Birthday BBQ

The other week, Mark and I were invited to a Hong Kong BBQ for one of our classmate’s birthday. This is a little different than the BBQ’s back home as you might imagine. We started the day meeting a lot of the students at the local train station and heading out to the New Territories. When we arrived we helped out with some of the grocery shopping at the local Wellcome store (no, that was not a typo) to pick up some drinks and snacks. We then took some taxis out to a gated community where one of our classmates lived. There were roughly 20 of us and we arrived to quite a nice house that included an entertainment room, complete with an unreal karaoke system. After playing a few games of Pictionary (it was more fun than its sounds), Wii, and some Karaoke, we headed to the roof for some food. There was a buffet of raw lamb, ribs, chicken wings, fishballs, and vegetables for us to choose from. In the center of the terrace was a brick fire pit lit with charcoal, and everyone just grabs whatever they want to cook and uses skewers to cook it.

The food was delicious, and it was great to get to know our classmates more. When we finally got around to celebrating the birthday, some of the other students had created some interesting birthday gifts to give. I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Yes, that is what you think it is.