News: Stone Bridge and Virginia Tech Grad Ed Wang Meets Dignitaries, Celebrities at State Department Lunch for China's President

Ed Wang presents a football to the President of China
photo courtesy of U.S. State Department

(Jan. 19, 2011) - Stone Bridge High School and Virginia Teach grad Ed Wang, a rookie offensive lineman this season with the Buffalo Bills and the first Chinese-American player drafted into the NFL, had lunch today at the State Department where he met, among others, the President of China, Hu Jinitao, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and musician Yo-Yo Ma.

Also attending the lunch were Barbra Streisand, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Robert Gates, Colin Powell, Sen. John Kerry, Vera Wang (no relation to Ed!), Michelle Kwan, Quincy Jones and many more.

On the menu for the 260 dining in the Benjamin Franklin Room:

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Timbale of Pear and Sunchoke
Sage Toasts
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Fillet of Alaskan Cod
Horseradish Dijon Crème Fraiche
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Lemon-Scented Rice
Winter Vegetable Medley
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Gilded Chocolate and Plum Delight
Balsamic Ice Cream

Ma and fellow cellist Joshua Roman performed after dessert.