Lotus soup

Today I had my second meal of lotus soup, this time at the small restaurant adjacent to the East Campus cafeteria. A Hubei Province specialty only served here in the province and not during summer, lotus soup has big and small chunks of lotus root, pork and a very light colored broth. Known as the area of 1,000 lakes, the lotus plant grows in the marshy area of the lakes. A big bowl is served and in traditional fashion, everyone dips a ladel of soup into the bowls set in front of us.

We rounded out our meal today with a cooked green vegetable that reminded me of cabbage, spicy fish and rice.

Lunch here is from noon - 2:00. Everyone takes a long lunch time and then we resume our normal activities at 2:00...when my next class starts!

More later on my eating adventures!