Chinese language & culture in Xinjiang 2012 – meals on campus

G P Witteveen http://gpwitteveen.googlepages.com/fulbright2012

breakfasts

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Boiled egg, meat mandu, prepared salads, bowl of thin rice gruel

Steamed cornmeal bun, meat mandu, fry bread, salads, boiled egg

Sweet bread, salads, mead mandu

Savory soup with egg, assorted breads

Weak tea, egg & scallion bread, mutton & onion-filled roll

Lunch & Supper

Banquet table with rotating glass center

Birthday cake package from student store, cardboard crown included.

dumpling-jyozu: dipping sauce + chili

Goulash: potato, pasta, capsicum. Watermelon slice.

Hotel restaurant 1

Hotel restaurant 2

Hotel restaurant 3

Hotel restaurant 4

Hotel restaurant 5

Hotel restaurant 6

Hotel restaurant 7

Hotel restaurant 8

Pasta & greens, capsicum

Muslim cafeteria selections with rice: chicken, tofu, eggplant

Variation on Lagmen noodle favorite among Uyghurs

Lentil, rice, mutton; skewered chicken breast

Impromptu breakfast bar al fresco (right)

Baking nang bread in adobe-lined, top-feeding oven

Saturday morning street market, north central Urumqi - June

Saturday morning street market: eggs, melons, onions

Melons at Saturday morning street market

Homemade tea mix: flower, dried fruit…

Supper set: tofu, chicken, potato entrees with rice.

Mutton ribs, seasoned potato and raw onion platter.

Cafeteria billboard for healthy eating; prep area behind the divider.

Evening streetfood near campus of Xinjian Normal University: meat, bread.

Tea, pasta with veg and capsicum, watermelon slice.

Fish far from the ocean at hotel restaurant in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.

Toothed river fish (?chordat) of Altai prefecture of Xinjiang province.

Muslim cafeteria entrees: tomato/egg, mutton, potato

Uyghur ice-cream (yoghurt?) – international grand bazaar, Urumqi.

Interior market for dried fruits: int’l grand bazaar, Urumqi

Lakhmen to pour atop the thick white, hand-pulled noodles

Lunch to go from campus cafeteria

Famous pilaf (‘pulla’) with air-dried mutton

Supper of beef dumplings

supper-nang topped with egg, scallion, ?cheese

“Truthiness” with family resemblance to the actual subject

Welcome dinner before the 11 other entrees arrived