旅游英语要点总结.doc

Food Culture (See textbook pp104-111, 旧版pp93-106) I. Chinese culinary art 1. History: Earliest cookbook---1500 years ago in Southern and Northern Dynasties/另说《吕氏春秋?本味篇》 Public restaurant in Spring and Autumn and Warring States 2. Chinese culinary art Preparation of ingredients---e.g. Hangzhou West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce Cutting and garnishing---slices, strips, shreds, cubes, segments, dice, grains balls, minced, mashed, carved Cooking temperature--- high, moderate, low Cooking techniques--- deep-frying, stir-frying, roasting, baking, braising, simmering, smoking, stewing in soy sauce and syrup II. Chinese Culinary Styles Shandon Cuisine: the representative dish of northern China which influenced the imperial cooking Ji’nan dish: good at use of broth(清汤) and milky soup（奶汤） Jiaodong division: cooking seafood with fresh and light taste Sichuan Cuisine：Chinas hottest and spiciest cuisine Spicy food helps one to disperse dampness in hot and humid summer while keeps one warm in winter. If savory Cantonese food makes your mouth water, spicy Szechwan food makes your eyes water. Various flavors: yuxiang flavor; mala flavor; yanxun flavor famous dishes: spicy diced chicken fried with peanuts; Fish Flavored Shredded Pork; Ma Pos Bean Curd (Bean curd with mince and chili oil); Twice Cooked Pork / Twice Cooked Spicy Pork Slices; Tea Smoked Duck 樟茶鸭; hot and sour soup (suanla tang) Guangdong Cuisine: garnishing; Typical Courses: Sharks Fin Soup; Roasted Piglet Fujian Cuisine: Consisting of Fuzhou Cuisine, Quanzhou Cuisine and Xiamen Cuisine Typical Courses: Steamed Abalone with Shark’s Fin and Fish Maw in Broth (佛跳墙); Prawn with Dragons Body and Phoenixs tail龙身凤尾虾; oyster omelets; Fujian fish balls Hunan Cuisine: characterizes itself by thick and pungent flavor. Chili, pepper and shallot are usually necessary. Typical course: smoked pork/ dried pork腊肉; Steamed Smoke Chicken, Duck, Pork and Fish 腊味合蒸 Huaiyang Cuisine / Jiangsu Cuisine freshness of materials; delicate ca