Life in Shanghai

Today Michael and I had lunch with a colleague of his, Surong, and his family. His wife made chinese dumplings from scratch and she showed us how to do it. We then got out of her way so she could actually accomplish the job. This was my first real chinese meal. A homecooked meal in a chinese family's home. We also had 2 types of bean curd which were both good. The first time I've had bean curd and liked it. We had raw cucumber sticks and some sort of steamed lettuce. At least they called it lettuce but it wasn't like lettuce at all. There was cold chicken and cold beef slices as well. It was all quite delicious and of course served with tea. Watermelon and honeydew were served later. Later Mike and I took the bus to the fabric market to pick up the clothes he had made and ordered more. I need some red pants to wear with my Canada socks and t-shirt in the Canadian booth on Global Child Day. We then came home, dealt with e-mail and blog this posting. Next is our Chinese lesson. Mike is going to sit in on that. Just a typical day in Shanghai.


Lunch with Michael's colleague and his family.

Look at that skill with those chopsticks.

After lunch

Making jiaozi (dumplings)