article_snippet: It was not a problem with her restaurant,' Chi Mabel Chan told Philadelphia Inquirer. '
article_snippet: About 250 people attended the ill-fated banquet celebrating the Lunar New Year at the landmark Chinese restaurant at 1026 Race Street.
article_snippet: At the event, which doubled as a fundraiser for the Temple university Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, guests were served an eight-course dinner featuring Peking duck, walnut shrimp, spare ribs, deep-fried fish and a host of other dishes.
article_snippet: I was disappointed with the overall quality of the food, but I did not give it too much thought because I was there to support the terrific law school organization hosting the event, which doubled as a fundraiser for the Temple university Asian Pacific American Law Student Association,’ Mr Haase wrote to Daily Mail.
article_snippet: All of my colleagues at our firm's table were similarly disappointed with the quality of the food but our just made the best of the quality of the food.
article_snippet: The dinner was Friday night.
article_snippet: I was perfectly healthy when I attended the dinner, I was appropriately dressed in a suit and overcoat (I never ‘got cold’), and I did not go drinking at a karaoke bar afterwards,’ he stated.
article_snippet: Fellow diner Jack Jiang, a medical researcher at University of Pennsylvania, attended the celebration with he girlfriend.