Chinese Thanksgiving

The white people who like spicy gathered at Sun's BBQ tonight to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was 16 'true' Canadians who celebrate this annual event of giving thanks plus 3 East Indians who like to eat. If you haven't ever eaten at Sun's, you're missing out. Judging from the sea of Chinese people that surrounded us, it is obviously a favorite amongst their community. It reminds me of the ethnic Chinese food we ate growing up in Malaysia. The waiters speak broken english so be careful when ordering almond milk because you'll end up with a coke. But if you study the menu and point at what you're ordering you'll get what you're expecting and you're sure to be pleased with the results. Even the littlest amongst us enjoyed whatever food she managed to get in her mouth.

A lot of food was consumed and we ate until our stomachs were about to explode. I'm learning this is the standard for most Thanksgiving get togethers. In total, our table of 8 and a half stomachs (Metro's only 7 years old), ordered 10 dishes and went through 3 containers of rice.

I'm liking this tradition of Chinese Thanksgiving. There was no cooking involved and no clean up either, just full bellies as we paid the bill and waddled outside. Note for next year though, we must at all cost protect Colleen's beer and dessert from the dish clearing vultures who pounced as soon as they saw an opportunity to get us out of there and usher in the next group.