New Culinary Experience Tonight - Part II

Well, I survived meal last night. It was actually really good and I even managed to use chopsticks for the whole meal. I was proud of that.

The first dish to come out was some sort of meat and Yang wouldn't tell us what it was. "Just try it, just try it," he says. I'm feeling adventurous so I pick up a piece of the meat and eat it. The sauce is good and the meat is kind of tough and chewy. Not bad. "So what it is it?" I ask.

"Do you like it?"

"Its not bad," I reply warily, "but what is it?"

"Pork.... ears."

Yep. Thin strips of cut up and fried pork ear. Yum.

It wasn't too bad and I had a couple more pieces to be polite and give it a good try, but once I knew what I was eating I was strangely put off by it.

The rest of the meal was very good. Two kinds of pork stir fry, some really nice chicken, some vegetable that I don't remember the name of, lamb ribs, and of course: Beijing Roasted Duck. We had a good time and some laughs.