"Is this Asian or Chinese?"

Yesterday evening, my fellow classmates and I went to Rockmart to visit a Chinese restaurant called Chopsticks. With the scent of germ-x and fresh leather in the air we listened to a playlist of Norah Jones, Macy Grey, and India Arie. Tyler, would ask questions about the cuisine we were about to devour and we'd laugh and shake our heads at the outlandish things that were escaping his lips. Tyler is smart, but just doesn't know much about cultures. It was refreshing, in a way, to see someone admit to their ignorance, instead of pretending to know everything about everything. We arrived and were immediately greeted by Esa's "aunt." She said, "You must be Esa's classmates," we all shook our heads in agreeance and were then led to a table to sit down. Most of us at the table ordered either Spring Rolls or Egg Rolls to start off our sampling of food and then came our different varities of soups, such as Egg Drop and Wonton. Tyler asked more questions. He didn't want to try the "Panda sauce" on any of his food even after Tori tried to convince him of how good it tasted. When our main dishes came out to us we ate quietly for the most part. Perhaps everyone was thinking about how good their food was, or if we had to eat everything on our plates out of politeness. Esa's sassy mother came to say hello and brought us two more samplings for us to try. We all were courageous and ate everything without hesitation. Our dinner ended with a tour of the restaurant and a picture that somehow captured all of us individually--our personalities came out amongst the Chinese decor. On the way home we listened to another playlist, but the soothing sounds Norah and India were replaced by the growls of Nicki Minaj. I don't know what Dr. House was thinking, but we all enjoyed our trip to Rockmart.