Project :
Introduce Chinese food to foreigner
1. Background: More and more foreigners come to China .They like Chinese food very much .However as a college student ,wedon’t know how to introduce tradition Chinese food to them. We also don’t know how to have dinner with them.
2. Purpose: let us know how to say some tradition Chinese food in English and foreigners’ eating custom.We learn some knowledge of Chinese food
3.Little title: 1).How to say Chinese food in English 2).How to order food
3).American and ChineseEatingCustomandPractice 4).Introduction of tradition Chinese food
5)The Differences Between Chinese and Western Dietary
Cultures
6).Different type of Chinese food 4.Body: 1). How to say Chinese food in English 1 traditional food : ○
春卷 Spring rolls蛋卷 Chicken rolls 碗糕 Salty rice pudding筒仔米糕 Rice tube pudding 红豆糕 Red bean cake绿豆糕 Bean paste cake 糯米糕 Glutinous rice cakes萝卜糕Fried white radish patty
芋头糕 Taro cake肉圆 Taiwanese Meatballs 水晶饺 Pyramid dumplings肉丸 Rice-meat dumplings 豆干 Dried tofu糖葫芦 Tomatoes on sticks 长寿桃Longevity Peaches麻花 Hemp flowers 芝麻球nGlutinous rice sesame balls
2breakfast food ○
当归鸭烧饼 Clay oven rolls油条 Fried bread stick 韭菜盒 Fried leek dumplings水饺 Boiled dumplings 蒸饺 Steamed dumplings馒头 Steamed buns 割包 Steamed sandwich饭团 Rice and vegetable roll 蛋饼 Egg cakes 皮蛋 100-year egg 咸鸭蛋 Salted duck eg豆浆 Soybean milk
3different rice ○
稀饭 Rice porrid白饭 Plain white rice 油饭 Glutinous oil rice糯米饭 Glutinous rice 卤肉饭 Braised pork rice蛋炒饭 Fried rice with egg 地瓜粥 Sweet potato congee
4different noodles ○
馄饨面 Wonton & noodles刀削面 Sliced noodles 麻辣面 Spicy hot noodles麻酱面 Sesame paste noodles 鴨肉面 Duck with noodles鱔魚面 Eel noodles 乌龙面 Seafood noodles
榨菜肉丝面Pork , pickled mustard green noodles
牡蛎细面 Oyster thin noodles板条 Flat noodles 米粉 Rice noodles炒米粉 Fried rice noodles 冬粉 Green bean noodle
5different soup ○
鱼丸汤 Fish ball soup貢丸汤 Meat ball soup 蛋花汤 Egg & vegetable soup蛤蜊汤 Clams soup 牡蛎汤 Oyster soup酸菜汤 Seaweed soup 酸辣汤 Sweet & sour soup馄饨汤 Wonton soup 猪肠汤 Pork intestine soup 肉羹汤 Pork thick soup 鱿鱼汤 Squid soup花枝羹 Squid thick soup 2).How to order food ------some useful sentences 1请给我菜单 May I have a menu,please? ○
2是否有中文菜单? Do you have a menu in chinese? ○
3在用晚餐前想喝些什麼吗? ○
Would you like something to drink before dinner?
4餐厅有些什麼餐前酒? ○
What kind of drinks do you have for an aperitif?
5可否让我看看酒单? May I see the wine list? ○
6我可以点杯酒吗? May I order a glass of wine? ○
7餐厅有那几类酒? What kind of wine do you have? ○
8我想点当地出产的酒。I'd like to have some local wine. ○
9我想要喝法国红酒。I'd like to have Frence red wine. ○
10是否可建议一些不错的酒? ○
Could you recommend some good wine?
11我可以点餐了吗? May I order,please? ○
12餐厅最特别的菜式是什麼? What is the specialty of the house? ○
13餐厅有今日特餐吗? Do you have today's special? ○
14我可以点与那份相同的餐吗? ○
Can I have the same dish as that?
15我想要一份开胃菜与排餐(鱼餐)。 ○
I'd like appetizers and meat(fish) dish.
16我正在节食中。I'm on a diet. ○
17我必须避免含油脂(盐份/糖份)的食物。 ○
I have to avoid food containing fat(salt/suger).
18餐厅是否有供应素食餐? Do you have vegetarian dishs? ○
19你的牛排要如何烹调? How do you like your steak? ○
20全熟(五分熟/全生)。Well done (medium/rare),please. ○
3).EatingCustomandPractice 1○
.Americaneatingisfunny.Theyeatalmosteverythingwithafork，
anditappearsthatholdingaknifeinone’s
righthandlongerthanafewsecondsisconsideredtobeagainstgoodtablemanners.
Thesystemisthatifitisabsolutelynecessarytouseaknife
，
peopletaketheforkintheirlefthand，
andcutoffapieceofmeatorwhateveritisinthenormalmanner.Thentheyputtheknifedown
，
transfertheforktotheirrighthand
，
andonlythendotheytransportthefoodtotheirmouth.Thisisclearlyludicrous，butitisconsideredgoodmanners. Thereareseveralresultsofthissystem.First
，
ifitisnotabsolutelynecessarytouseaknife，Americansdon’tuseone，becauseobviouslythisgreatlycomplicatesthings
andyouwillthereforeseethemtryingtocutthingslikepotatoes
，，
fishandevenbaconwithafork.Second，towardstheendofacourse，sinceonlyoneimplementisbeingused
，
foodhastobochasedaroundtheplatewiththeforkandforthelastmouthfulthethumbhastobeusedtokeepthefoodinplacealthoughoneisnotsupposedtodothis. Third
，
tablesaregenerallylaidwithoneknifeandtwoforks
，，
theoutsideforkbeingforthesalad.ThereisnoneedforforeignvisitorstofollowtheAmericansystemandtrytoeathesaladwithonlyaforkbutifyoudouseyourknife
，，
remembertosaveitforthemeatcourse.Evendesserts(excepticecream)areeatenwithaforkifatallpossible
，
andthespoonyouseebyyourdessertismeanttobeforcoffee(butifyouuseitforyourdessertnoonewillsayanything.