German BBQ
Last night, after we arrived home from dinner, my bag was waiting in the living room! It made it! I now have my phrase book/dictionary and have put it to a lot of good use today.
We got up early today and went to the supermarket with Ed, another foriegn teacher who has lived in England, New Zealand, Czech Republic, and numerous other places. He coached international rugby, taught English in Africa right up until the civil war, and has been in Ji'nan for a year now. Ed is quite an interesting individual. He is hosting a party tomorrow night for the foriegn teachers. We went out to get beef and fruit juice. With the help of about 7 eager shop attendants, Josh and I picked out a rice cooker (recommendation from Jake and Elizabeth). We got lots of fresh vegetables, and some bleach to wash them with and picked up some mantou--buns that we will steam in our rice maker.
We took a taxi both ways, which was really nice. It was a little rainy out, and I think that is the way Ed always does it. It only cost about $1 each way. After shopping, Ed took us to his favorite Westernized restaurant. It claims to be "Germany BBQ" and says "Happy Every Day" in big letters on the wall. The waiters wear Chicago Bulls cowboy hats, jeans, and cowboy boots. They come around with skewers full of hot mutton, shrimp, squash, roastbeef, bacon, corn...and on and on. They cut it and put it on your plate. We got some really premium treatment at this place. They are known for their seaweed beer, which we had to try. After every sip, the waitress was over with the pitcher to top off our mug. As we looked around, we were the only ones served beer in large mugs. The Chinese were all drinking out of short glasses. The stream of hot meat seemed to come directly to our table first, and when I got up to use the restroom, three ladies accompanied me all the way to the door. We spent maybe three hours in the place listening to Ed's stories. Once we were ready to leave, two Chicago Bulls clad Chinese opened the doors for us, and then scurried in front of us to hail a taxi. They told the taxi where to take us (about 10 minutes walk down the road) and we were off. I felt very spoiled.
Josh and I are just headed out to another interview set up by a Chinese friend of Jake's. Josh's schedule is fairly full already, but I could use some more hours. Tonight at 6, I have a tutor coming by for an hour and then we plan to steam some rice and finish our books.
We got up early today and went to the supermarket with Ed, another foriegn teacher who has lived in England, New Zealand, Czech Republic, and numerous other places. He coached international rugby, taught English in Africa right up until the civil war, and has been in Ji'nan for a year now. Ed is quite an interesting individual. He is hosting a party tomorrow night for the foriegn teachers. We went out to get beef and fruit juice. With the help of about 7 eager shop attendants, Josh and I picked out a rice cooker (recommendation from Jake and Elizabeth). We got lots of fresh vegetables, and some bleach to wash them with and picked up some mantou--buns that we will steam in our rice maker.
We took a taxi both ways, which was really nice. It was a little rainy out, and I think that is the way Ed always does it. It only cost about $1 each way. After shopping, Ed took us to his favorite Westernized restaurant. It claims to be "Germany BBQ" and says "Happy Every Day" in big letters on the wall. The waiters wear Chicago Bulls cowboy hats, jeans, and cowboy boots. They come around with skewers full of hot mutton, shrimp, squash, roastbeef, bacon, corn...and on and on. They cut it and put it on your plate. We got some really premium treatment at this place. They are known for their seaweed beer, which we had to try. After every sip, the waitress was over with the pitcher to top off our mug. As we looked around, we were the only ones served beer in large mugs. The Chinese were all drinking out of short glasses. The stream of hot meat seemed to come directly to our table first, and when I got up to use the restroom, three ladies accompanied me all the way to the door. We spent maybe three hours in the place listening to Ed's stories. Once we were ready to leave, two Chicago Bulls clad Chinese opened the doors for us, and then scurried in front of us to hail a taxi. They told the taxi where to take us (about 10 minutes walk down the road) and we were off. I felt very spoiled.
Josh and I are just headed out to another interview set up by a Chinese friend of Jake's. Josh's schedule is fairly full already, but I could use some more hours. Tonight at 6, I have a tutor coming by for an hour and then we plan to steam some rice and finish our books.
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