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May 19 2010 Meeting - DND TOUR

For our May meeting, we will begin with an exciting tour to DND (CFB Esquimalt), followed by dinner at Don Mee Restaurant in Chinatown. 
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010


Time:  Meet at 5:00 p.m. at DND wardroom for a 70-minute tour and then 6:45 p.m. dinner at Don Mee (driving/parking instructions at DND to come)
Menu: Appetizer Platter--Spring Roll, Salt & Pepper Squid and Spareribs
         Beef Lettuce Wrap
         Seafood Soup
         Salt & Pepper Crabs
         Sauteed Prawns with honey glazed walnuts
         Supreme Beef
         Sweet & Sour Fish Fillet
         Sauteed Garlic with mixed vegetables
         Don Mee Fried Rice
         Dessert--Tapioca
Cost: $23.00 per person, inclusive of taxes and gratuities.  Please reply by May 14, 2010 to Portia Tang at ptang@hotmail.com if you plan on attending the tour, the dinner or both.  It is $10.00 extra per person at the door if we do not have your advanced notice.

 


CHINESE NEW YEAR - FEBRUARY MEETING

February 24, 2010
Golden City Restaurant
5:30 Mix & Mingle
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm CASINO

  • Lettuce Wrap,
  • Seafood Soup,
  • Crispy Whole Chicken,
  • Sautéed Prawn with Deep Fried Milk,
  • Mushrooms with Greens,
  • Stir Fried Beef with Satay Sauce,
  • Pork Chop with Bejing Sauce,
  • Sweet and Sour Filet,
  • Chow Mein
  • Fried Rice.

 


BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERIES 

This is an exciting and informative three-part dinner series for members and guests of the Victoria Chinese Commerce Association.   Each session will provide practical and interactive content to help you and your business reach the next level.  A number of local business  professionals will be presenting information that you do not want to miss.  All the meetings will start with a “Mix and Mingle” at 5:30 pm, followed by a “Feast of Chinese Cuisine” at Ming’s Restaurant at Quadra & Johnson, and then the  “Business Development” scheduled session.

 

SESSION I - Wednesday January 20, 2010
Topic - SERVICE SCRIPTING . . . A Customer's Perspective of Quality and Performance

Guest Speaker:
Dr Liana Victorino, Assistant Professor, Service Operations Management, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria
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SESSION II - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 
Topic - Marketing Your Business with today’s Media

Guest Speakers: 

Jay McNeil Marketing Consultant, 100.3 the Q & the Zone 91.3 FM
Dan Dagg President, Hot House Marketing

Place: Mings Restuarant
Time: 5:30 pm Mix & Mingle, 6:00 pm Dinner


 

SESSION III - Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Topic -  R
ecruiting, Rewarding & Retaining the Best                   

Guest Panel:    

Dr. Vivien Corwin, Senior Instructor Service Management, Operations & Human Resources Faculty of Business, University of Victoria

Reid James, General Manager, Grand Pacific Hotel

Frank Low, Branch Manager & Member,  South Vancouver Island Recruitment, RBC


 

 Our December meeting is a fund raising event and the charity this year is "Santas Anonymous."  We also need door prizes for the night. We encourage you to donate prizes and advertise your business at the same time.  If you can help out with the prizes, please contact Amanda Mills (amandamills@telus.net) or Portia Tang (ptang@hotmail.com). 

Date: December 9, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m. for mix and mingle and 6:00 p.m. for dinner
Venue: Don Mee Restaurant
Charity: Santas Anonymous
Menu:  Peking Duck
          Lettuce Wrap
          Seafood Soup
          hot pepper & salt crabs
          Sauteed scallops with walnut
          Steamed prawns over rice noodles
          Sweet & sour fish fillet
          Abalone mushrom with vegetable
          Deluxe fried rice(shrimp)
          Dessert
Cost:  $35 per person
 
This is a ticketed event.  Please reserve and pay for your tickets through Amanda Mills (amandamills@telus.net), Ron Sherring (ronsherring@ippnet.com) or Leo Lee (leomlee@leolee.ca) by December 4, 2009.

 

NOVEMBER 18, 2009
SUN WAH Restaurant

1515 Cook Street
Time: 5:30 Mix & Mingle 6:00 Dinner

MENU - $23 all in:
Spicy beans with pork
two kinds of seafood & gai lan
salt & pepper jumbo prawns
sweet & sour cod fillets
crispy skin chicken
BBQ duck
seafood pineapple fried rice
dessert

 


 

 

October21, 2009
Annual General Meeting

We will have our annual general meeting on the date and at the location as set out below.   Please join us to review our past events and for a preview of our activities for 2009/2010.  We will also receive our financial report and elect our next board members.     
 
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
 
Time: 5:30 p.m. mix and mingle; 6:00 p.m. dinner
 
Place: Golden City Restaurant on Fisgard Street
 
Menu: Lettuce Wrap with Chicken
         Winter Melon Soup with Dry Scallop
         Szechuan Hot Pot with Eggplant
         Stir Fried Prawn with Snowpea
         Chili & Pepper Squid and Pork Chop
         Two Kinds of Mushroom with Chinese Green
         Crispy Chicken
         Beef with Black Bean Sauce Chow Mein
         Steamed Rice
 
Cost: $23.00 per person, including gratuities and taxes

September 2009
  No Meeting Planned  . . .  Members are encouraged to support the  Chinese Communities efforts for the United Way by attend the Event Dinner.


 June 17, 2009
HARBOUR FERRIES TOUR
Tour:
5:45 pm Dock below Canoe Club, 450 Swift St
Cost:
$10.00 Non Members, $5.00 Members
Dinner
: 6:30 pm @ Don Mee Restaurant, Fisgard St
Cost: $23 all in


May 20, 2009
VICTORIA BMW TEST DRIVES
1101 Yates Street
Time: 5:00 p.m. BMW's dealer's lot for test drives

Dinner: 6:15 pm @ Mings Restaurant,
1321 Quadra Street

Menu: Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
         Egg Rolls
         Winter Melon with Assorted Meat
         Deep Fried Butterfly Prawns
         Sauteed Scallop & Calamari with Gai Lan
         Beef Flank Hot Pot
         Wor Shu Chicken
         BBQ Duck
         Sweet & Sour Goo Loo Pork
         Chinese Style Chow Mein
         Steamed Rice
 


April 15, 2009    
APRIL MEETING
Place: Don Mee Restaurant
Guest Speaker: City of Victoria Mayor, Dean Fortin
Menu: TBA
Price: $23 per person, inclusive of taxes and gratuities


 March 18, 2009

MARCH MEETING
Time: 5:30 Meet & Greet 6:00 Dinner
Place: Golden City Restaurant
    
Guest Speaker: Hon. Ida Chong MLA
Join us for Ida's insight into the BC Government's Budget   

 Menu: Mushu Pork
          Seafood and Winter Melon Soup
          Crispy Chicken
          Pork Chop with Garlic
          Stir-fry Gailan
          Fish with sweet and sour sauce
          Beef and Broccoli in curry sauce
          Chinese style chow mein
          House fried rice  
Cost:  $23 per person, inclusive of taxes and gratuities


 

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