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Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Gong Xi Fa Cai Shark's fin soup. Roast duck. The Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner is always one of the best meals of the year. It's also usually the only time I can convince my mom to make one of my favorite dishes in the world, shark's fin soup (at $35-60 a bowl in a restaurant, it's easily one of the most expensive gourmet food items you can find). My brother also made the trek back to our parents' house (just over an hour of driving for him, a flight from LA for me) and ended up taking a large portion of food home with him since he was hosting dinner for friends the next day. However, he says he actually did end up cooking most of that meal, not entirely relying on Mom's skills. I stayed in Michigan for the weekend and was able to briefly catch up with some friends, including the newly-engaged Ricke. Apparently I was out of loop, because he proposed to his Irish girlfriend months ago. I'm excited for him. However, it is rather amusing to note that he and his fiancee have only been in the same country for a total of eight days throughout the course of knowing each other. Even more amusing is the fact that one of his brothers also picked up an Irish girlfriend (though he was Ireland for a few months, and thus it's more "normal"). "We had to travel overseas to find women who would put up with us!" Now they just need to get the last brother in on the deal. Nothing like a global romance to breed stories to tell the grandchildren. Labels: holidays ^ Top | 1:55 AM | | | 
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