BBQ, Babes, & Ground Hurkeys

The hospitality of the students at Ted's school (and in Hong Kong in general) has been  exceptional.  This was the chinese barbecue we were invited to, given at the apartment of a classmate, Isabella, self proclaimed babe and former model.  The modeling photos pasted about the apartment would keep me from putting her in the "modest" category, but she was a wonderful hostess!

Here we go with the food again...I know I tend to write a lot about it, but it really never ceases to amaze me.  When we arrived at the apartment, we were first surprised to find that we had entered a gateway into 3rd world living conditions...apparently, this water-covering-the-floor, grease-spattered walls, and animal carcass left overs in the kitchen is pretty much the norm for a student our age.  This did not bode well for the dinner we were about to have, and as we stepped out onto the balcony patio (sigh of relief there was outdoor space) it became evident this was going to be an adventurous night of eating once again.  First up, baby chicks on a stick. See below--Ted, so brave, ate one of course.  Our friend Salvadore wasn't so sure...
Close up, you can see these babies are fresh from the egg, and you are supposed to eat them head, bones, and all.  Some chose to stick with a liquid diet...that would be me.

Another crowd pleaser was the duck tongue

Ted and I are discussing how the Chinese assign themselves American names, and how entertaining their choices can be; we've got an Ace, a Calvin, and I just heard of a Cinderella. Notice the exterior of the building here; although this building wasn't particularly nice anyway,  even the nice ones in central are very poorly cared for on the exterior.  You could have 5 star restaurants on the first two floors and then from there up the building looks like it is corroding.  Lots of laundry hanging out the windows too.  We got a warning that if we were too loud, neighbors would start throwing things out the windows at us...this was a titch worrisome, because it was a 22 story building. 
Liquid diet eventually lead to model posing and ground hurkeys.  Thank you Elise for your introduction of that move...while it was the hit of the night, my knee was not so grateful.