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Today’s Menu

!Typical Chinese Food

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Easy Cooking Recipe: Pork and Chive Dumpling

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Comments on Chinese food and British food in UK

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Recommendations of Chinese Restaurants in

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WARNING

We are now going to introduce the delicious Chinese food to you.

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So keep away from your PC and mobile as you may be slobbering within the moment of reading.

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  Historically, a number of different names were used to refer to rice ball. During the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty, the n a m e w a s o f f i c i a l l y se t t led as Yuanx iao (derived from Yuanxiao Festival), which is used in northern China. The name literally means “first evening”, being the first full moon. In southern China, however, they are called Tangyuaan.

For many Chinese families in Mainland China as well as overseas, rice ball is usually eaten together with family. The round shape of the balls and the bowls where they are served come to symbolize the family togetherness.

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Mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is for lunar worship and moon watching, when mooncakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four most important festivals. Traditional mooncakes have an imprint on top consisting of the Chinese characters for “longevity” or “harmony”, the bakery the filling inside imprints of the moon, the Lady Chang’e on the moon or a rabbit may surround the characters for additional decoration.

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Zongzi are traditionally food be eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. As the popular history, Zongzi are commemorated food for the patriotic poet—Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the Chu Kingdom in 278 BC.When he tried and unsuccessful to warn his king stop the war with Qin Kingdom and result in lose the territory of kingdom. After that, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Miluo River to put forward his patriotism. The localism throw the Zongzi into the river to prevent the fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body. !Basically, Zongzi is made by sticky rice and covered with lotus and steamed or boiled for several hours.

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Long-life Noodle is celebrated food during the birthday as blessing for life. !In ancient China, people who have a long face means he or she will live longer than other normal people and face has a same pronunciation with noodle. So the noodle is just one line means blessing. !Long-life Noodle is only one line, which is different with other noodles.

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Dumplings are a kind of traditional Chinese food. Dumplings typically consist of ground meat and vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by pressing the edges together or by crimping. Dumplings are eaten all year round ,and can be eaten at anytime of the day. !It is one of the major foods during the Chinese New Year and year round in the northern. They look like the golden ingots used during the Ming Dynasty for money and the name sounds like the word for the earliest paper money,so serving them is believed to bring prosperity. Many families midnight on Chinese New Year’s Eve.

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Hot pot is a very popular food in china and has a history of more than 1000 years. !Hot pot seems to have originate in alongdia where the main food was meat, usually beef, mutton or horse. It spread to southern china during the Tang Dynasty and was further estabcished during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. !Typical hot pot dishes include thinly sliced meat, vegetables, mushrooms, wonton, egg dumplings and seafood ,vegetables, fish and meat should be fresh. The cooked food is usually eaten with a dipping sauce. In many ereas, hoy pot are often eaten by lots of familities during the supper time in the winter.

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Prep time: 30-40 minutes Cooking time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients: 1. Ground fatty pork, 2 cups 2. Garlic/Chinese chives, chopped finely, 2 cups 3. Ginger, 1 teaspoon(tsp)4. Rice wine, 1.5 teaspoon5. White pepper, ½ teaspoon6. Vegetable oil, 2 tablespoon(tbsp) 7. Salt, 1 teaspoon8. Soy sauce, 1.5 tablespoon 9. Dumpling

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Comments on Chinese food and British food in UK

What British think about Chinese food Chinese food is undeniably a part of British life. Perhaps as much a part of our life as drinking tea or enjoying a curry. Almost every British has had a Sweet and Sour, egg fried rice, some Wonton Soup or a vegetable spring roll at least once. And almost anywhere you find people in the UK, you'll find a Chinese takeaway serving them. In the more built up or more multicultural areas you are likely to find a Chinese restaurant or two, serving the local Chinese and non-Chinese population alike. Historically, the Chinese breakfast would have been a savory concoction involving fried rice, however there is a drive for western style cereals. Much of the western food, such as biscuits and chocolate, is bought by consumers as gifts for others or treats for them. What Chinese think about British food I regret to say that the majority of these menus have been put together purely for the 'foreigners' (ie non-Chinese), without much regard to the structure of a genuine Chinese meal. The standard set menu always starts with a soup – usually Sweetcorn & Crabmeat/Chicken, Hot and Sour, or Wanton; it is sometimes followed by one or two starters such as Spare-ribs , Spring Rolls , Crispy Seaweed and Sesame Prawn Toasts etc; then there will be a number of stir-fried dishes which invariably will include the ubiquitous Sweet & Sour Pork/Chicken or whatever, served almost always with Fried Rice ; ending up with a dessert. Usually, the dishes were simple: a soup, which we consumed as a beverage; one or two stir-fried dishes, either pork, chicken or sea food with vegetables, a simple vegetable dish; and, of course, the rice. However the food is much tasty and healthy for people who don't like local cuisine.

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Chinese Restaurants in Coventry

Red panda restaurant

In China, people would like to get together for eating in every

holiday, an advantage of hotpot that people can freely choose

to eat different food, instead of depend on the landlord's

arrangements.Foods to consider are meats,sea food and

variable vegetables. Because these ingredients are boiled

rather than fried,this is an ideal meal for people who watching

their fat intake.so if people like eating like this way, hotpot in

the red panda restaurant would be a good choice. the price is

approximately 15pounds each people and you can try anything

you want to eat.

If Chinese have a discussion about the Chinese restaurant in

Coventry, perhaps most will have a good impression for the

Han Dynasty Restaurant which mostly like the Sichuan

cuisine, Chinese-style spicy, perhaps the Chinese feel the Han

Dynasty have more Chinese characteristics if compare to

other restaurant, if people like this kind of Chinese-style

spicy, the this restaurant would be a good choice.

CRISPY CHILLI BEEF

Crispy chilli beef is a very popular Chinese available in most restaurants and takeaways in UK. But the Han Dynasty

cooked mixture of crispy coating, beef, and sauces, can come

in a variety of different styles. With varying degrees of crispiness, and spice, it becomes top food in the menu.

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Chinese Restaurants in Coventry

Chi bar

Chi Bar sells different style of Asian food, such as Hong Kong, Japanese and Korean food.

Bubble tea is a popular drink in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Chi Bar had wide range of bubble tea flavours. You can also request for the sweetest of the drink, hot or cold, add extra toppings on it.

Milk Tea;Taro;Mango;Strawberry;Coconut;Honeydew

They got some Hong Kong style side dishes, which are very common in Hong Kong.

For example they have Lo Dan (Marinated boiled egg), Hong Kong French toast, deep-fried tofu and pan-fried dumplings.

Although the size of their restaurant is quiet small, it is a great choice for chilling and having lunch with friends.

Noodle Bar

Noodle Bar sells various types of Chinese rice and noodle dishes.

One of their popular dishes is noodle or rice in big bowl.

You can choose different ingredient, type of noodles or rice and sauce to make a personal noodle dish.

Many customers like to share it with friends, as the size of the noodle is super big.

Dim Sum is traditional Hong Kong style afternoon tea (Yum Cha), which is popular in Asia special in China.

There are multifarious dim sums available in Noodle bar, for example Siu Mai (pork and prawn dumplings), prawn dumplings, Char Siu Bao (roast pork bun).

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Map

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Credit

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Yat Lam Cheung(Eunice)

Zidan Zhang(Iris)

Liangyuan Guo(Doris)

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Zidan Zhang(Iris)

Liangyuan Guo(Doris)

Zibo Zhou(Harry)

Yat Lam Cheung(Eunice)

On Yu Lai(Charlotte)

Wenjia Xiao(Joanne)

Ming Zhou(Ming)

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