Here are some photos of the Gung Haggis Wun that Todd mentioned earlier.

First, Deep Fried:

Second, in soup:

Toddish McWong and the good folks at the Flamingo Restaurant are on the case and getting ready for Gung Haggis 2004.

Here's a picture of Toddish and Michael Loh, Flamingo Restaurant manager, on Wednesday taking a break from the delicious Gung Haggis research and development tasting dinner.

Check out the Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2004 Poster! Beautiful!  Expect the Unexpected! Dancing Lionheads dressed in kilts…  6:00pm at the Flamingo on Fraser Street (named for that Scottish-Canadian Simon Fraser, eh?), January 24th and January 25th.

This year's Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner is featured in the Vancouver
Courier in an article by Tim Pawsey.  It's not online yet but here's a
quote:

QUOTE:

But don't wait.  The word is out about this New Year's celebration
like no other.  Robbie Burns and the Year of the Monkey all in one
night? Who can resist?

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy Year!

Less than a month to go until GungHaggisFatChoy 2004!

Tickets are available now and are a great way to spend your Christmas money and ease the winter doldrums!

Todd left out a bunch of links in his post about the upcoming Gung Haggis FatChoy TV special in January:

• The Paper Boys
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
• Vancouver's Silk Road Ensemble
• Brave Waves
• George Sampson
• Richardson's Roundup
• Sounds like Canada
• Out To See Productions

Sunday December 28, 2003 – from 3:30-5:30pm

There will be a Gung Haggis Ice Skating Party at the Brittania Community Ice Rink at 1661 Napier St. (just off Commercial Drive).

This is a social party for our cultural and dragon boat community. $8 gets you admission, skate rental, a slice of pizza and a drink. Proceeds go to Gung Haggis Dragon Boat Team and Asian Canadian Writers Workshop.

Reservations can be made by e-mailing gunghaggis@yahoo.ca or phoning 604-987-7124

See you there!

There will be a free Gung Haggis Fat Choy Poetry Night on Monday January 12, 2004 at 7:30p.m. at the Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia St) in the Alice Mackay Room.

Todd writes: “Take a mixture of Scottish Canadian poets, Chinese Canadian poets, a Chilean poet, a bagpiper who likes Chinese food, a Vancouver Book Award nominee born in Scotland who happens to be of Chinese ancestry, – and give them a stage… sure to promote good will and inter-culturalism everywhere!”

This event is organized by Asian Canadian Writers Workshop, World Poetry Reading Series, and the Vancouver Public Library.

Featured poets and performers:

Neil Gray: (Scotland) to recite Robbie Burns

Fiona Tin Wei Lam: (Born in Scotland – raised in Canada) – Vancouver Book Award finalist for “Intimate Distances”

Joe McDonald: bagpipes

Norman Morrison: (Scotland) reciting Canadian poet Robert Service

Louie Hummer : (Scotland) vocals

Jacinda Oldale: Scottish Canadian

Trev Sue-A-Quan: (Guayana) author of “Cane Reapers”

Jim Wong-Chu: (Canada) author of “Chinatown Ghosts”, editor of anthologies “Swallowing Clouds,” and “Many-Mouthed Birds,” and the just released Chinese Canadian fiction anthology “Strike the Wok.”

Mr. Yizhong: Chinese (Mandarin)

and special guest Hernan Bravo: (Chilean)

Hosted by Todd Wong, Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea.

Admission is FREE and ALL are welcome!

See you there!