Company Event - Stars of Resolve

Thursday night,
I went to this event in Long Beach,
1st Annual Los Angeles Night of Hope.

The doctor I work with got nominated as Stars of Resolve recently,
Meaning that he did an excellent job on taking care of his patients and improving the whole experience of infertility treatment.

Here's the invitation-


Table Display-


Note* it costs $100 per person to enter the event.

Thanks for my generous boss,

So what kind of food they have for this $100 event?

Fruits, cheese, sandwich, salad,

Coconut shrimps, pot sticks, pork skewers, fruits, veggies,

With an open bar carrying a small selection of wine, beer, and cocktails.

And of course they have a table full of delicate desserts-

Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting-

The dessert is actually pretty good,

I'll give it a Cindy's Rating: 6 or 7.

Especially the ones with chocolate flavor,

Very creamy, very smooth.

So how about the salty dishes?

Let's...not talk about it.

Since the location is inside a Japanese Garden,

Besides two people playing flute and violin,

They had an old guy making origami stuff for kids.

Origami Tulips-

The place is very pretty,

Trees and aisles were all decorated with lights and flowers,

There's also a big koi pond in the middle of the garden that has candles along the edges.

Pretty romantic.

Here's the koi pond-

And a crane feasting on smaller fishes-

We actually saw him catching one fish and flew away.

Pretty awesome (don't get me wrong, but crane has to eat too).

I even got a goodie bag in the end-

Sometimes I do like my job.

Coconut Bay - Twins of Banana Bay

I had a blog entry about Banana Bay few months ago,
And now there's Coconut Bay,
Two similar restaurants in Rowland Heights.

I'm not sure if it's under the same ownership,
But since almost everything on the menu is the same for the these two "bays,"
I assumed that the owner must made a lot of money and decided to open another gold digger restaurant.

Coconut Bay's Window Display-


Part of the Restaurant-


The basic design is about the same as Banana Bay,
The two restaurants all have live bands playing during weekends, sometimes during weeknights.
But Coconut Bay is more like an upgraded version of Banana Bay,
It has a big banquet room and pool tables,
Many flat screen TVs, video game screens, and projectors throughout the place,
And they even use electronic devices (kind of like PDA) while taking your orders,
What can I say?
Technology is gradually creeping on restaurants these days.

Menu-


Many pictures inside the menu. Very good.

Oyster Omelet and Fried Tofu-


I don't wanna be too picky here,
I can't compare this place to an authentic Thai restaurant,
So I'll just say that their omelet tastes better than fried tofu.
However, I wasn't too happy about the number of oysters inside that omelet.

Cindy's Rating for Oyster Omelet: 6
Cindy's Rating for Fried Tofu: 3

Spicy Shrimp Fried Rice-


Pretty flavorful,
Too bad all of their dishes are kind of small..
Can't feed a food monger like me.

Cindy's Rating: 6

BBQ Chicken Fried Rice-


I didn't taste it so no comment.

Hainan Chicken Rice-

Not as good as Savoy, another Hainan chicken rice joint in Alhambra, I'll write a post about it when I get a chance.

Cindy's Rating: 5

After all, I think both Banana Bay and Coconut Bay are a good restaurant for large groups, And they open till late night, Come hungry, eat happy.

Overall Rating: 5

Coconut Bay

18922 Gale Avenue

Rowland Heights, CA 91748

http://coconutbayonline.com/