Saturday night was an exercise in gluttony. There is a teppanyaki place at the 1912 district where you pay 150 RMB for all you can handle sushi, teppanyaki, and alcohol. Rob and some of the Europeans went last week, and they ate and drank for a good three hours, so we were looking forward to stuffing ourselves.
We originally had a large group of people interested in going, but in the end it was me, Andre, Tiffany, Miles, Lee and Susan. We showed up at 6:00 and were told we’d have to finish by 8:00 because we didn’t have a reservation and a large group was coming later. A little despondent at the time limit, we sat down and quickly began looking at the menu in order to not waste time. Drinks first—Asahi and warm sake for me—and then between the six of us, we ordered probably 75% of what was on the extensive menu. I was disappointed that there actually wasn’t a lot of sushi options, but there was plenty of sashimi and pages and pages of things that could be grilled. No reason to complain.

I think we had four rounds of food and I can’t even remember exactly all of what I ate (probably due to the waitresses being so prompt with the beer and sake…) I do remember everything being delicious. A few things that stood out: buttery yellowfish sashimi, beef sashimi marinated in something awesome, juicy cubes of steak, grilled mushrooms, and flambéed bananas with strawberry ice cream. The latter was so good we ordered it twice; plus, we really liked seeing the chef light the 5-foot high fire.

At some point, André befriended large group of Greeks across from us and dragged Miles and I over to meet them. I ended up being totally creeped out by an older guy named Socrates…thankfully we were leaving as it was almost 11:00. Seriously, 4 hours of eating and hanging out! I think the establishment was glad to be rid of us. André had stated at the beginning that the goal was not to eat 150 kuai of menu items, but to eat that much in ingredient costs. I don’t know if we accomplished that...but we for sure had a great time.
That night, Jitin was DJ-ing at Don Quixote, just a 5 minute walk away, so we stumbled over there. Walked into a funky mix of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance and had fun on the dance floor with friends. I sent André home early though because he was feeling terrible, and then later had to wrestle an inebriated Miles away from a xiaomaibu and take him home.
I lost my scarf at some point during the night, and nearly lost my coat (don’t ask) but it was the most fun I’ve had in weeks. Now it’s time to finish up some design sketches.
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