Wednesday was my third day in the Neusoft offiices. We spent most of the day on designing an interface between test cases I wrote and their framework. Four or five of them then went off to busily begin implementing.
For lunch we went to an interesting restaurant. One of the dishes we had was chicken fingers. I tried them but didn’t care for either the taste or consistency. We also had catfish. They brought the fish (still alive) to our table for our approval before they went off to cook it. At least we know it was fresh. Most of the fish I’ve eaten prepared in a Chinese style preserves the overall shape of the fish from head to tail when it is served. This, however was cut into small pieces and cooked in some kind of broth. It was very tender and tasty. I would say in general that the Chinese food I’ve had here is really nothing like any of the Chinese food I’ve had at home.
There is one guy staying with us here who lives in the bay area but spends about half his time here. He works for my company and acts as the overall liaison with Neusoft. He and I have had breakfast together. Last night he took me and my fellow travelers to a restaurant he likes near the hotel. It was a German restaurant. It seemed so strange to me to be sitting in China eating German food but I guess it shows the cosmopolitan nature of this city.
On our way to dinner we walked though a “night market” where numerous street vendors were selling food from small stalls. There was fish, and vegetables and lots of snacks being cooked on small grills.