Dinner

Mixture of dumplings, cold sesame noodles (made by me!), cauliflower,
green vegetable, and rice.

Breakfast

Zoe made French toast and I had the last of my Yankee Molasses Oatmeal
bread (toasted).

Lunch & Dinner

Lunch (at the chain restaurant in Xiuning):

Mooshu pork 木须肉 - strips of pork, tree ears, carrots, and
cucumber (julienned) stir-fried and served over rice.

Dinner (Hanlin Shifu):

Chrysanthemum Greens 菊花菜
Dumplings
Potato
Chow Mein
Edamame 毛豆
Tomato & Egg
Bamboo 干笋 with doufugan

Dinner

Michael's parents are here, so we had a few extra dishes (at Hanlin
Shifu):
Eggplant (stir-fried in sauce)
Potato with vinegar
Green beans 四季豆 (with hot pepper)
Luobo greens 萝卜菜 (with garlic)
Pumpkin rind 南瓜丝 (slivered, with garlic and chicken broth? -
pumpkins are mostly green on the outside here, and this dish lacks any
offensive squash-like flavor)
Stir-fried noodles with vegetables 炒面

Also, the other day we tried fresh water chestnuts 荸荠 (also at Hanlin
Shifu) for the first time. They were pretty good, unlike their canned
counterparts in the US. They were sliced and stir-fried in a light
sauce, and don't have a lot of flavor - mostly just a faint fiery
taste, like a hint of radish.

Dinner

Place: Zhuangyuan Shifu 状元食府

Dishes:
Cabbage with bacon-like slices and white onions
Eggplant and green beans (note: Chinese eggplant is long and thin,
rather than the fat, unpalatable, mushy stuff we have in the U.S.)
Hot and sour potato (julienned)
Wosun (light green translucent root vegetable)
Meat (fat) and Meigancai 梅干菜 (fragrant mixture of dried
vegetables) with buns (you make a sandwich)
Dumplings
Marinated doufugan (dried tofu) - served cold

Lunch

Place: School Teachers' Canteen

Dishes:
Julienned Jiaobai 茭白 (a root that grows in the water - "water-oat
shoots") with doufugan and peppers
Hongshao Tofu 红烧豆腐 - cooked in soy and oil
Egg with Tomato - made by Zoe and her tutor

Dinner

Place: Hanlin Shifu 翰林食府

Dishes:
Cauliflower 花菜 - light sauce with a little bit of hot pepper
Malan (Aster?) 马兰 - Leafy green with a slightly bitter taste, cooked with diced doufugan and peppers
Dumplings (fried) 饺子（煎的）- meat and vegetable with vinegar
Egg and Tomato 西红柿炒鸡蛋 - scrambled eggs with tomato mixed in, and maybe a little garlic