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Regional Dishes at Home

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ID: 2851 Upper Intermediate
Food glorious food! Today's lesson is about famous regional cuisines from different parts of China that you can cook in the comfort of your own home. Before, where you lived determined what food you would eat. For example, in Sichuan, they would have heavily spiced dishes. However, spices are easier to source now, so many of these regional dishes have become staples on menus across the land. While they might not be the "authentic" dish from that place, each household/restaurant will have their own special way of making it taste extra nice, bringing the regional cuisine to the home. Photo by avlxyz
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
手艺 shǒuyì handiwork
特色菜 tèsècài specialty dish
酸菜魚 suāncàiyú fried fish with pickled cabbage
起码 qǐmǎ at least
吃饭喽大家快来尝尝我的手艺今天中午我们吃重庆特色菜酸菜鱼
chīfàn 吃饭lou 喽dàjiā 大家kuài 快lái 来chángchang 尝尝wǒ de 我的shǒuyì 手艺jīntiān 今天zhōngwǔ 中午wǒmen 我们chī 吃Chóngqìng 重庆tèsè 特色cài 菜suāncài 酸菜yú 鱼
Time to eat, come everyone and taste my cooking. For lunch today we're having a Chongqing specialty, fried fish with pickled cabbage.
哇这么大一盆这条鱼起码得有三斤重吧我听说正宗的酸菜鱼就是用这样的黑鱼做的
wā 哇zhème 这么dà 大yī 一pén 盆zhè 这tiáo 条yú 鱼qǐmǎ 起码děi 得yǒu 有sān 三jīn 斤zhòng 重ba 吧wǒ 我tīngshuō 听说zhèngzōng 正宗de 的suāncài 酸菜yú 鱼jiùshì 就是yòng 用zhèyàng 这样de 的hēiyú 黑鱼zuò 做de 的
Wow, what a big dish. That fish must weigh at least 1.5 kg. I heard that the most faithful fried fish with pickled cabbage uses this Northern Snakehead for the fish.
是啊把鱼切成薄片在热油中滚过配上酸菜再加上辣椒花椒等调料吃起来是又滑又爽口
shì a 是啊bǎ 把yú 鱼qiēchéng 切成báo 薄piàn 片zài 在rè 热yóu 油zhōng 中gǔn 滚guò 过pèishàng 配上suāncài 酸菜zài jiāshang 再加上làjiāo 辣椒huājiāo 花椒děng 等tiáoliào 调料chī qǐlai 吃起来shì 是yòu 又huá 滑yòu 又shuǎngkǒu 爽口
Yes. You cut the fish up into thin slices, then, after frying it in boiling hot oil, you eat it along with pickled cabbage as well as adding spices, like chili peppers and Sichuan peppers. It feels slippery and fresh in your mouth.
哇我知道这酸菜鱼可是重庆的特色菜之一你们家乡菜中除了这个酸菜鱼还有什么特色菜
wā 哇wǒ 我zhīdào 知道zhè 这suāncài 酸菜yú 鱼kěshì 可是Chóngqìng 重庆de 的tèsè 特色cài 菜zhīyī 之一nǐmen 你们jiāxiāng cài 家乡菜zhōng 中chúle 除了zhè ge 这个suāncài 酸菜yú 鱼háiyǒu shénme 还有什么tèsè 特色cài 菜
Wow, I know that fried fish with pickled cabbage is one of Chongqing's specialties. What other dishes are there from your homeplace, as well as fried fish with pickled cabbage?
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