What do Chinese people think of iceberg lettuce?

I was feeling quite starved, so I decided to go ahead and dig into the iceberg lettuce chunks, whereby the Chinese group I was having hot pot with all tried to prevent me. read more

But in China one popular lettuce variety is what they call "woju" (莴笋). Now, if you simply look up the word "lettuce" in an English-Chinese dictionary, "woju" would be given as the translation. However, the typical "woju" as seen in Chinese markets is quite different from lettuces varieties commonly used in North America or Europe. read more

The representative being the iceberg lettuce. Amongst the leafy branch, there are 2 varieties of lettuce commonly found in tropical Asian markets. In the lowlands, the chinese lettuce has long loose leaves with frilled edges, and does not form a tight round head like the common iceberg lettuce variety. read more