Bruce Lee Action Museum Dinner

Christine & Omar Lee, Linda Lee, Cathi Hatch

As guests of Ani & Brendan O'Farrell, Ken and I attended a many course Chinese dinner fundraiser at the Imperial Garden Seafood restaurant at the Great Wall Mall this week.  The dinner was hosted by Omar & Christine Lee at their restaurant in conjunction with a Hong Kong Association of Washington fundraiser for the to be developed Bruce Lee Action Museum.

Andy Yip, President of the Hong Kong Association of Washington greeted the

Brendan & Ani O'Farrell with Andy Yip

guests as they arrived and introduced them to the guest of honor, Linda Lee, the widow of Bruce Lee .  She talked about the scholarships that are currently given in Bruce Lee's name to underprivileged children of all ethnic backgrounds. Because Bruce Lee was the first crossover Chinese actor that really made it big, he has been a huge role model over the years especially to Chinese children and adults.

Ken and I didn't realize how important Bruce Lee and his memory is to the Chinese culture and it was fun to watch as all of the highly successful Chinese CEOs couldn't wait to have their photo taken with Linda Lee.  Of course, I decided I needed mine taken with her as well.  Sitting at our table was a man named Perry Lee, who has the distinction of

Charlene Lee, Cathi Hatch, Jerry Lee

being the largest collector of Bruce Lee memorabilia.  The gift to the guests for the evening was a boxed set of Bruce Lee movies, a signed photograph and a black "Walk On" wrist band.  It has been many years since I have seen a Bruce Lee movie so Ken and I look forward to watching a few.

The food was amazing and course after course was brought to our table.  The most spectacular course was whole Dungeness crabs and crab legs that had been deep-fried in some kind of a light

Ken & Cathi Hatch with Chris Upchurch

batter and LOTS of garlic.  Messy but absolutely delicious!

Other celebrants included Charlene & Jerry Lee, Gordon Tang, Thea & Chris Upchurch, Benjamin Lee and a number of Chinese CEO's in town for a visit.  The remarks were all conveyed in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

It was a fascinating evening.  Thank you Brendan & Ani! As Bruce Lee would say, "Walk On"!