Wok Walk

Today we went on a Wok Walk with Chef Joseph Poon in Chinatown Philadelphia.  We had a Tai Chi demonstration, a Chinese vegetable carving lesson, and a walking tour of the Chinatown community including stops at a fortune cookie factory, a Chinese bakery, an Asian grocery store, a Chinese cooking equipment warehouse, and a few other places.  After the tour, we went back to Chef Poon's restaurant and had a four course lunch!!  We had a great time and would definitely recommend it!

Alex with the biggest wok ever!!

Dorsal fin in the Asian Market that sells for $338 a pound!!!  Chef Poon said it is Asian culture to pay a lot for health in order to extend life.

 

At the Chinese Bakery we all got hot bubble tea and a warm sweet roll.  Chef Poon said these treats are like the coffee and cinnamon rolls American people get at McDonalds in the morning.  We got a special cake since we were newlyweds!!

The fortune cookie factory was sooo neat!!  We got to see how the fortune is put into the cookie!!  After the tour, we all got huge bags of fresh cookies!

Warm fresh cookies on a snowy day!

Alex's bag of cookies

Chef Poon

Our cute desserts!

My Chinese letter book, ink, and writing utensil I got for knowing the answers to Chef Poon's quiz :)

 

Some of our prizes

Procrasta-cake!

I didn't really feel like studying Saturday morning so I made a procrastination cake and celebrated not studying gross anatomy :)

Pediatric Aids Benefit Concert

Last weekend, Alex went to Drexel's Pediatric Aids Benefit Concert. It is an event that has raised $300,000 to date to help finance the services of many life saving programs and the opportunity to attend summer camp for the children in the Pediatric Aids program at St. Christopher's Hospital. Also, the money raised provides for the families affected by illness with financial support for emergency funds needed for housing, transportation, and other expenses. I skipped out to spend a few additional hours studying for the biochem final :( Alex got to see awesome dances, eat somewhat good food, and saw the crazy performance by one of our professor's bands!

Alex, Kia, and Mustafa


With Donyell


Adam playing his guitar!


Yep, that is Dr. Novack crowd surfing!

NC State Pasta

For dinner the other week we had NC State pasta salad! The noodles are Mr. Wolf's face!! Santa Claus got this for Alex and we just loved it!! Too bad Santa couldn't find a nice blue and white pasta salad...

Snow Dinner

Kia's mom is in town visiting for a few weeks and decided to make us all dinner after the big snow storm! It was so nice to take a break from studying to hang out with friends :)

Everyone except Kia!


One of the most amazing dinners ever served at Cloverly Park! The home cooked Persian food was just wonderful!


And an anti-oxidant rich dessert that would make Dr. Swaney proud!

Snowmageddon 2010

This past weekend we got close to 30 inches of snow and added 15 more inches to it with the storm on Wednesday!! It was a snowmageddon! Unfortunately, I had module exams all week and was not able to play with Alex much in the winter wonderland :( Alex did get out of work, though, for two days and we had the last three module exams moved to Friday because of the condition of the roads.

Midnight walk home from the library in the snow from the first storm.




Blizzard Day!! Alex and Kia started a fort!


Kia with the snowman!


Alex


View from the library.


School yard




Danielle in the Blizzard!! Alex came to walk us home from school.


Covered car


Almost up to my hips!




Mustache Snowman


Compact versus fluffy snow

Kia's Birthday

A week ago was Kia's birthday so a few of us from school went out to dinner to celebrate! We went to a sushi place and it was amazing! It was a good last horrah before the horrible month of February exams.

Surprise!! Danielle made yummy cupcakes for Kia!


One side of the table


Other side


Gurbakhash, Donyell, and May


May's sushi


Danielle's sushi


My sushi


Alex's tuna!!