Hmmm, I was going to write a few good/fond memories about our cook, Mr.Lei, but let's wait another 29 years later to do so...
I personally don't really recall to had a fight with Mr.Lei, but it was brought up in our April,07 class reunion.
A few good comments/memories about Mr.Lei that I heard
* He worked hard, his living quater (his bed) was in the kitchen, the last room in the kitchen building. All important foods were stored in his room, so no one could steal our foods. It was that important, and Mr.Lei took it that seriously...Thanks to him, but meals were regularly served, and we never went starvation...
* Mr.Lei like girls, so do I, and most other boys, so there is no negative contents here. A girl classmate mentioned that Mr.Lei gave more generous serving to her than the rest of the class...Now, that make me feel a bit uneven...(Oh well, so is life. I will do the same, if I like the girl, and if I could be the one, doing the food serving.)
* Mr.Lai was very dutiful is his job. In addition to making sure everyone got fed, he has to make sure that none of his assitant cooks stole foods from him during their kitchen duty. One of the girl, mentioned to me in my recent trip, that Mr.Lei was always suspicious of her stealing/eating the fat pork belley meats while helping him to do the cookings...(my friend, it is 29 years later now, eat all you can with those fat servings...)
* Mr.Lei's cuisine/foods? My personal take, it was mostly good, except that "Big-Wheat-Ball" soup made by him. Do anyone remeber that soup, cooked and stired in the big Wok? Why do people cook a big soup in a Wok (It is still the biggest Wok I have seen, and could remember)? Could we make the wheat flowers into noodles, or small wheat balls then cook, instead of dumping large chucks of wheat/bread into a Wok, full of water, and making a soup/meal out of it...I remember, one of my big kitchen duty was to stir that damp thing, with a heavy duty shuffle-like wooden stick, because otherwise, the large chuckns of bread would clump together, and you have food revolt among our classmates...
