• steamed meat dumpling (baozi - generally larger than a jiaozi and steamed rather than boiled -- pork unless specified)
Èâ °ü ×Ó
rou4bao1zi
    Zhang Meng   Huang Jiali   Bai Jing  

• steamed bun
Âø Í·
man2tou
    Zhang Meng   Liu Yu Rong   Huang Xu   Huang Jiali   Ma Xiaoyuan  

• white bun filled with jam (often filled with sweet bean paste as well as fruit jams)
¹û ½´ °ü
guo3jiang4 bao1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• dumpling
°ü ×Ó
bao1zi
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• Tianjin Baozi
Ìì ½ò °ü ×Ó
Tian1Jin1 bao1zi
    Zhang Meng   Liu Yu Rong   Huang Xu   Huang Jiali   Ma Xiaoyuan  

• boiled egg
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zhu3ji1dan4
    Li Yu Zheng   Song Jia   Zheng Lei  

• pork strips and soft fried noodles
Èâ Ë¿ Èí ³´ Ãæ
rou4si1 ruan3 chao3 mian4
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• black mushrooms and pork strips with noodles
Ïã ¹½ Èâ Ë¿ Ãæ
xiang1gu1 rou4si1 mian4
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• deep-fried noodles in thick soy sauce (chopped meat with the sauce inside)
Õ¨ ½´ Ãæ
zha2 jiang4 mian4
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• plain soup noodles, vegetarian noodles
ËØ ÌÀ Ãæ
su4tang1 mian4
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• Yang Chow noodle
Ñï ÖÝ Ãæ
yang2zhou1 mian4
    Zhang Meng   Liu Yu Rong   Huang Xu   Huang Jiali   Ma Xiaoyuan  

• cooked rice, rice (don't just say mi3 if you want to have it ready to eat!)
Ã× ·¹
mi3fan4
    Huang Xu   Zhao He   Zhang Meng   Zhao Mo  

• steamed twisted roll
»¨ ¾í
hua1juan3
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• shrimp dumpling (seafood - mostly shrimp, may have pork and various vegetables)
Èý ÏÊ Ë® ½Â
san1 xian1 shui3jiao3
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• boiled egg
Öó ¼¦ µ°
zhu3ji1dan4
    Li Yu Zheng   Song Jia   Zheng Lei  

• fried egg(s)
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jian1ji1dan4
    Zhang Ning   Li Yu Zheng   Huang Xu   Li Longfei   Wang Jin  

• scrambled eggs and tomato
Î÷ ºì ÊÁ ³´ ¼¦ µ°
xi1hong2shi4 chao3ji1dan4
    Zhang Ning   Li Yu Zheng   Liu Yawen   Cao Hui  

• scrambled eggs
³´ ¼¦ µ°
chao3ji1dan4
    Zhang Ning   Li Yu Zheng   Liu Yawen   Cao Hui  

• chicken soup (made with a guinea hen or capon - considered very healthy, and medicinal)
ÎÚ ¼¦ ÌÀ
wu1ji1 tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• corn chowder
Óñ Ã× ¸þ
yu4mi3 geng1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• laver soup (a type of seaweed, bitter)
×Ï ²Ë ÌÀ
zi3cai4 tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Liu Xuechun  

• seafood soup (literally -- three seafood soup - mostly shrimp)
Èý ÏÊ ÌÀ
san1xian1 tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• hot and sour soup
Ëá À± ÌÀ
suan1la4 tang1
    Li Yu Zheng   Li Zhen   Li Longfei   Mi Zhaoxi   Wei Xing  

• pork balls and winter squash in soup (the meat balls are plain, no vegetables, otherwise they would fall apart in the soup)
¶¬ ¹Ï Íè ×Ó ÌÀ
dong1gua1wan2zi tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Liu Xuechun  

• tomato and egg soup
Î÷ ºì ÊÁ µ° ÌÀ
xi1hong2shi4 dan4 tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• turtle soup
¼× Óã ÌÀ
jia1yu2 tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• vegetable soup
²Ë ÌÀ
cai4 tang1
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• candied apples
°Î Ë¿ Æ» ¹û
ba2si1ping2guo3
    Zhang Meng   Zhang Ning   Li Longfei   Mi Zhaoxi  

• candied bananas
°Î Ë¿ Ïã ½¶
ba2si1xiang1jiao1
    Zhang Meng   Zhang Ning   Li Longfei   Mi Zhaoxi  

• candied pineapple
°Î Ë¿ ²¤ ÂÜ
ba2si1bo1luo2
    Zhang Meng   Zhang Ning   Li Longfei   Mi Zhaoxi  

• candied potatoes (Chinese dish in which potatoes or fruit are caramelized by stir frying in water and sugar -- delicious.)
°Î Ë¿ ÍÁ ¶¹
ba2si1tu3dou4
    Li Yu Zheng   Li Zhen   Cao Hui   Hua   Li Yu Zheng  

• eight treasures steamed rice pudding (sweet)
°Ë ±¦ ·¹
ba1bao3fan4
    Liu Qiuxia   Hua   Zhang Meng   Cao Lihua   Li Boyuan   Liu Xuechun  

• sesame peanuts
Ö¥ Âé »¨ Éú
zhi1ma hua1sheng1
    Li Yu Zheng   Li Zhen   Huang Xu   Huang Jiali  

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