Dinner with the Low's

Sunday night, I met up with the Low's for dinner. They're family friends that I've known since I was a baby and it was nice to see them all in HK. They're here for a couple of weeks visiting all of their extended family and invited me to their family dinner in Lai Chi Kok. I'm glad I went as I became their official photographer when they posed for their extended family photoshoot. Here's a photo of the Low family that I grew up with (plus their two little ones and po-po ie grandma).


Since I didn't know where the restaurant was, Joanne's uncle and Joanne came to meet me at the MTR station. He knew it was me the second he saw me. Guess it was the shorts and tank top. I don't know how everyone else was walking around in long pants and t-shirts. It was over 80 degrees out! And it's funny b/c I knew I should have dressed more "conservatively" since I was going to be around all HK locals. So my idea of more conservative was to wear a blousey type tank top versus a spagetti strap tank top. Jo and I laughed about that as she too was stared at since her arrival for her "provocative" clothing decisions. (She's in the upper left hand corner) hehe.

So the food was delicious as I knew it would be. Here are just a few of the things we had for dinner. First up was the roast pork! Do you love or hate that you can see the piggy's face?


Then we had some shark fin soup - it's not a proper chinese dinner without some shark fin soup (Although I wouldn't order it on my own. I like sharks - they're cute in their own scary way!)


And then we had these things. Can anyone guess what they are? They knew the name in Chinese but no one knew the English translation and I guessed several things. They weren't oysters, mussels, clams, sea urchins or any other sea animal that I could think of, but they were ok-la.

Here's a close up of one if you're really trying to help me figure out what they are!


And of course dessert came with freshly baked baos! They were awesome.


I also got a chance to get my baby fix in since Preston and Kaitlin were there! Kaitlin was feeling shy last night so I just have pics of Preston. He's too cute!


Ok, one more!