I’m happy to say that the first Pecha Kuchen on Dimick was a rousing success! Yes, this is a cheesy group shot, but it represents well the spirit of the night: everyone got along extraordinarily well. It’s sort of the host’s dream come true for a dinner party with delicious food and good conversation. We raved about each other’s food. Batted about the inspiration for and making of dishes. The talk flowed really naturally, especially for a group of people who largely did not know each other before. Everyone contributed, and the food really was good! My personal favorite was Oliver’s spicy eggplant and soft tofu dish, served with rice. The most amusing dish was definitely Long’s huge bag (literally, huge, like bigger than his torso) of honey barbeque wings. And there were definitely enough leftovers to tide everyone over until Wednesday or Thursday. 

And after we ate, we all tromped down the street to Christina’s Ice Cream where we filled the line (so unnecessary, so ridiculous) with our bodies and requested only 2 pints of hand-packed ice cream (vanilla bean and ginger molasses). I’m praying that those leftovers are still in my freezer, because Christina’s is damn good. 

Everyone pitched in to clean, and the apartment is in pretty good shape now. I’m really thankful to my two roommates for not freaking out about 8 people in their kitchen. And I’m very excited to see this happen next week, probably on Tuesday after I come back from July 4th weekend in New York!