China BBQ

A couple weekends ago a coworker of mine invited us to go to a BBQ with some other coworkers and her friends. Of course, we said yes! Early Saturday morning we all met up and carpooled up to the mountains...a couple hours outside of Beijing along the Yong-Ting River.

We weren't sure what to expect in a Chinese style BBQ. We asked what was on the menu...answer: skewered pork & chicken, steak, and sides of veggies. ok! sounds good! Once we arrived and found a spot along the river we started to get everything ready. My friend's husband got the bbq pits ready while we got the meat skewered.

Yep, that is a small metal box they just throw the coals into and light the fire...skewers are just put across and cooked right up. :)

Above we had some deliciously seasoned pork and some marinated chicken...not sure what spices/sauces they used, but it was awesome.

My friend's husband broke out the red wine to cook with the steak...also extremely delicious.

After we ate the delicious food, some broke out cards and played "poker"...which is just what they call card games. Not sure what the game actually was, but it looked like a variation of spades. The rest of us headed down to the free water "park" they had alongside the river...with a type of ropes course to get across the water.

Jesse and I did not risk attempting to get across...because that water did not look too clean and neither of us wanted to come close to falling in! But it was great entertainment watching other folks try and succeed and many try and fail. 

After a long day of bbqing, good food, good laughs, and lots of sun it was time to head back. On the way home we stopped by a temple that the pregnant couple with us wanted to visit since it is said that if you worship there you will have a baby boy. We shall see if it worked...