Monday, March 16, 2009

Yesterday we were invited to Roger Wang's (Roger works with Tim at HP) home in the country. He was celebrating the birth of his son. It is Chinese tradition to celebrate when the baby is 1 month old. The celebration is a gathering of friends and family and a huge feast is shared. Okay...and a lot of Chinese white wine is consumed. This particular wine is very "strong" and Tim and I stay far away from it!

The celebration was at the family farm and we were lucky because it was sunny and warm. Here are some pictures of the celebration. Tim drove us to the farm...it was about 1 hour 15 minutes from our apartment.

Family home
Family busy preparing for the feastSoooooo cute!
Most of the meal was prepared outside on a patio.
The family hired a cook to prepare part of the meal.
Inside the family home....this is the kitchen...look at all those plates of food!
Family well
Family cooking area inside the home
Chef for the day
This farm area is owned by many families....all with the last name Wang....they called this area a village.

HP families

it was fun to see all the children...



This is what they grow on the farm. It is made into cooking oil.

Flower of the oil plant
Kids playing in the water

Hanging out with the babies...

Look at that face....! You can tell she loves hanging out with me!
She loves her daddy!


Dining room

crab legs
Spring rolls
More food
and more food...


In the dining room.....this was only half full when I took the picture. And...there was another dining room at the neighbors home that was just as full.


Ah...the guest of honor....What a sweet baby.
Grandma and mom brought him around to show him to all the guests while we were eating dinner. Then he was whisked away and we never saw him again.


Turtle soup...it does not taste like chicken

Fish.....it was very good

nuts

meat dishes

I think there were about 25 different dishes served. Our table was completely covered with different plates of food. It was very colorful.


Kids in the tree
I love this picture....
It was a very fun day in the country!

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