Red World

After drying off and warming up we realized it was Zero Beer Thirty (oh,
Bobbie, shoulda come)!  Now finding a cold one in a warm beer town is not easy! 
Eventually we discovered a small store hiding an chest refrigerator under a
canvas-you have to really work at this stuff sometimes. Magically appearing were
eight cold ones. The four of us consumed with glee chatting with the folks coming
home from work. Amazing how much you can accomplish with a smile and a hello, a few
photos on the iPhone and a bunch of curious kids!

Gathering forces we decided to attack an upstairs restaurant that had windows
overlooking to park below. "Red World" hesitantly welcomed us-they don't get many
faces like ours in this small town. The place was of course completely done up in
red-thus the name. 

The menu was all in Chinese and no one spoke English so we wandered around the other
tables looking at everyone's food, pointing and commenting!

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Eventually a banquet appeared, individual boiling hot pots, sliced meats, fish,
prawns, a dozen or so different veggies, wine, beer, and a bottle of Chinese hooch
hidden under the table!

We were making quite a stir with photo requests from other guests, the guys in the
private room next door yelling and laughing at our hair and beards, and the kitchen
staff (all 20+) constantly coming out to check in our status.

A few extra plates of food appeared, more beer and more laughs!  We ended the
evening with several versus of Old Lang Syne, both in English and Chinese-they claim
the song is original to them-thanks goodness Robbie Burns isn't in our group!

A few hugs, more photos, and even a kiss on the cheek for me from the head chief was
followed by the bill!

Yikes!  For the six of us, all that food and drink, all that fun, came to a
staggering $52 USD!



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