For the past four years I have organized a group outing in February to go bowling and enjoy Chinese food. The inaugural event matched up with both Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year, and well, bowling is a fun group activity. This year we met up the day before Chinese New Year for bowling at the same dive joint in Northern Virginia. Service is a little surly, technology is vastly outdated, and the beer is overpriced, but the chance to cheer each other on as we brush off rusty or nonexistent bowling skills with friends for a few hours is priceless.
My husband brushing off his bowling skills from last year.
This year a few new friends joined the gathering and added celebratory dancing after scoring strikes and spares.
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Following the bowling, we headed over to Mark's Duck House for Chinese food. There were four vegetarians in the mix, and six omnivores who shared a number of dishes. The great thing about sharing dishes is you can enjoy a variety of dishes and flavors at a discount, with tax and tip included $23 per person. Since duck was in the restaurant's name, we ordered a full duck, but it took well over 45 minutes to arrive.
Singapore Noodles with meat.
Prawns with snow peas.
Moo Shu Pork
Fried Rice with Chinese Sausage and extra Chinese Sausage.
Beef with Chinese Broccoli and wide noodles.
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A great time all around, and a nice way to catch up with some former MBA classmates I haven't seen since last year's outing. Until next year...
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