2015 - September 26, Welcome Banquet
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- Event Captains: Jimmy Zeng (jimmy42@mit.edu), Lily Zhou (lilyzhou@mit.edu), Wei Low (weilow@mit.edu)
- Time: 7-10pm
- Location: MacGregor Dining Room
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General Info
This is our Welcome Banquet! Exec wakes up early and cooks a dinner for ATS. We welcome in the new freshmen and welcome back the upperclassmen. It's a pretty festive time. :)
- ~100? attendees + exec - was at capacity
- Freshmen Reps: Alicia Ouyang and Andy Tsai
- Try to get more people to sign up beforehand (only Alicia signed up beforehand).
How to get people into MacG dining:
- Talk to hired desk beforehand about leaving side door open during prep.
- EVERYONE checks in to hired desk before coming in. After that they can come and go (confirm with hired desk first).
- Guests check in to hired desk, then go through route to MacCon. Side door shouldn't be used after prep.
Notes
- Does it need to be until 10pm? Basically everyone was gone by 9pm.
Entrance Notes
This year we had LEF-ARCADE funding, so the event was FREE for EVERYONE.
Set Up
TODO
Decorations
- White circular tablecloths on all tables (rectangular tables simply used 2 tablecloths).
- Three tea lights were placed at each table).
- Paper lanterns hung from the pipes on the ceiling of MacGregor.
- Taiwan flag hung on MacGregor Dining Mirror.
Food
Logistics
- Went shopping at C-mart at 7:30 AM, Ubered back. We went shopping day of because the previous day was career fair, so only two people were free that day.
- Had lots of leftover money, so we bought 4 boxes of mooncakes
- Prep went slightly over, so some food arrived after 7PM.
- NEVER BUY WET NOODLES. The chow mien was disgusting and tasted artificial so we ended up making an "ATS Special" stirfry with all of the leftover ingredients. (NOTE: We should have realized something was wrong when "noodles" is misspelled on the packaging as "nooldes.")
- Should have bought fewer tomatoes (we bought ~50 tomatoes, should have bought ~40) since we used only 3 dozen eggs for tomatoes and eggs. Alternatively, we did have a dozen eggs left that we could have used for more tomatoes and eggs.
- Finished everything except white rice (~1 tray left) and rice noodles (~half tray left), and 6 pounds of pork (didn't have time to cook).
- Ran out of large plates (should get more next time).
- Had 10 extra bottles of Aloe (we bought 18). < We did this on purpose lol
Food items
- Tomatoes and Eggs (two trays)
- Green beans (one tray)
- Pineapple Chicken (two trays)
- Tofu Stir-Fry (two trays?)
- Beef Stir-Fry (two trays?)
- White Rice (two trays)
- Fried Rice (two trays)
- Taro Tapioca Dessert (西米露)
- Rice Noodles (Mi Fen)
- Mooncakes (bought)
- Boba
- Aloe (bought)
Generally, we had 2 trays of each. We had a tray of bok choy since we had extra bok choy.
Shopping List
Meat: 12lbs beef 16lbs boneless chicken (pineapple chicken)
Veggies: -4 cloves of broccoli -6 green peppers -4 large bags of green beans -6 bags of bok choy -2 packs of garlic (stirfry) -5 cloves of ginger (I don't think we needed so much) -1 large bag shiitake mushrooms (mifen/noodles) -15 scallion stalks (tomato and egg/mifen) (definitely didn't need 15, 10 would have been fine) -6 bags of Noodles (generic yellow egg noodle) -5 bags of vermicelli (mifen) -6 dozen eggs -2 napa cabbages -Frozen veggie bags (one peas, one mixed carrot/corn) (fried rice) -6 cans pineapple (pineapple chicken) -8 onions -18 packs firm tofu -1 bottle of Cooking Oil (all stirfry) -12 cans of condensed milk (boba) (did not need so much) -One thing of cornstarch -5 packets of dried boba (boba) - bag of sugar (boba) - small amount of salt -1 gallon soy sauce -1 bottle oyster sauce -25lb Rice bag (we have tons of noodle dishes) -18 bottles of aloe -1 Packet of Golden curry -4 boxes of mooncake -3 can coconut milk -3 or 4 cups small, white tapioca pearl -6 cups raw taro root, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes -2 cup rock sugar candy
Recipes
Pineapple Chicken (See ATS Recipe Book)
ingredients chicken thigh 1 egg flour cornstarch lots of oil onion bell peppers pineapples oyster sauce, vinegar, rice wine
procedure cut chicken into small cubes, salt lightly, mix with egg white (i neglected the egg white, but still turned out ok) put oil in a pan on high heat coat the chicken cubes with a little flour and corn starch (approx 1 to 1 ratio). (i was stingy with this, so the chicken didn’t turn out as crispy as i liked. not bad though, less oily) when the oil gets dimply, (before it starts smoking or sputtering), put the chicken in. the chicken will take at least 10 minutes to cook– watch it to make sure you don’t burn any chicken, and turn the pieces as necessary. when the chicken becomes a nice toasted color, take them out and place them on a bunch of paper towels for oil-soaking in a new pan, add a little oil and sesame oil, and add some chopped onion, until it’s “xiang” add pineapple chunks, and continue stir frying add bell peppers (if you have green ones, not too long, cuz they lose their pretty green color if you cook too long) mix some of the pineapple juice with some oyster sauce, vinegar, and rice wine. it should be till translucent, and light brown. add this to the pan with the veggies mix some cornstarch with COLD water, and add to the mixture, so it thickens after it thickens appropriately, put the chicken back in, and mix
Taro Coconut Tapioca Dessert
ingredients 2 cups raw taro root, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 1 (13.5 ounce) can coconut milk ⅔ cup rock sugar candy
procedure In a saucepan with a lid, bring 4 cups of water to a boil, and stir in the tapioca pearls (pearls will swell in size). Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook the tapioca until pearls begin to soften, about 7 minutes. Cover the pan, and let the tapioca pearls stand for 10 to 15 minutes, until the centers are clear. Gently drain the excess water, and set the pearls aside. Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a large saucepan and stir in the taro root. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer the taro until soft, about 10 minutes. Add coconut milk and rock sugar, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and simmer for 20 more minutes to blend the coconut milk and taro. Gently stir in the soft tapioca pearls until well combined. Let cool to room temperature, or serve chilled.
Tomatoes and Eggs
ingredients Tomatoes Eggs Ginger Sugar Salt Scallions Oil Note: Tomato to egg ratio should be around 2:3 procedures
procedure Beat eggs, cut tomatoes into chunks, and scallions and ginger into strips after washing Pour a little bit of oil into a wok/pan and scramble beaten eggs. Make sure these eggs are slightly undercooked. They will go back into the pan later. Put scrambled eggs onto a plate. Clean wok/pan and pour in more vegetable oil to cover pan. Put in scallions and ginger and stir fry until you can smell them. Put in cut tomatoes and stir fry until the tomato juices start to bubble. Put eggs back in and mix with tomatoes Flavor with sugar and salt to taste :]
BOBA
(See Recipe Book)
one more note, i feel like boba doesn't keep too well, when you leave it overnight it either dries out, or gets soggy and not QQ (er...chewy? can't think of the english equivalent). it takes awhile to prepare, around 3 hours or so...but at least you can do the tea early.
Procedure for Boba boil water--lots of it. if you don't use enough, the boba will stick, so if in doubt, use more. i think i use like....1 cup boba to 5 or 6 cups of water...approx. after the water boils, add in the boba, stirring as you do so, so they don't stick after the boba come to a boil, boil for an additional 30 minutes.<--this time varies depending on the boba you buy. when in doubt, test one by eating it, make sure it's done so it's not hard on the inside. turn off the heat, use a strainer (with larger holes, small ones tend to clog) refill with cold (not ice cold, but colder than room temp) water, just enough to cover the boba add a crapload of sugar, stir until even put the pot lid back on, and let it sit for an hour whenever you're ready to serve it, you can scoop this directly into the cup (the syrup with it is fine, it makes it sweet) procedure for milk tea lipton black tea, or any other black tea bags--take off the tags, and drop into boiling water. watch it, you don't need to boil too long or else it gets bitter...sorry not sure on the exact time for this, but I know i kinda overcooked them at Dartmouth ^^" scoop out all the tea bags add condensed milk until it's about the right color taste it--depending on the tea, sometimes this is fine, and sometimes it's still a little tea-y. if it's not sweet enough, add some sugar. keep in mind it doesn't need to be too too sweet, cuz the boba adds to the sweetness too.
Fried Rice
ingredients -frozen peas/carrots/corn mix -soy sauce -white rice -egg -green onion
procedure 1. Put enough cooking oil to cover the bottom of the pan. 2. Put in some green onion and wait until it sizzles. 3. Pour in (already beaten) egg until it covers the bottom. 4. Scramble the egg until it solidifies, and add in white rice. 5. Mix well, and add in assorted vegetables (make sure you defrost them first). 6. Add soy sauce, and stir until even.
