Mixed Salad

Chinese: 拌菜
Pinyin: Ban4 cai4

a Chinese salad that could very well rival an American one! mixed cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage, tofu skin, and clear noodles tossed in a delicate sauce

Shredded Asparagus Lettuce

Chinese: 炝莴笋丝
Pinyin: qiang4 wōsŭn si1

This cold dish, first introduced at a banquet, won my heart with its light and refreshing crispiness (something that is hard to come by in a traditionally non-salad culture). The asparagus lettuce or celtuce is shredded into thin thread-like or si1 pieces and then gently tossed in a sesame oil like dressing. Eaten alone or with other dishes, this is the perfect accompaniment to the rest of your meal.

this is what the veggie looks like fresh. the greens are bitter and not used as often as the stems (hence their other name - stem lettuce)

from Wikipedia:

Celtuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina, augustana, or angustata), also called stem lettuce, celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, or Chinese lettuce, is a cultivar of lettuce grown primarily for its thick stem, used as a vegetable. It is especially popular in China, where it is the most common form of lettuce, and is called wosun (Chinese: 莴笋; pinyin: wōsŭn) or woju (Chinese: 莴苣; pinyin: wōjù) (although the latter name may also be used to mean lettuce in general).

The stem is usually harvested at a length of around 15-20 cm and a diameter of around 3-4 cm. It is crisp, moist, and mildly flavored, and typically prepared by slicing and then stir frying with more strongly flavored ingredients.