Planning our In-City Finale: Sunday afternoon, December 8

I agree that going to Anne's or Mark's natural habitat is surely relaxing. Going to Chinatown sounds fun, and I'm happy that so many people want to go to Chinatown. But as a Chinese, I have to say that I can't tell you a lot about Chinese food -- not every Chinese person is an expert on Chinese food and culture. Also, Chinatown is very different from real China, which means it' unfamiliar to me. So I'm not going to be a tour guide, but an explorer. 

I'm fine for pretty much everything but I do think Agatha had a good point that it would be much easier to socalize/mingle in either Anne or Mark's "natural habitats."  But as Abby said we could just use them as a fall back if another plan doesnt work out.

Also the times are good for me.

I'm still holding onto my noodle place, ladies and germs. I saw on the website that they do take-out. So... Do you think we could order a LOT of noodles, pick them up at the place (no deliveries), and book it to Anne's/Mark's place before they get cold? We could order cheesteak and pizza too. 

Pleeeeeeeeeease? 

I feel bad inviting ourselves to our professor's habitats without bringing stuff to eat. :) 

I think going to Anne's place is a good idea. Also noodles sound good. Everything is fine, including the times. I'm a pretty easy going person.

Actually, I will love to go anywhere. But if the fanal decision is a restaurant in Chinatown, I am willing to be a guid and order for us.

I vote to call up the noodle place and see if they have a place to put a large group. Some restaurants have party areas. If not, I move that we visit Mark, since as nightowl said, we've been to Anne's neighborhood already. I also second nightowl's idea of bringing something from wherever in the city we visited--we could put them together in a sort of collage and take a picture.

Both times work for me, I just need to know which one by that weekend so I can schedule around it.

As for pricing, cash only isn't a problem for me as long as I have advance enough notice to withdraw some, but that or prices in general might be a problem for others--thoughts? Also, allergies? Does anyone know if there is an ingredient that goes in all or most of this food?

The times work for me.

I'm going with the recent consensus about Anne's house (or Mark's-- maybe we could go to whichever is in a more interesting part of the city? maybe that we haven't seen yet? unless we've seen both, in which case, either one). It really would be more intimate and easier to have conversations with more people than if we were just near a few people in a restaurant.

I'm not quite sure how a potluck would work, although it is a really fun idea. Unless we all went out to get some food to bring before meeting up (which might be expensive...), our options of things to bring are basically limited to dining hall food (or at least mine are).

Although a Noodle House would be nice, I think that going to either Mark's or Anne's would allow for a intimate environment for all of us to have our last outing together, and that it would be easier for us to converse about our experiences in the city and in class. Also I think that in the Noodle House we would be forced to split up, at least into different tables, whereas in one of the houses we could all communicate together.

The noodle place does sound good, and I love food (especially when it's advertised as "massive"), but I also think it could be fun to stalk Mark and Anne in their natural habitats. Or maybe just use that option as our first fall-back in case the restaurant can't handle a party as large as ours.

Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle looks and sounds amazing. Here is their website: http://nanzhounoodlehouse.com/index.html

I agree that reservations would need to be made- in which case we should narrow down to a specific time. Maybe take into consideration that Bryn Mawr only serves brunch on Sundays when choosing the time.

Any suggestions?

iI think Nan Zhou Hand Noodle House sounds great. However, I don't know wether it's big enough cause normally, these restaurant in Chinatown is not that large. There are still many great restaurant in Chinatown such as E Mei, Dim Sum Garden or Zuixianlou(where you can enjoy delicious traditional steam dumplin). Of course, Nan Zhou hand noodle is very delicous! 

"$8 for a massive bowl" sounds amazing! I'd love to go there. Since I'm a vegetarian (and I bet other people in the class are, too), I'd prefer not to go to a cheesesteak truck.