Eating out for the first time proved to be a lot more difficult than we had originally expected. Ben, Joe, Andrew, Symphony, Jana, and I decided to venture off thinking, "let's try something new, it will be fine." Once we finally chose a place, we sat down and realized that nothing had an english translation and that none of the serves understood or spoke even a little bit of English. Thankfully, the servers worked together in order to find someone (another customer) who knew how to speak Cantonese and a bit of English. He so graciously came over to our table and helped us in the struggle of picking exactly what would go into the pot. After almost blindly choosing what we would eat we attempted to put everything in the pot, only to see their horrified faces as they chuckled at our ignorance. One of the servers proceeded to help us by making the sauce and delicately putting each piece of food into the pot for us. We were all amazed by their kindness and so at the end we wanted to give our server a couple of dollars extra, however, she would not accept it. She gave us our money back with a big smile and instead we decided to all take a group picture (as is commonly done in China). Though the experience of eating out on our own was a bit challenging, I will always remember their sweet demeanor and undying patience toward us. Thank you to the servers and all who have helped guide us along this crazy journey! - Celeste
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