Last night, in honour of Chinese New Year, I was invited to Ping Pong, a restaurant specialising in Dim Sum which offers classes in making Dim Sum. As a big fan of Asian food, I couldn’t wait to get stuck in.
Remember The Generation Game? It was a bit like that. We sat in a row wearing chef hats and followed the instructions that were being given to us, which involved a lot of folding pastry into special shapes. None of which I quite achieved.
They made it look easy. It wasn’t. But it was very funny.
Afterwards they took our Dim Sum away and we moved to a restaurant table for dinner; they then brought our Dim Sum back to us, steamed. They looked A LOT better cooked.
And then we were given all kinds of deliciousness to eat…
As I’d been drinking quite a few glasses of Champagne I needed the loo. So off I went, but then when it was time to leave the cubicle… disaster. I couldn’t open the door. No matter which way I turned the lock, no matter how much I pulled, the door refused to open.
Of course, regular readers will know that I’m disaster queen – whether it’s falling off a Segway or crashing an ATV. But the last time I was properly locked in a loo I think I was a small child.
In desperation I started banging on the door. I could hear the diners clattering away outside, but no one seemed to be able to hear me. ‘Hellooo!’ I yelled, banging on the door with both fists. ‘Hellooo!’
Finally, a small voice said, ‘hello?’ ‘I’m LOCKED IN!’ I shouted, at this point no longer caring whether anyone in the restaurant could hear me. ‘I’ll go and get help,’ the woman said. After what seemed like eons I heard another voice, the manageress, telling me she would return with a screwdriver. Then one of my friends, and another waitress. Quite a small crowd appeared to be gathering outside.
‘Try turning the knob and then pushing the door instead of pulling it,’ the waitress said. ‘Um… OK,’ I said, giving it a go.
The door opened instantly and I walked back out into the restaurant, red-faced.
*This is my entry to The Gallery and the theme this week is ‘food’.
Super impressed with the look of these
What a great thing to do. I love dim Sum too but it does look very tricky to make
Mollyxxx
Oh dear. A real ‘dim’ sung! Do you remember ‘oh dear what can’t he matter be, 3 ladies were locked in the lavatory….’ You’ve got me singing it lol
Oh bless you, I can imagine me doing exactly the same thing! #TheGallery
Oh dear, I’m sorry but that really made me laugh 🙂 The food looks amazing though!
lol, we’ve all been there. However the food looks awesome x
How exciting, I’m am trying out new Chinese dishes at present and loving it x
Ha ha love that you got locked in the loo, even funnier that the lock wasn’t broken or something – I’m always convinced something like that is going to happen to me! The dim sum course sounds like a lot of fun though 🙂 #thegallery
That has happened to me & it is so embarrasing. However, what was more so was when I had gone into the gents, not seen the urinals & had to come out when my husband of the time came in to tell me what I had done! It was during a big cricket dinner so they were all waiting for me when I eventually came out!!
LOL. We’ve all been there! Totes embarrassing