Dumplings, Eggplant

Another lunch, another day, was Chinese food from a restaurant, the name of which I forget. My coworker C. and I split an order of meat dumplings (C. seemed totally unfamiliar with the concept of dumplings, but she's young so we can forgive her).

I had the eggplant in garlic sauce. I expected more of a bite and a little less viscosity.
The dragon, I learned, has deep seated feelings over the vegetable. Mainly that he loves to look at it but can't stand the way it tastes. Hmmmm.