Surprise Party

Yesterday I threw a surprise birthday party for my husband. I asked some of his friends to hide in our place before we went back home. Also I cooked a lot at home and ordered a cake but pretended not doing anything for his birthday. When we arrived home, I told him I needed to go to bathroom so I could sneak into our place first. He was really surprised. When we jumped out saying "Happy Birthday" as he walked in, he was standing there and shocked for a second or two.

We had a wonderful night with friends. Here is the menu for the party.

Birthday party menu for 5
Preparation time: 4 hours

冷菜 (Appetizer/Cold dish)：
1。双拼：黄瓜段+切片浇汁红烧牛肉 (half and half: cucumber + beef cooked with soy sauce and sugar)
2。双拼：糟毛豆+凉拌海蜇 (half and half: boiled soy bean in wine + jellyfish)
3。双拼：油爆虾+素包（腐皮包香菇开洋丁）(half and half: fried shrimp + chopped mushroom and dried shrimp wrapped in tofu skin)

热菜：清蒸海鲈鱼 (Hot dish: steamed sea bass)

汤：暖锅（清鸡汤+章鱼丸，鱼豆腐，白菜，油豆腐，冻豆腐，蘑菇，蟹肉棒，干贝）(Soup: chicken soup with fish ball, fish tofu, kapa, fried tofu, frozen tofu, mushroom, crab stick, and dried scallop)

生日蛋糕 (Birthday cake)

水果拼盘（葡萄，樱桃，菠萝） (Fruit: grape, cherry and pineapple)

Since it is a surprise party, I cannot cook a lot of hot dishes since I was out with him when friends sneaked in. So I prepare more appetizers (cold dishes) and a big soup. Then I put the soup on top of a electrical stove top during the dinner. So friends did not freeze after eating so many cold dishes.

I should have taken some pictures for the food. But the thing is that his friends finished all the food even before I had the chance to get to my camera. Have to say sorry here.

I never saw my husband so surprised. I think this is a birthday he will never forget. :D Task sucessfully done!