A New Friend

Hey! Sorry it's been a few days since the last post. This new post basically takes place entirely at an outdoor Chinese BBQ. Basically, it is tents that are set up along the sidewalk with chairs and tables, then there are grills just along the sidewalk where the food is being made. We haven't had a bad meal at one yet, and they are not very expensive.

To, Wednesday night Meghan and I went to the Chinese BBQ while I had a load of laundry going, becuase we were hungry. We were planning on having a movie and laundry night. Then, while we were eating Megan and Chris walked by and decided to join us. We then made friends with the owner of the BBQ, nimed Gin Tz (I am horrible at spelling Chinese names, sorry!). He is 28 and his brother owns another BBQ here in the city). He is working very hard to speak English to us, but unfortunately his English is as bad as our Chinese. So, we handed him one of our phrase books (that has a Chiense to English section in the back) and then we had a conversation through our phrasebooks. What we thought was going to be a quick dinner, turned into a two hour dinner! While we were eating, and talking, Gin Tz had to go to his brothers BBQ to pick up some more meat, so he grabbed Chris's hand and took him to the back of the motorcycle and they were off. We had no idea where they were going, or what was going on. Chris came back in one piece about ten minutes later, though. Soon after that, we paid our bill and left. We then went to a Chinese Disco Club, that was nothing too exciting. Loud Chinese techno music, flashing lights, etc.

Yesterday, Meghan and I were walking toward the hotel where the others are staying. To get to the hotel, though, we have to pass by the BBQ. Gin Tz was there and grabbed Meghan and I and gave us a beer. We sat down and I called the others to come and meet us here then we would thank Gin Tz for the beers and head off. It didn't exactly work out that way though. He kept bringing us more and more food and just putting it on our table. We kept making the mistake of eating everything, so he brought back more. When eating with friends, or at a dinner, etc. one should leave something on their plate when they are full, this way it shows there was too much food (compared to having too little food by cleaning your plate). So, we eventually caught on as to why he kept giving us more food, so we left a couple lamb skewers on our plate. Then, ofcourse, Matt walks by! He sits down and joins us, and it turns out that Matt knows Gin Tz, too. Also, not only does Matt know Gin Tz, but he knows a group of three other guys who were sitting at another table. So, these three Chiense guys invited us over to talk. They didn't know much English except for the words: beautiful, USA, and friend. They were hilarious. We also tried some new foods. These foods include: silk worms in their cocoons, and crawfish. There were chicken feet on the table, but only Matt ate a foot. After this was done, we headed back to our place and called it a night.

That's about it! New foods, new friends and a hilarious story!