Dinner With Our SHNU Friends

This evening, we were treated to a wonderful welcome dinner by our friends from SHNU. Chunli Zhang, Vice Dean for the the College of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, and several other Engineering faculty joined Caryl, Pamela, Joshua, and me for a traditional Chinese feast. The food ranged from traditional sizzling beef, sweet and sour pork, and dumplings (giouzha) to the rather "interesting" -- jellyfish, chicken feet, pork innards, wild "greens" and more. Pamela and Joshua tried almost everything -- most before we told them what it was. Aside from the food, though, the conversation was quite lively, focusing on (of course) food, places to visit, and culture (American and Chinese). All in all, a very nice evening.