Manion and Dr. Herbert went straight to the hotel with Sharon, who was drowsy. They planned to check in first and then go to Yuan Zhou's restaurant for dinner with the translator.
When Herbert and the other two people arrived at Chengdu, it was 3:00 in the afternoon. It was still early, but when the translator heard that they were going to Yuan Zhou's restaurant, he advised them to set off as soon as possible. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get a seat.
Manion scoffed at this. One had to know that the restaurants of famous chefs in foreign countries had to be booked at least three months in advance.
They had inquired about Yuan Zhou's restaurant and found that they didn't need to make a reservation. They only needed to go in earlier to eat.
