But here are some Chinese dishes that we ate for my friend's birthday at a restaurant that had fake grapes hanging from the ceiling. At the end of the meal, they gifted us (since we spent more than 50 yuan, approximately $6) a box of kleenex. "japanese tofu" is, I think, made with fish and tofu mixed together, but I've given up on thinking about it. It's very silky and shaped like a scallop and fried with a very light crispy exterior. the sauce at this particular restaurant was sweet and salty and full of pinenuts and mushrooms. In the background is a big flaky pancake that was filled with mushrooms (a yunnan special variety, I think) that gave me pause for the second time that evening as a meat scare. The other dish (not pictured) was basically octopus, except that it was a mushroom of the sea. Next is spring roll shaped crispy deep fried bundles filled with - an amatuer's guess - slightly sweetened purple taro paste. Dip in another slightly sweet and slightly sour sauce, which was the color of every chinese take-out sweet and sour sauce ever made. We also got a free fruit platter which was ornate, but vague and maybe lazy. It gave me the impression of a swan, but without all the effort.
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