John's Farewell Dinner And Party
We got together with the other teachers in our department to say goodbye to John and hello to a new teacher. The head of the department, Susan, and the Dean of the faculty, Dean Jiang, were our hosts
17.07.2008 - 17.07.2008
They came to get us at around 6 pm and took us to a restaurant that was popular to hold such affairs. We had been there before in one of our weekend dinings with Bogdan and Tom. The restaurant was nice and had separate dining rooms with air conditioning. Our room had two tables and was perfect for our small group. Pictures say it better than I can write.
All the guys sat at this table with three of the ladies.
The other table was strictly for the lady teachers. No men allowed.
Dr. Robert and his wife Jean are from Canada and qualify as "foreign" teachers
Susan, head of the department, and Dean Jiang, head of the faculty, were our hosts
Sunee seems to be having a good time
Sylvia with our new teacher
John is enjoying himself
Two more of our finest
Susan takes a break to gossip a bit
Bernice and Mariah, both graduates of the Assumption University MELT program
The Dean needs more wine
Charles, our teacher coordinator, brought some soy bean milk for me and others
Tom takes advantage and pigs out
I guess this means the dinner was a success
THE FAIR
The feast is spread
The appetizer was spicy sichuan peanuts. Lots of peppers with few peanuts
Then came some spicy sichuan noodles. Not too bad but still spicy
Do not be fooled by these mushrooms. They were very, very hot
Fishheads! A sichuan delicacy which us foreigners passed on. All except Robert who loved them
Spicy sichuan chicken. Would have been much better if the chicken had been boneless
Spicy sichuan pork (or is that beef) stomach. I passed on this as well
Pagoda Pork. The best dish we had for us foreigners. Giant slabs of bacon
Posted by inchinahil 20.07.2008 7:17 PM Archived in Food | China
