Teacher's Lunch

This Friday we had a lesson on alcohol (and how to politely refuse it) and then the teachers treated us to a special lunch.  These were the first two courses, both cold dishes.  The first was lobster over fruit in a boat.  You can't see the lobster because it is covered in mayonnaise.  The next one (starting at 11 o'clock and going clockwise) is giant shrimp, jellyfish shredded with some vegetable, squid, and mayonnaisey abalone.  In the center is some kind of translucent sausage.  There was a soup where every ladle full brought up a different surprise--intestines, chicken feet, chunks of fatty meat, etc.--I played it safe with a lotus nut and piece of taro.  I think our favorite dish was a kungpao shrimp, being the boring Westerners that we are.  Luckily we were sitting at the table with the teachers who also don't drink, so no pressure there.