Asian Food Experience Featuring "Dim Sum"
Saturday, September 23, 2006 
China King on Beach Blvd.

On Saturday, September 23, 2006, the Jacksonville Asian American Alliance and the Multi-Cultural Network co-hosted an Asian Food Experience Dinner featuring Chinese Dim Sum held at China King on Beach Blvd.

Eight (80) guests representing 22 countries (Australia, Barbados, Belaruz, Canada, China, England, Finland, France, Indonesia, Iran, Germany, Greece, Japan, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Surinam, Taiwan, Venezuela, and Vietnam) attended this specially prepared dinner which included Peking duck, stir fried rice noodle, rice noodle roll with shrimp, crabmeat ball, steamed pork dumpling (Siu Mai), steamed shrimp dumpling (Har Gar), pan fried Chinese chives and meat, steamed sticky rice chicken wrapped in lotus leaf, pan friend turnip cake, steamed spare ribs in black bean sauce, steamed sweet red bean bun and sweet egg custard. 

In addition to great cuisine, guests learned the history of Dim Sum and how to use chopsticks. 

Meet and Greet!

Eighty guests representing 22 countries attended the Asian
Evening Experience featuring Dim Sum.

Dexter Hoayun, President of MCN, talking to Carolyn Mickler
and students from VSA at UNF.

The first course, Peking Duck!

The delicious noodles.

The delectable crabmeat ball.

The Scrumptious sticky rice chicken wrapped in lotus leaf.

Odette Struys and Dean Cotton

Tra Nguyen, President of VSA at UNF, and Rodel Custodio.

Al and Carolyn Mickler

Dr. Tony Molo, Dr. Vince Baitan, Sally Baitan, Kathy Molo

August Worthington Int’l CEO Mr. Bruce Brenick and
President Mrs. Shirin Brenick; Philipus Suparto.

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