Lesson Comments
Bodawei, I think you said it well. I thought you might tell us that in "Bizarro China" rice was served first :-). The only time I eat rice is in th... Read more
RJ - here's a suggestion: just order the beer. Walk in and order the beer. After the beer comes, order the food. The thing in China is that they do w... Read more
Ok, since you mentioned it, that is one thing that drives me crazy in China. In the US, they take drink orders first. I also like to relax with a beer... Read more
For me it's beer (or wine) first every time, the food tastes better and relaxes me :) Read more
I'm looking at the transcript, and it says 很好, not 和好. Read more
Hi waiguoren Well it is a pretty decent theory that Western restaurants are high risk and cheap Chinese (as long as it's busy) are low risk, so you... Read more
Baba I haven't heard the ad (we are protected from such decadent ways) but when I go to KFC (oh, I'm past help) I have a 经典的 jīngdiǎnde (classic) c... Read more
I only got occasional food poisoning when I was in China. One time was in Nanjing, eating Western food. I and three other friends, suspect it was the... Read more
I don't think that there is a simple explanation to the 'rice last' tradition - the reasoning has changed through time. Even where you are eating and... Read more
Oh I get it if I am ordering. The problem is training my Chinese colleagues. When someone else is ordering its hard to get them to remember. If you do... Read more