Okay, so maybe he's not officially in the family... But our sister, Xuan's boyfriend Dan was a competitor on The Iron Chef. He is the Sous Chef for a restaurant called Joule in Seattle. The restaurant Owners/Chefs were called up by the show's producers and invited to compete on the show and they brought their number one sous chef, Dan! The show was taped back in October, but the episode just aired last week.
His family flew in from Boston to celebrate and watch the show when it aired on TV. (From left to right: Xuan, Dan's Dad David, Dan, his Mom Stephanie, his Uncle Jon, and Grandpa Abe) Don't you just love Dan's hat that someone made for him? Someone also made the adorable bling necklaces that say Iron Chef Joule on them. We brought them home and our girls wore them to school the next day to tell their teachers and friends all about it!
Dan and his Grandpa watching the show. His Grandpa is 97 yrs old.
We picked the prime spot to watch. Next to the food table!
Here is a list of the yummy apps that we had.
The next night we invited Dan's family over for dinner at our house. Dao made salmon, clams, and prawns, and his Dad made lobster and Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce. We had some garlic bread and my Mom made brocoli salad. It was an amazing feast! All of Dao's family came too!
Dan's Mom, Stephanie, brought Sculpey Clay and everyone sat down and made everything from beads and Lego hats to unicorns and dragons. Once again Grandpa sat down and showed off his skills
Here is a pic of the clay that was used. You have to bake the clay for about 15 minutes @ 275 degrees to harden the pieces.
Linh watched for the longest time, and we finally made her sit down and make stuff! I love that this family is always right in there with the kids having fun and playing around!
Thank you so much, Stephanie, for bringing such a fun activity for our girls to play with!
We had a Trader Joe's Marion Berry pie and Dan decided to put bacon bits on it. He at 4 pieces with bacon! None of us could say anything because the man has been on The Iron Chef! He had me try it, and I have to admit, it was good.
Here are a few of the Lego hats and creations. I can't tell you how much fun this is for the kids and adults!
I wish this picture turned out better! Many new Lego hats were made with all of the creative minds that were here. We took an informal vote, and the squid hat was the favorite. They made dolphin, chicken, pig, snake, and dragon hat's to name a few.
We also watched the episode of Iron Chef again. We were in a bar when we watched it the night before, so we didn't catch all the details of the episode. After that, they played a little Super Mario Bros. B is totally addicted to this game! I kid you not, her husband told me that they hop on the Wii almost every night to try and beat the game!
Dan's Mom had never played the Wii before, so Dan gave her a quick lesson.
Thank you so much, Dan, for sharing this special moment with all of us. We are so very proud of you!
1 comments:
that is super neat! i loved watching it! :) you guys were so sweet to have his parents over and for sharing the sculpey clay with my kiddies! they had a blast THANK YOU!
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