What's For Dinner?

In our last day in Beijing, we toured the school at which Sam Wang '13 first studied. Lunch with the school's head administrator followed and then Raylene met with one of our consultant groups.

After our meeting with all the parents in the evening, they all took Raylene and me out for a roasted duck dinner at a very famous restaurant for which I have no idea what the name is. What often happened to us in China is that we are picked up at the hotel, ushered into cars and driven off to our next destination. So, in most cases, we have no idea where we are going or where exactly we are.

So are you ready for dinner? Well here is the menu:

• Mustard Duck Webs (I said webs - you know, that's the webbing between their toes);
• Duck Livers Cooked in Salt Water;
• Diced Prawn Meat & Salad Rolls;
• Mashed Potato with Juice (and I don't mean gravy);
• Main Course - Roasted Duck;
• Shark's Fin Soup;
• Fried Duck Meat with Scorpions (look at the photos of us for confirmation);
• Braised Prawns with Chili Oil;
• Crab Roe and Fish Maws in Thick Soup;
• Flame-torched Duck Hearts in Maotai; and
• Mandarin Fish.

Ok now, let's all eat up!

That's our Beijing parent contingent above at the roasted duck restaurant. We had six families meet and dine with us.

The next morning Sam Wang's parents drove us to the airport for our flight to Shanghai. Sam's dad has a special pass that allowed us to bypass the long lines at the airport's check-in counters. It made a tremendous difference.

Off to Shanghai.