Still cheap food .. if you look

Despite the fact that RMB has been appreciated, after conversion to US$ we still can get some cheap food. Today was an example. Picked up Audrey after work we tried this new Sichuan restaurant by the Shanghai Tennis Center. The place is called Pin Chuan. All spicy food just like when we were in Sichuan. We ordered Dan Dan mian (spicy noodle), tofu with thousand year egg, fried green beans (like in Four Seas except better and moist), spicy rotten tofu (don't ask. Iron-wife likes it and so is my dad) and spicy chicken. The last dish, I ate alone. The spicy chicken, it was a dish that has the chicken meat soak in a big bowl of hot spicy oil. O.. it was so good.... The service was excellent. Waiter was helpful and promised to have anything iron-wife likes on the menu converted to vegetarian for her. Right, spare rib? Ummm... Anyway, the food was good. When the bill came, it was RMB191, about US$29. Not bad for that much food. But of course, compared to the locals, that's a lot of money and we could have eaten at our regular vegetarian restaurant twice with the same amount of dishes.