what is that white crunchy vegetable in chinese food?

water chestnut

White Crunchy Vegetable

Vegetable In Chinese

Japanese radish can be found in the veggie section and will be under daikon. It can also be pickled and is really good. The slices in a soup would have to be chopped smaller as they are usually quit big. So it might not have been this. I would think like some of the others and have to say water chestnut.

You are probably thinking of eaither a Water Chestnut, Bok Choy, or Bamboo Shoots. Just ask at and grocery store or specialty Chinese restaurant.

Water chestnut? Bok Choy? Winter melon?

I think it is bamboo shoot.

Bamboo shoot can use in soup, saute with meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes.

You can buy a tinned bamboo shoot in Chinese supermarket if you can't found the fresh one.

I love bamboo shoot as well but it can't be found in the UK, but not the city I'm living.

dont like fruits and vegetables or vegetables either. Almost all my menu involves is hamburgers, pizza, chips, and chicken breast.

Zucchini is commonly regarded as a veggie, and in layman's parlance, of course, this is far more useful; however, by rigid definition, the zucchini is a fruit, being the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower.

Water chestnuts are nothing like radish or turnip. I'm guessing it's mooli or Japanese radish which is common in Chinese cooking.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/glossary/m.shtml?mooli

It is a water chestnut. They are white and crunchy and don't have much flavour.