individually on a gas cooker. We were told it was shark's fins soup and it costs RM175 per bowl and they looked very delicious. If only the restaurant served shark's fins soup minus the shark's fins, then it would be a win-win for me, pocket and principle wise.

I hope poor hubby gets better quickly and i hope everyone had a happy and prosperous New Year with a note, health is wealth! A timely reminder to myself and everyone close to me to love your body like how you love your food.