Chocolate and Mahjong

Mahjong madness took over our apartment this weekend.  Both last night and the night before we took to the tiles.  While playing we enjoyed Asian treats and green tea.  Anton also brought us back this fancy dark chocolate from his recent trip to Switzerland.  Of course it didn't last long.

Keen as Kimchi

We have already played over eight ours of Mahjong this weekend.  Last night we met up with Anton and Oi Lai at a fairly new Korean restaurant and followed up by playing mahjong until 2am.  Anton and I got a little side tracked building this tower...  Today we spotted their car down the street and tempted them back for some more mahjong madness!

Christmas with the Ma Family

On Christmas day James and I made our way over to my Uncle Ken and Aunty Maggie's home for a big family gathering on my Dad's side.  My Dad is the eldest of five brothers and two sisters.  All his siblings are married with children, hence it was a rowdy bunch with all my cousins there too.  We played many hours of Mahjong with my Dad at which he won us for the majority of the time, much to our dismay.  In true Chinese fashion my Uncle Sam managed to set up a makeshift wok in the middle of this suburban kitchen to cook up the copious amounts of food for a big Chinese dinner.  Seafood being the star attraction of course!  Photos taken by my brother Bruce.

Weekend Mahjong

This weekend it was time to revive the mahjong skills.  Last night Tammy and Tim came over for an evening of mahjong, tea and asian treats.  I think it's fair to say that Tammy loves mahjong as much as I do.  I figure we need to encourage our friends to be more mahjong crazed, because it's just so good! This afternoon Helen and I taught my mum and Wayne how to play.  They popped in for afternoon tea of mostly gluten free items, figs from mum's garden, sliced mango and strawberries.  Here's hoping for a long summer of mahjong!