A friend of mine and I have our birthdays in November. A mutual friend of ours suggested that we go to his house and he will cook dinner for us as his way of celebrating our birthdays. 

That sounded like a good idea and we all agreed. My friend is a great cook. 

This was the menu for the evening.
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Fried chicken - Vietnamese style
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Fried pork with black fungus in red rose fermented soy sauce.
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Chinese spinach with oyster sauce and ‘Hua Tiao Jiu’ (rice wine)
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Pork ribs and herbal soup.
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That was plenty of food for three. All the dishes were nice and very tasty. They went very well with a bowl of plain white rice. We ate as much as we could. 

After dinner, there were fruits, birthday cakes…
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and red bean soup with herbal ingredients.
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There was also a bottle of white wine. One friend had one sip, and the other had a glass. So, I ended up having the rest of the bottle, as we sat and chatted until half past ten in the evening. 
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It was another lovely evening with good friends and great food. I had never eaten so much. 

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