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BUDDY SCHEME EVENT
The kickoff BBQ as reported by International Tutor Juho Valtonen
WHO?: Buddies + International Tutors
Juho and Indi
WHERE?: Tai Mei Tuk Bahia Restaurant
Chung King BBQ
WHEN: November 17th, 2017
We kicked off the Buddy scheme this year on a
high note and had our first activity on Friday,
November 17th by having a BBQ Party in Tai
Mei Tuk. The weather was very nice for an out-
side BBQ party, and everybody who attended
had a blast.
It was an all-you-can-eat style buffet, with a time
limit of 3-hours, so we enjoyed a very relaxed
meal. After running out of time, we were not
asked to leave the restaurant, but were allowed
to stay there as long as we liked. It was very nice
service and worth the price of HK$178 (plus
charcoal boxes of HK$50 per table).
We enjoyed tasting many different Hong Kong
style BBQ foods from lamb skewers to beef
steaks, clam pots to big, juicy shrimps, and egg-
plants to tofu. It was the first time that I glazed
my BBQ foods with honey, and I was quite
The BBQ was quite different from what I am surprised at how well it turned out. The hon-
used to in Finland. In Finland, we do not go to ey-glazed tofu skin was very good indeed. Also,
a restaurant, but instead prepare and grill meat the spices used by the restaurant were very nice
ourselves at summerhouses. Sometimes we cook and were a completely new flavor profile for me.
our meat on a proper grill, other times we even For dessert, we enjoyed grilled pineapples and
do so on open flames around a campfire. For this grilled bananas.
reason, having an all-you-can-eat buffet like this
was a new and interesting experience for me. I We entertained ourselves in a nice, casual atmo-
would highly suggest trying it out if you have sphere chitchatting away until late hours of the
not done so yet. It was very accessible with no last warm autumn day. Our next activity will be
preparation required; you just go there and pay in January; that will be Dai Pai Dong dining in
a set fee and enjoy as long as you like!
Tai Po Market, so please stay tuned for that one
as well!
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DECEMBER 2017