Very social week and my birthday ^^

My new classmates invited me out to join them. I had no idea what would happen but I was told to meet at the university gate at 8pm. So me and another classmate walked together and in total 8 of us met up. We took a taxi to Shouning Lu which is near People's Square and I'd been before but only walked through. It can be a little intimidating to walk down this street. It is full of small eateries and outdoor bbq's, with seafood and skewers etc.

One friend had been here many times and took us into one where we sat upstairs. He then went to choose the food for us and ordered bottles and bottles of beer. He also taught us how to eat these crayfish. The restaurant gives you a silver tray to put the shells and bits in, plastic gloves, plastic cups, tissues. We had scallops, whelks, crayfish, oysters, chicken, beef, lamb skewers. In total we paid about 100RMB each which included all the drinks and another friend joined us mid-way.

We then got into a taxi to Hongmei Lu (Laowai Jie) where we went to Vegas Bar and played drinking games with dice, pool and table football until about 1am. It was really good fun and I feel closer to my classmates now.

 

On Friday my old classmates held a small party for three of us whose birthday it was and two friend's who are leaving Shanghai to go back home. We ate shabu shabu (Japanese hotpot) which was really good and a buffet style so we could order as much as we wanted. They surprised me with a cake too which was so sweet of them! It was apparently from a very famous Japanese bakery and chocolate (perfect for me!). Afterwards we went to Camel Bar nearby and had drinks and met a few more friends there. The kitchen also gave us some free pizza. All in all it was really fun and I always love days where anything can happen.