China's Consul General Li Qiangmin (right) in Houston admires a flower carved out of a watermelon and cranes out of turnip along with Congressman Al Green (center) and his Asian Liaison Alice Chen on Oct 25 at the Cultural China and Chinese Cuisine event. A small group of distinguished guests, including Houston Mayor Pro Tem Ed Gonzales, State Representative Gene Wu, Regional Director of Foreign Mission at the Dept of State Nocholas Papp, physicist Paul Chu, and Rice University President David Leebron and his wife Y. Ping Sun. attended the event. Guests enjoyed the delicious Huaiyang dishes elegantly prepared by five top chefs from Jiangsu province, China.

May Zhou / China Daily

(China Daily USA 10/27/2015 page2)