Dinner last night was fun. We met Wakana's friends at the airport and took them to the hotel. Then we went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. The only table available was a large round table for at least 8 to 10 people so we were not set up for conversation but we did OK.

The restaurant is a traditional Chinese restaurant with dishes served for the table instead of individually. There is a large glass lazy Susan in the center and the dishes were laced there. Then the diners could just turn the lazy Susan to reach whatever they wanted. Plus the waiters could serve the table without encroaching on the personal space of the diners. We had hot & sour soup, pork dumplings, shrimp shaumai (a steamed meat dumpling), chop suey fried rice, and fried noodles. For desert we had Chinese fruit coktail which had a Chinese "jelly" made of almonds in with the usual fruit cocktail mix of peaches, pears, and grapes. We also had sesame balls, a ball of mashed rice cake covered with sesame seed and filled with mochi, a sweet paste made from red beans. It was delicious, filling, and relatively cheap. The whole meal for four people ran us only $44. Plus the restaurant accidentally gave us an extra serving of the shaumai.

Tonight Umiko and Yamachan will be coming to dinner. I will amke a pot roast in the crock pot with biscuits.