Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Gong Ti Comes Alive

I went out to eat tonight with a bunch of friends at a Benihana teppanyaki-type place.  All you can eat and drink for $28.  (See why I never cook for myself?) It was right across the street from Worker’s Stadium, the site of the Olympic soccer matches. 

As early readers of the blog will remember, Worker’s Stadium was the site of one of my earliest Beijing experiences.  For the last ten months it’s been under construction, being updated for the games.  Tonight I saw it live for the first time.  The restaurant we ate at was on the third floor of a building across from the stadium.  Gong Ti had light streaming from it, a sea of people going in and out, and cheers that sounded like crashing waves. 

It was cool to finally see the old girl in action.