The Lunch

There was going to be a point when my most hospitable colleague would take me the upscale restaurant and order various local dish. Lunch today was that experience - Several items are order from the menu with 0% knowledge from me as too their potential pending epicurean delights. As I can remember I had the following: 1) Some green 2 pad peas in which you were really not supposes to read the pod. This I only discovered after a few and watch my colleagues eject the hull. 2) Lotus root stuffed with rice
3) Eggplant - a la king 4) A green leafy and mussel-like dish 5) Beef and peppers - safe 6) A sweet and sour soup with out the sweet - many bowls consumed. and 7) The ' the big one' Chairman Mao dish consisting of eel and tripe - I went full into it - with no regrets - The whole meal was great and I feel I could go deeper in the experimental realm of Shanghai delicacies.