Kelly woke up around 8am and saw Vincent was pacing the backyard. Time to get up and prepare breakfast.
By 9am, almost all were out of their sleeping quarters, whether due to noise distraction or the aroma of the
morning coffee/tea. The original breafast plan (congee, ChongFun, SzeYauWong ChowMein) was scratched
as most preferred simple breakfast of just coffee/tea with a slice or two of toast bread. The golfers (Simon, Anthony,
Teddy, and Vincent) gathered their gear while Kelly prepared packed lunch (Choice of goose liver paste, SPAM
luncheon meat, and/or tuna salad sandwich). Around 10am, the golfers loaded their gears in Anthony's car and
headed to the Alderbrook Country Club for their 11am tee time.  Pamela, Catherine, and Beverly decided to
drive around the area and do some shopping. Thomas suggested the Tacoma Mall, which is about 1 hr drive
from Belfair.  The rest went seafood shopping at nearby Union, WA (an Indian reservation) split over
Tom's and Kelly's cars.

The seafood shoppers drove along the south shore of the Hood Canal, enjoying the beautiful scenery and looking
at the expensive water front houses and mansions. Some suggested it would be a good place to retire. About
40min later, they arrived at the seafood market, composed of several family-run small shops by the road side.
There were no vaucumn-packed geo-duck available. One shop had two fresh geo-ducks with shell which the
shop lady was selling for $6.50/lb (for reference: the price in a typical San Francisco Chinese supermarket
was about $15/lb). The group decided to get the two geo-ducks. After the seafood shopping, the gang went
next door for some souvenir shopping. Thomas took his family for some chocolate shopping, while Kelly's
car headed back to the property with the ladies (Salina, Pat, Cat, and Jamie) to start the lunch preparation.

The simple lunch featured congee with ThousandYearEgg and pork (皮蛋瘦肉粥), ChowFun (炒粉) and stirred fried clams with
spicy black bean sauce (豉椒炒蜆). While Kelly was preparing the lunch, Thomas took Lana and Vanessa out for a boat
ride on the water. The rest started to eat the lunch as soon as the dishes were prepared as everyone was
hungry. Then someone asked where did all the clams come from? Turned out Thomas got up in the middle of
the night/morning during the low tide hours to catch clams. Salina felt sad to cook the clams as they were
still alive and some occasionally would open the clams and stuck their "tongue" out. All loved the freshness
of the clam -- Chinese culture is obsessed with fresh seafood, it can't get any fresher than that. A big
THANK YOU to Tom for his hard work.

Soon afterwards, the golfers and Pamela et.al. returned. Some finished off the left over clams and ChowFun
while others munched the home made salsa and chips. Then the entire gang went to work: the cracking team
sat in the backyard opening the oysters feeding the opened oysters to the cleaning team, who meticulously sprayed
each oyster with fresh water. Then the cleaned oysters were fetched by the transport team to haul in trays to the
preparation table inside. Finally, the oysters were lined up neatly in each tray by the Chef-in-training (a.k.a. "Yau
Sze Chai {male} & Yau Sze Mui {female}") team to be stored in the refrigerators.

In the kitchen, Kelly prepared two 10" round Chiffon cakes for tomorrow's snack: Fruit Cake with Chestnut Filling.
Cat prepared her specialty: Terimitsu with assistance from Lana.

What's for dinner? You have guessed it: all seafood dinner, what else?

• Half Shelf Oysters (帶殼生蠔)served with condiments: lemon juice, Tobassco sauce, wasabi, and soy sauce
• Jellyfish, Geo-duck sashimi and Mixed Meat Appetizer Plate (錦繡拼 盤:海蜇,象拔刺身, 鹵水豬肚, 鹵水豬耳)
• Tofu Fish Head Soup (生滾魚頭豆腐湯)
  
• Oyster and Egg Omelette (煎蠔蛋)
  
• Sea Cucumber with Chinese Green and Mushroom (海參扒菜胆)
  
• Stirred Fried Geo-duck Spicy Style  (椒鹽象拔蚌)
• Shrimp Fried Rice in "Pineapple Boats" (菠蘿船炒飯)
• Minced Pork with Corn in Egg Flower Sauce (a supplementary dish for meat lover)  (粟米肉粒)
  

It was past 1am in the morning, and all retired to their sleeping quarters.
 
 

Breakfast is served

Vincent joins the Changs, Chengs, Laus, and Tams for breakfast

The rest of the Hos enjoying the toast, while Kelly prepares sandwiches for the golfers

The ladies enjoy a relaxed moments while the gents swing/putt on at the Aldergrove Golf

How many clams? Results of all the hard work by Tom who harvested clam at 3am in the morning

Oyster shells are to be cleaned and returned to nature

Fish market at a nearby small town of Union, WA

Got any fresh geo-ducks?

The ladies are at work again, this time, lunch preparation

Lunch is finally served, featuring:

Stirred fried clams with spicy black bean sauce ...

... and ChowFun

The golfers have returned ...

so are the Pamela, Beverly, and Catherine from their shopping trip.

Cat prepares her special dessert: Terimitsu

Anthony marinates the bbq meat for next evening's dinner

Tonight's dinner: oysters, oysters, and oysters

The entire gang working diligently on oyster: some opens, some cleans, some supervises.

Back inside, Kelly prepares the Chestnut Cake

Appetizer served: half shelf oysters

A toast to all who helped in oyster preparation

Lana never liked eating raw oysters, seems to enjoy it

First appetizer serving is over, all back to work on dinner preparation

Tables are set

Kelly prepares the stove for a big cookout

Kelly prepares the Scrambled Egg with Baby Oysters

Time for the long waited soup: Fish Head Soup

A bon fire for the evening

The "Food Channel" demo continues: Chestnut Cake  ...

... and answers questions from the audience

Putting on the final touch and ...

... topping decoration

Done! But the tasting hsa to wait till tomorrow