Monday, July 2, 2001
Woke early and made pumpkin bread. Hired by UCSF School of Pharmacy. Hooray! First day of work is Monday, July 16. Patrick talks to Mitchell Waters of Curtis Brown Ltd who wants to see all of Patrick's work. Hooray! We go to Empress of China for a celebration dinner. We have the China Gourmet dinner. For $39.95 per person, we got: sai see gai (empress chicken salad), kuo teh (peking pot sticker), baby quail flambé, sizzling rice soup, beef canton (cubes of sirloin of beef sauteed with fresh chinese vegetables in wine sauce), lobster see jup (lobster with shell sauteed in see jup sauce, minced pork, green pepper, and onions), empress fried rice, vanilla ice cream with lychee nuts and dragon eyes, bouquet tea, and chinese fortune cookies. Patrick's fortune said, "You will be wise not to seek too much from others." My fortune said, "Your happiness is intertwined with your outlook on life." The most amazing thing about this dinner was the timing. There must have been no more than 2 minutes between each course. The food was excellent.