The BCS are planning a series of dinners which will explore the finest culinary experiences London has to offer. We will visit a wide range of restaurants aimed at tantalising your taste buds and discovering different cuisines, taking advantage of special group dining discounts. It'll also be a great opportunity to meet and get to know others in the BCS community who share your fondness for food. If you'd like to suggest any restaurants to visit, then please let us know !

Our next event will be at St Germain, a French Brasserie with Gallic- meets-A-list-New York-style.

Venue: St Germain, 89-90 Turnmill Street, London, EC1M 5QU (Farringdon Underground)
Date: Friday 4th July 2008
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: £32 for 3 courses & coffee/tea (s.c. included)

This event is now full! Should you have any further questions, then please send an email to: social@britishchinese.org.uk with "St Germain" as the subject.

A relaxing Sunday afternoon. Chatting & eating some tasty dim sum followed by some more chatting over coffee.

Venue: Joy King Lau, 3 Leicester Street, WC2H 7BL
Date: Sunday 13th July 2008
Time: Dim Sum at 1pm, followed by Costa Coffee from 3pm onwards
Cost: Depends on what you order. Pay for your own drinks, share tea & s.c.

There will be a limited number of places on a first come, first served basis for the dim sum. Please register your interest by filling in this Form.

Sign up asap, as places are sure to fill up quickly! There will then be a trip to Costa Coffee (downstairs) on 62 Shaftesbury Avenue.

Everyone is welcome to join us for coffee even if you're not coming along to the dim sum. There is no need to sign up for the coffee - simply turn up at Costa Coffee from 3:00pm. .

You can also pay for the "early bird" discount entry for the Wild Wild West party by handing us a cheque made payable to the "British Chinese Society" (cash accepted as well). Please look out for a BCS representative.

If you have any questions, then please send an email to: social@britishchinese.org.uk with "Dim Sum" as the subject.

Summer is upon us, so let's dust down the picnic towels and dig out those sunnies. Come and join us for a picnic in the park. Meet up with old friends and make new ones.

Meet up: Hyde Park near the Reformers Tree. The Reformers Tree is a monument shaped like a roundabout on the floor at the crossroads of various paths
Date: Sunday 20th July 2008
Time: 12 noon

The format for the day will include:

- Picinc (bring along your own food)

- Rounder's match. The rules of the game can be found at the following link.

- Other games. You are welcome to bring along a football for a kick about, a frisbee for a throw about, or any other games you can think of.

We will be meeting up from 12 noon onwards, so we look forward to seeing you there!

There will be no need to register for this event, just turn up on the day. The organiser can be contacted on the 20th July only, on the following number: 07530 888 618.

Please note that this event is weather permitting. If you have any doubts on the day as to whether the event will go ahead then please call the organiser on the above number.

Don't forget you can also pay in person for the BCS Wild Wild West Party at this event, cheques only !

Lets get it started!

Come on down to the Wild Wild West party where you'll find cowboys, cowgirls, sheriffs and saloon girls at the ready to paartay! What can you expect, I hear you say: well...

There'll be welcome canapes*, competitions (including the best dressed title of course) and great music to dance the night away to. So get your outfit sorted, practise those funky dance moves and join us in celebrating summer wickidy wickidy west style.

Venue: Oneonefive Bar, 115 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PP (Tube: Chancery Lane)
Date: Saturday 26th July 2008
Time: 8:00pm - 2:00am
Dress: Wild Wild West style (optional, but prizes for best dressed : - )

Cost: £8 paid-up members (£7 early bird); £10 non members (£9 early bird); £12 on the door (if available)

Give us a YEEHAH!

Payment must be received by 20th July in order to get the "early bird" discount. Please fill in your details and follow up with payment to secure your name on the Guest List.

If you have any questions, then please send an email to: social@britishchinese.org.uk with "Wild" as the subject.

* first come, first served. Rights of entry reserved and over 18s only.

Some photos from last year's fabulous BCS Hawaii in the City party.

Special thanks to our main sponsor CMC Markets for supporting this event.

The BCS are organising a range of outdoor activities programme for 2008 to get you energised and revitalised.

The programme began with a gentle January Sunday's walk in Surrey and continues with regular monthly walks within inspirational parts of London and National parks of England and Wales. If you have always been interested in walks but a little cautious about getting lost, the leaders of these walks are happy to teach you the basics in navigation (map reading and the use of a compass)

BCS New Forest Multi Activity Weekend 20-22/06/08
Join us for this fun, action packed weekend in the New Forest. Activities will include Kayaking, the Zip wire, a High rope challenge, Mountain biking and lots of walking. There's also an outdoor heated pool to relax the creaky bones and time made for a good old pub dinner to make it all worth while.

Cost is £140 for paid-up members and for £150 non-members and includes accommodation. Places are limited to 12 people. Booking will be on a first come, first served basis firstly by registering an interest, then paying the full cost shortly thereafter. Places may be restricted due to male /female room allocations and are subject to the Co-ordinator's discretion to ensure the safety of participants. Book by filling in this form Please repeat this process if you wish to book on behalf of another person. This link will automatically expire when all places have been filled. Should you have any further questions, then please send an email to: social@britishchinese.org.uk with "New Forest" as the subject.

Accommodation:
You will be staying in a self catering wooden lodge with a cosy lounge area. It is fully equipped with modern amenities i.e. kitchen, showers, TV and a dinning area and twin rooms.

Activities:
The activities programme for this weekend is intended to be fun and challenging and will require a mix of endurance, flexibility and stamina. All are suitable for any level; however the ability to cycle is very important. The activities are only 10 minutes walk from the lodge and include
- Friday Night walk: To stretch those stiff legs after the long drive.
- High rope challenge (Saturday & Sunday morning): A series of obstacles suspended 20-30 feet in the air. Requiring balance, nerves and trust in the person holding the rope. This session is repeated again on Sunday morning but this time with much more challenging obstacles requiring the whole team to pull together.
- Kayaking (Saturday morning): You will be taught the basic skills of travelling forwards, back, turning and stopping and then various games i.e. "British bull dog" and "it" to focus those skills.
- Zip wire (Sunday morning): Climb 30 feet in the air and experience an exhilarating slide 100 metres across the lake.
- Mountain biking in the New Forest (Saturday afternoon): Starting on quiet country lanes and progressing onto wide forest off road tracks. You will be guided into the heart of the Forest. Planning to cover 15-20 miles. A bike can be hired at around £15 (additional cost)
- Outdoor pool (Saturday evening): After the mountain on Saturday you can relax in the heated outdoor pool for a few hours before the pub dinner.
-New Forest Country walk (Sunday afternoon

Proposed schedule for 2008
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Jan: Coulsdon Happy Valley, 5 miles, Surrey.
Feb: Epping Forest, 6 miles, North East London.
Mar: Box hill Walk, 6-7 miles, Surrey.
Apr/May: Weekend hike to the Brecon Beacons, South Wales.
Jun: London to Brighton Charity bike ride.
Jul: The East Sussex coastal challenge, 20 miles over undulating countryside.

Check out the events the BCS are planning to hold in 2008 in our updated Events section, on the menu of the left of this home-page

Saturday 15th Dec. WHAT ... A ... NIGHT !!!!!

Angels and Demons has got to rank up there as one of the best events the BCS has pulled off to date.

Together with the Xmas Ball committee we transformed the ballroom of the SAS Portman, London into a lightshow of whitish-blue and crimson-red, heavenly splendour and sinful hell. Guests played their part, dressing up in theme with great enthusiasm, and boy did they look heavenly, all of them.

There were professional entertainments from Will Tang and Britpack, fun and games and prizes galore with popular party hosts JnG, charity casino that went down a storm, raffle draw with a fantastic list of prizes topped off by the must-have of 2007, the Wii. The list goes on and on. Did we forget to mention the dinner and the dancing? Sufice to say a superb time was had by all, and the emails from guests saying what a truly fabulous time they've had have been pouring in. Photos now online.

The 7th Annual General Meeting of the British Chinese Society was held in a venue in central London on Sunday 21st October, and we are pleased to announce that Son Ly was elected to join the executive committee. We have been lucky enough to receive Son's enthusiastic support as a volunteer over the past few years, and we are now even luckier to have his energy and enthusiasm on board the committee going forwards. All the previous executive committee members have been returned to office for the BCS year 2007/8.