Today I had a nice lie in and got a text inviting me to brunch at 11am, I met the girls and we shared a taxi to Mrs Shanens Bakery which I have only been to once before for breakfast. I had heard lot’s of good things about the lunchtime menu so I was looking forward to it and it didn’t disappoint. They make home made ginger ale and it was delicious! After brunch the other girls went shopping but as i’m trying to be careful with money I went home.
The pollution has started to get bad again, it was over 500 last night and pretty bad today as well. The temperature today has been 4 degrees C and is supposed to get a bit warmer (7 degrees C) next week.
At 5pm I went round to my friend’s apartment as they were having a Chef wang party. This is where they book a man called Chef Wang and he gives them a choice of menus, they pick a set menu and he buys the ingredients, comes round to your house and cooks it for you and then cleans up and washes up after himself. He is very popular and is usually booked up a year in advance! There were about 15 of us from the school there and the food was amazing. For the starter he did finger food, spring rolls (like the ones back home, not like the horrible spring rolls that are here) stuffed mushrooms with spinach and cheese (these were my favourites) and battered prawns. For the main course it was a help yourself buffet style. There was actual roast potatoes (NO WHERE does roast potatoes in China!) carrots, asparagus and green beans, strawberry and pine nut salad and then there was Salmon or Roast beef terrain in red wine sauce. Now I don’t really like the beef in China, but this was amazing! Then for dessert there was chocolate mousse. It was such a delicious meal and everyone felt stuffed afterwards and it was only 100 RMB each, worth every penny! Afterwards a few people went to the Irish bar as it was St Patricks day, I stayed and went home at about 11pm with a few others and it was pouring down when we got outside, hopefully that will have cleared away the pollution for tomorrow!
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