kung hei fat choi!

i ate a lot, but im not really sure what i ate. i hope to read this back someday and understand why and exactly what i ate. i have only been to shanghai once, and am ashamed to admit that i dont know my chinese cuisines.

here are my clinical descriptions of what i ate last night with friends (mostly couples) and dogs (all very cute).

steamed and fried dumplings, presumably pork and some vegetables, bland. 2 kinds of braised, possibly stir fried bok choy, with ginger and garlic, tasty. cubed tofu with a ground meat sauce, virtually tasteless. cornstarchy sauce with lobster and bok choy and misc vegetables, fantastic. whole shrimps with broccoli, needed salt, shrimp overcooked. garlicky pan fried short ribs with chilies, chilies rocked my world. some kind of whole poached chicken, im guessing ginger, bland and tasteless. pan fried pork chops with some kind of red sauce, undercooked. pork ribs with a honey glaze + bottled seasoning, sweet and finger-lickin' good. . dessert was a mango sorbet mixed with a sticky, starchy coconut rice, interesting texture.

where were the noodles?
where was the fish?
is it true about the no meat policy?