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fiogf49gjkf0d EATING OUT ---------- IF EATING OUT IN A RESTAURANT OR IN SOMEBODY'S HOME YOU SHOULD NEVER BE LATE. IN SOMEBODY'S HOME FOOD OR DRINK MUST NOT BE TOUCHED UNTIL THE HOST TELLS YOU THAT YOU MAY START. TAKE YOUR TIME WHEN TASTING FOOD IN CHINA, AS THE MENU MAY HAVE UP TO 13 COURSES. TYPICAL MEALS ------------- THERE ARE FOUR MAIN STYLES OF CHINESE COOKING. BEIJING AND SHANDONG:- THE INCLUSION OF SPICES AND CHILLI CHARACTERISES THIS STYLE. BREAD AND NOODLES OFTEN REPLACE RICE. BEIJING SPECIALITIES:- BEIJING DUCK EATEN WITH A PANCAKE WITH CUCUMBER & PLUM SAUCE. BEGGARS CHICKEN, WHICH IS WRAPPED IN LOTUS LEAVES AND COOKED FOR THE DAY ON HOT ASHES.
SHANDONG SPECIALITIES:- BIRDS NEST SOUP AND SWEET AND SOUR YELLOW RIVER CARP. SHANGHAINESE AND JIANGZHENESE:- CHARACTERISED BY THE USE OF SEAFOOD. ALSO SPICIES. EELS ARE POPULAR. SHANGHAINESE SPECIALITIES:- DRUNKEN CHICKEN. CHICKEN COOKED IN A CHINESE WINE WHICH TASTES LIKE SHERRY. JIANGZHENESE SPECIALITIES:- POULTRY AND SEAFOOD COOKED IN ORIGINAL JUICES TO PRESERVE FLAVOUR. SICHUANESE:- CHARACTERISED BY THE USE OF SPICIES, MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS STYLES. SPECIALITIES:- FROGS LEGS, SMOKED DUCK, SHRIMPS WITH SALT AND GARLIC, DRIED CHILLI BEEF AND BEAR PAWS IN BROWN SAUCE. CANTONESE:- CHARACTERISED BY STIR FRYING FOOD. SPECIALITIES:- ABALONE, THOUSAND YEAR OLD EGGS, SHARKS FIN SOUP, ROAST PIG AND DRAGONS DUEL TIGER, WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF SNAKE AND WILDCAT MEAT.
DRINKS ------ GREEN TEA IS THE MOST COMMON DRINK. THERE IS ALSO A CHINESE BEER CALLED TSINGTAO. ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN NATIONAL DRINKS IS MAOTAI. LOCALLY BREWED DRINKS ARE AVAILABLE. VERY FAMOUS TRENCH WINE CALLED DINASTY. COFFEE AND BLACK TEA ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
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