Just a 20 minute walk from the Xuhui campus is a little portion of Shanghai called the French Concession. This is a part of the city where you can see the strong influence of European culture in the architecture, shopping and restaurant options. I found a little Greek place called Milo's Tavern! I can't wait to try their gyros.
Our culture teacher, Weiqi, took us out to the French Concession for a Chinese cooking class. We were divided into teams and started making a delicious meal under the direction of Chef Mike, a former Ritz-Carlton chef. Nitesh and I got to make an amazing eggplant dish! When I get back to the states, I'm definitely investing in a wok.
After our cooking class, Weiqi took us to a full-blown wet market. Similar to the one Kristy and I had seen by the Yu Gardens, but this one was much larger. I even got to see some chickens get killed...only in China.
This week we also had the first of our many Chinese New Year's Celebrations... a select group of students in our group (Kristy, Jessica Traver, John Swinford, Nitesh Bajaj, Catriona Sproul, Joe Musto and me) were asked to perform a dance at the SJTU Annual Faculty Banquet. The dance we put together is a compilation of "the Most Dazzling Folk Song," YMCA, the Backstreet Boys and the Cotton-Eyed Joe. Here's a link to our performance! At this banquet, we got a little introduction into the Chinese drinking culture - basically we just did a lot of toasts and learned about "ganbei" ("bottoms-up!") with the Dean and plenty of other SJTU guests. We even met Madame Ma Dexiu, who is the Secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) SJTU Committee and the Chairperson of SJTU University Council.
Check out some pics from this week!
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