A Broad Reference

This Sunday I was invited to the TLI New Year's Banquet. I got lost trying to find the place, but bumped into a couple of people who showed me where it was. Several of the teachers performed songs and dances. Some of them were really hilarious. My favorite was a teacher dressed in a traditional kimono who did a very graceful dance.

There were also raffle prizes and games of charades (all in Chinese!) I didn't win anything :^( but there were really good prizes like rice cooker, DVDs and a grand prize- a ceramic heater. Charades was hard but very fun, there were teams of people competing so spirits were very high. The food was amazing but but I was so busy eating I forgot to take pictures until almost the end. We started with a lobster salad and sushi. Then all kinds of seafood dishes- cheesy crab, black bean and garlic scallops and spicy garlic shrimp.
This is silky black skinned chicken. It was so tender and moist that you could pull it apart with a spoon. It's also a lucky dish that means "no one got fired".

Can you guess what these are? Hint- they're not to scale. I've labeled them in the album. So if you click on the picture it'll take you thru to the rest of my shots. Everyone watched me with bated breath, as I tried one of these. When I pronounced it delicious, they all laughed and gleefully informed me of the source. They were all impressed when I had another big helping.