Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner??

O.k. so here is my question for you.  Judging by this plate of food in front of me...which meal was I eating?  Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner??

So I'm guessing the egg is probably the dead giveaway right?  This is part of a traditional Chinese breakfast...well...at least the part I took from the buffet I was at.  The soup is a conjee sort of thing (not my favorite...sort of like a rice porridge).  The bun is called mantou and is probably my favorite part of these type of breakfasts because you can either dip it into the 'soup' or sometimes I'll tear it in half and put my hard boiled egg between the halves and have a little sandwich.  The rest of the plate here is just some type of noodles, some green beans, and pickled bamboo.  Usually there is a huge selection of vegetables...often even a vegetable salad (at 7:00 a.m. it is hard for me to eat a vegetable salad).  They will also often put their version of coffee on the buffet (don't be fooled...get just the regular hot water instead...trust me).

So there you have it...a traditional Chinese breakfast.  So what do I eat you may be asking?  Well...I've fallen in love with these things called jian bing.  They are kind of like an egg pancake sort of crepe thing.  They start with a batter they put out on a crepe machine.  Then they take and crack an egg or two in it and spread that around.  After they flip it they put on different spices, lettuce, onions, a huge pork rind (I think that's what it is...it is really crunchy) and I have them put a stick of processed meat in it too.  Sounds disgusting right?  Nope....delicious!  Love em.  Chris and I often dream of starting a jian bing stand in the U.S.  They only cost about 4 RMB here...but they are HUGE and delicious...mmm!

O.k. enough about food...off to teach :-)
Zaijian,
Gary