1.3 billion people need to be fed!\u00a0 So the Chinese people make use of every available, edible thing — even if “foreigners” don’t think it’s edible.\u00a0 People here eat out even more than Americans do.\u00a0 It’s very inexpensive. And it’s less time consuming.<\/p>\n
They love to eat, and they love choices.\u00a0 They never order just one thing.\u00a0 The group chooses a meat, a fish, a vegetable, and another item plus a personal bowl of rice, and small desserts (not sweet like American desserts).<\/p>\n
The waiter brings the items from the kitchen as they are ready.\u00a0 Your dessert may come first…whatever comes, you eat it then.\u00a0 Each diner has a small plate (the size of a teacup saucer).\u00a0 You put food from the serving bowl on your plate — just a few bites at a time.\u00a0 If several things arrive simultaneously, you serve yourself a few bites of each, and then keep adding to\u00a0 your plate throughout the meal.<\/p>\n
But restaurant dining is probably not how people eat out\u00a0 most often.\u00a0 They buy “snacks” from the street vendors and the small kiosks set up everywhere.\u00a0 These snacks, hot or cold, are consumed day and night.<\/p>\n
No part of an animal is wasted.\u00a0 We have eaten some interesting dishes, including a big bowl of pork fat, pig hooves, and duck neck — favorite dishes over here.\u00a0 The fish is often served whole –head and tail included — so you can pick the bones and not miss anything.\u00a0 My favorite is mandarin fish — its speckled flesh and fins make a beautiful presentation.<\/p>\n
We’ve also eaten eel, octopus, crab. shrimp, and quite a few other fish whose names are unpronounceable to me.\u00a0 Sometimes they are minced and eaten with pine nuts or a vegetable or put into a soup.<\/p>\n
There are many vegetable choices but the serving sizes are small (we’re eating our multi-vitamin every day).\u00a0\u00a0 My favorite veggie so far is lily bulb.\u00a0 We’ve had some interesting fruit, also.\u00a0 Fiery dragon is wild-looking on the outside and pretty on the inside (pure white with black speckles).<\/p>\n
Chopsticks are the norm, but spoons are also on the table, never knives or forks.\u00a0 If something needs to be cut (like the whole fish), you use your chopsticks.<\/p>\n
Etiquette is quite different.\u00a0 If you have a bone or other undesirable in your mouth, you spit it out on the table or a small plate.\u00a0 Your rice bowl comes up to your mouth and the rice is shoveled in with the chopsticks.\u00a0 Don’t forget to bring your own napkins!\u00a0 If the restaurant has any, you will be charged if you order one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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