It was my turn to host the end of the month dinner.  I had promised my friend’s husband that I would order Chinese next time I hosted so that is what we did.

It ended up working fabulously- we had 2 birthday parties today, so unless I used the crock pot it would have been difficult to cook.  We ordered 30 minutes before the guests were due to arrive from The Oriental Diner.  The food arrived 3 minutes before they did.

To start we had boneless spare ribs, steamed dumplings, and spicy wontons.  Dinner consisted of moo shu pork, vegetable lo mein, prawns hunan style, sesame chicken, beef teriyaki, vegetable fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, and chicken with broccoli.  Moo shu pork and vegetable lo mein are two dishes that I have eaten since childhood and thoroughly enjoy to this day.  The kids enjoyed the sweet and sour chicken since we had the sauce served on the side.  It was an Oriental version of chicken nuggets.  They also ate the fried rice, white rice and lo mein.  My oldest daughter devoured the beef teriyaki which she considers steak.  The hit among the grown ups was the spareribs and prawns.  It was a very easy meal.

After the kids played and the grown ups chatted we ate dessert.  Dessert was also quite simple- fresh fruit that my friend R brought over ,a pie that I purchased that read Meredith’s Homemade Pie (a joke since my name is Meredyth), hamentaschen, and Dibs for the kids.

Once dessert commenced we ended the night with pac-man, and the Olympics.  Everyone left full and satisfied.  Vacation is over and everyone is ready for school to begin.