NO, WE HAVE not suddenly decided to become a food website but we can’t resist putting out a spread of photos of an excellent dinner some of us had last night (May 2).
The link that this article has with the stock market (the focus of our website)?
The company behind the dinner was Singapore-listed Eu Yan Sang International, Asia's leading healthcare company with a core focus in Traditional Chinese Medicine and integrative healthcare.
Eu Yan Sang hosted a dinner at the World Gourmet Summit at Shangri-La Hotel where guests (some 100 of them paying $188+ per pax) enjoyed a dinner prepared with Chinese herbs from Eu Yan Sang.
The masterchef, Manish Mehrotra from India, heads the kitchens of Indian Accent (New Delhi), Oriental Octopus (New Delhi, Noida & Lavasa) And Tamarai (London).
His creations last night included tandoori prawns chaat with Thai pomelo salad, lily bulbs and lotus seeds - this dish was a clear favourite among many guests.
Then there was lamb boti melded with codonopsis root, coix barley, eurayle seed biryani and peppermint oil -- and more.
Since we are more adept at dissecting PE ratios, book values and such delicacies, we shall leave the in-depth critique of the dinner to those qualified to do so. We'll just share with you here some visual delights including photos of top executives of listed companies who were among the guests.
Financial update:
Recently, Eu Yan Sang served up a palatable business performance report when it said pre-tax profit jumped 43% to S$7.8 million for its 2Q ended 31 December 2010.
This came on the back of a 9% increase in revenue to S$64.0 million.
Gross profit margin remained stable at 52%.
In geographical and local currency terms, Hong Kong remained the Group’s largest market, growing a strong 16% in revenue. Malaysia too did well with a 15% increase in revenue while Singapore grew 9%.
