Why General Hospital's Jason And Sam Got Married At A Chinese Restaurant

As the planning progressed, things started to go wrong for Maxie and the concept of a huge wedding with all their friends and family started to become too overwhelming for Sam. Maxie wouldn't even let Sam keep her wedding dress with her on the night before the ceremony because she didn't trust Sam. Sam started to feel she had lost control of the entire process and it appeared (to Jason at least) that she was getting cold feet. It wasn't that she didn't want to marry Jason, it was just that she was nervous (via Soap Central).

Jason figured that a motorcycle ride would calm her nerves and Sam agreed.  They didn't have a destination in mind and ended up at a Chinese restaurant in Port Charles' Asian Quarter. The owner told them it was closed, however, their grandson, Robert Yi (Edward Chen), took a liking to the couple and convinced his grandparents to make them some food.  After relaying their tale of wedding woes, Robert revealed that he was an ordained minister. Sam felt that fate brought them to this restaurant and to Robert.  Luckily, Jason and Sam had the rings and the wedding license with them and decided to ask him to marry them right then and there (via The Soap Scoop).