Alison & Carl's Chinese Wedding Banquet was in New Brunswick, NJ so I drove from Philadelphia to attend.I had a lot of fun but in the twelve courses of food, there were definitely some things that I had NEVER considered eating.
Jellyfish tentacles that I THOUGHT were noodles (I definitely could not have tried that mouthful had I really known), shark fin, abolone, and bird's nest created from the spit of swallows...
The fabulous dragon dance and a Tea Ceremony. The couple honored their elders by serving them tea.
Then there was fun dancing. The "YMCA" transcends cultures!Three people from three periods of Alison's Education: Julie (Grad School at Purdue), Kara (School of Science & Math), and me (the teen years).
The Lord blessed me to give such a fabulous neighbor and friend during middle & high school!
She is brilliant and now working in D.C. so we'll no longer be hanging out at the pool or Dixie Youth Games to catch up on the news!
4 comments:
Do you have your sights on a Chinese brother?
Haha. I guess it could seem like that since I've had two Chinese centered posts very recently but they are completely unrelated. The wedding I was at was actually attended by Cantonese speakers instead of Mandarin.
The food at the wedding definitely put me in panic mode around course five. "How in the world can I learn the language? I CANNOT eat the food. I can't do this."
I actually have WAY less of a desire to go there...and then Rich's stories at brunch last weekend fed that even more!
French could be a better language for me...or Italian. It was a pretty scarring experience.
By the way...
If I do have a specific guy in mind, now the ENTIRE WORLD is guessing! :)
What? Just like that, you're going to trade in China for snails, fish eggs and frog legs?
I'm just teasing about the guy. That's private, anyway.
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