Clarification

I dont actually eat bugs all the time.
Only sometimes and entirely by choice. Uncooked insects are rather abundant. Culinary cooked bugs are actually rare in harbin, although, I have heard they are more popular in the south. That will have to wait.

Food is not that interesting, as most of my meals on the the cafeteria. I eat out at local restaurants for most dinners. Restaurants are very prevalent, as regular chinese people eat out frequently.

Breakfast can be anything from steamed dumplings with fennel stalk or pork filling, plain steamed buns, fried buns with pork cabbage filling, corn pancakes fried in oil, donut like things dripping with oil (you tiao，油条), milk, soy milk, rice porridge, hard boiled eggs, fried eggs, and pickled vegetables.

Lunch and dinner blend together. Mostly assortments of stir fried vegetables and meats. Standard vegies plus lots of chinese cabbage and eggplant. Meats are either stir fried with some veggies or fried with their own sauce and maybe a light breading. There are also boiled dumplings, fried rice, noodle soups and fried noodles. And Rice, lots of white fluffy rice.

There is alot of oil involved with most food.

Currently it is watermelon season, so most dinners are followed with a trip to the watermelon pile to buy a half watermelon. About 5lbs for $0.75. Did i mention food is cheap? If I eat 3 meals at the cafeteria, probably spend $2 a day. If i go for the plain stuff and gorge on rice, $1.50.