Dinner For Three...

After a dissappointing visit to the Natural History Museum (except for the dinosaurs, hard to believe at 30 years old I am still as amazed with them as I was when I was 3 and first saw the dinosaur Reading Rainbow episode), I was able to meet up with Clifton and Rozanne Cornelius, Corinth natives who are in China for 2 weeks to adopt a baby girl. See my link I posted earlier to their blog to read about their trip.

We decided to go to the Quan Ju De Beijing Roast Duck Restaurant, one of the most famous Beijing duck restaurants in the city. After ordering the roast duck dinner for three we spent some time getting caught up on what was going on in each other's lives and then the food started to arrive. I had no idea we ordered this much food. The meal started with a couple of cold appetitizers followed by a bowl of soup made with mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Shortly after that the duck arrived followed by beef and peppers and a dish of mushrooms and asparagus. Just when we thought we were through, a plate of shrimp showed up at the table followed by duck soup (after they carve your duck, the carcass is taken back to the kitchen and boiled, the result is a broth similar to chicken broth) and finally a light dessert plate and fruit platter. At the very end of the meal we were presented with a certificate telling us what number our duck was based on the number of ducks they have served since opening. (It was well over 800,000, have you ever seen 800,000 ducks?)

We left stuffed and glad to have been able to spend some time together.

Dinner Together

It's Smiling At Me!