Dragon Boat Dine About Town: The Lunar New Year Outing

Dim Sum with DieselFish Dragon Boat Team

DieselFish Dragon Boat Team celebrated the Lunar New Year with a delicious dim sum meal at China Village Seafood Restaurant today. We enjoyed traditional dishes including har gow (shrimp dumplings), cha siu bao (BBQ pork buns) and phoenix talons (OK, they’re really chicken feet). We also played games and welcomed new friends. What a fun way to kick off the year of the sheep!

Alfred and Jen generously gave everyone lai see (red envelopes filled with money). Here, Wayne and Ellen show off their new prosperity.

Marynka, Robert, Julie and Victor get into the holiday spirit.

Jen won a prize!

The menu. Can you believe we plowed through 45 plates of dim sum?

(Don’t worry. We’ll work off the food at one of our killer practice sessions. We’ll save a seat for you.)

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY! HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!

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Wayne Explains the Dragon Boat Festival

Wayne, why are doing we doing this?

DieselFish went out for a traditional Cantonese dinner to celebrate Duanwu, the ancient Chinese holiday that gave birth to modern day dragon boat racing.

During the meal, it was revealed that many of us did not know the origin of our sport. Our teammate Wayne kindly offered an explanation:

Mystery solved! We're grateful that Wayne shared his knowledge about the sport.

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