With the End of Financial Year, several things happen. There are heaps of sales, you can put in your tax returns and some people get promotions at work. Luckily I have such friends that are better at their jobs than I am (Congratulations to them!). So the celebration dinner was held at La Paella. I know nothing about Moroccan or Spanish food. The only thing I’d learnt from MasterChef was that a good paella should have a crusty base.

What did we eat?

KeXin, Wancy, Jono and WiFi (I was the special guest this time!): The Andulucian Banquet. This consisted of…

• Mixed dips served with home made bread.



• A mixed platter with fried cheese, chicken shasliks, Spanish omelette, garlic mushrooms and salad.



• A chicken and seafood paella – there was hardly a crusty base but it was still tasty. I found the crust kinda salty.



• Coffee/tea with almond biscuits – we didn’t get to this stage…see What I didn’t like.

What I liked:

• The Moroccan mint tea, especially while it’s hot. Once the tea cools down, the tea is too sweet.
• The garlic mushrooms. They only served the heads/caps of the mushrooms but they put the garlic sauce inside the heads/caps

What I didn’t like:

• The teapot holding the tea was a bit silly. It was completely metal…so the handle was hot while the tea was hot.
• My friends didn’t help me with the paella (I ended up eating about 2/3 of it). They were quite full after the mixed platter. But this isn’t really the restaurants fault.

Top tip:

The banquet is quite filling so pace yourselves! Also, opening the lid of the teapot doesn’t work like it does at Yumcha.

Rating: 7/10. But I’m definitely not ready for another paella yet…unless someone eats the bigger portion.