Oriental Food Fair Disappointment

Chris and I are trying to save money for our upcoming travels, so we planned just one fun event this weekend....at least we thought it'd be fun. Chris' Japanese labmate Jun invited us to attend an Oriental Food Fair on campus. Chris was immediately interested upon hearing that it was an all-you-can-eat buffet for only 5 pounds.

The event was suppose to start at noon, but as we patiently waited in line, we were passed by an endless stream of Asian people who were bringing food to the event. Once we got inside the room around 12:30, we discovered the food was being served in a really small space and it certainly didn't help that the event was incredibly popular and there were people everywhere! There was nowhere to sit and people tended to just eat standing in front of the tables where the food was being served, which made it very difficult to actually get any food. Have you ever tried eating that type of food standing up? It was challenging to say the least. The concept was interesting though. There were five tables, each with a flag behind them representing the Asian country which the food was native of and it was all homemade by students from those countries.
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Chris' Canadian labmate Yotis comically pointed out that the three of us looked like giants among the sea of Asian people who were all a head shorter than us. Just when we thought it couldn't get worse, a very strange man heard Chris' accent and asked where he was from. Turns out the guy spent the last 8 years working in Iowa and just moved to Birmingham 3 months ago (he's originally from India). He asked Chris if he'd like to get a beer sometime and the two exchanged e-mail addresses. I thought the guy seemed strange, but wasn't sure what Chris thought until we were talking after we left and he said he wanted to kick himself for giving the guy his real e-mail address :)