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Using the tiny green bean
Li Shizhen, a pharmacologist in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), identified medical functions of mung beans and recorded them in "Ben Cao Gang Mu" ("Compendium of Materia Medica"), a classic of TCM pharmacopoeia.
Foods tailored for life on the grasslands
Hearty fare abounds in Inner Mongolia autonomous region where even during the summer months, overnight temperatures on the grasslands plummet to low single figures. A recent trip up north allowed me a brief foray into this stomach lining cuisine.
Four dishes and one soup, Welcome banquet for Barack Obama
President Hu Jintao hosted a welcome banquet for visiting US President Barack Obama Tuesday evening at the Great Hall of the People. The dinner included a cold dish, a chicken and soft tofu soup, and 3 hot dishes - Chinese style beef steak, sauteed wild rice shoots and asparagus, and roast sea grouper. Dessert was dim sum and fruit ice cream. The banquet also served the Great Wall Dry Red Wine (Year 2002) and the Great Wall Dry White Wine (Year 2002) produced in north China's Hebei Province.
Official Cuisine
Chinese dishes are classified in two ways: One is by region. One of the regional methods defines four major cuisines based on the eating habits of the people in different regions. They include Sichuan, Guangdong, Shandong and Huai Yang cuisines. Another regional division comprises nine schools. They are the Beijing, Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Huai Yang, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangsu Zhejiang cuisines.
Beijing Jiu Hua Shan Roast Duck Restaurant
Jiu Hua Shan is big, not quite as pleasant as the Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, but it's more conveniently located for people in the west of Beijing. The ducks here, comparatively low on fat and crispy outside, are reasonable RMB 80 ($11). Sesame buns make a nice choice to conventional pancakes. It is said that it only roasts 200 birds a day, so get there well in advance. A new branch, with the same state-run management, is located inside the Worker's Stadium. Jiu hua shan roast duck restaurant offers the most featuring Beijing flavors around with its own unique style of delicious...
Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant
This is supposed to be the most famous place to have the Peking Duck. It is usually packed with both locals and westerners. It is hard to get a table without advance booking. Very often you have to wait of about 40 minutes before having a bite of the bird's glossy deep red skin and smell its mouth-watering fragrance wafting through the air. These ducks are low-fat and healthy-described as “crisp but not oily” with a tasty, juicy inside, and crisp outside.They have menu in English with picture, you can order with reference of those pictures. If you have less people eating together, you...
Beijing Ya Wang Roast Duck Restaurant
Ya Wang ( King Duck ) roast duck restaurant are not satisfied with traditional Beijing roasted duck and goes one step further, keeping the conventional features of roast duck-sweet, savory, and crispy-while doing away with the oiliness. The ducks here are crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and serve a healthy and delicious duck meal. Ya Wang roast duck restaurant's iner decoration make people feel they are in the field of ancient china. It has received lots of noted people and famous figures from home and abroad. Ypu find many pictures of which line the restautant's walls.
Beijing Xiao Wang Fu Roast Duck Restaurant
“Little Wang's Home” expects that all his clients feel comfortable and at home while have meals at his restaurant. They have 3 branch restaurants. The rooms inside are freshly painted, and the waiters are all armed with walkie-talkies. If this all sounds a bit gaudy, do not fret. “top quality fruit wood-roasted Duck” is the hottest dish at Xiao Wang Fu. Their traditional Beijing roast duck, thin pancakes, sweet soubean sauce,good chefs. All ducks chosen at xiao wang fu are of superior quality, and carefully selected fruit tree wood are used to roast the duck and give it a special...
Beijing Jin Bai Wan Roast Duck Restaurant
Jin Bai Wan Roast Duck Restaurant was once selected as the best roast duck restaurant in many magazines in terms ofits taste and management. It is hard to find a restaurant that mixes such great value with excellent food. Reservations can be made over the phone, and delivery is available to those living nearby.
Beijing Bianyifang Roast Duck
Bian Yi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant was 1855 -- nine years before Quanjude. At Bianyifang, roasting is done in an enclosed container heated with crop stalks as the fuel. The roasted duck here is crisp, delicious,with reasonable prices. Bian Yi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant is a Chinese restaurant, now becoming a part of Beijing Hademen Hotel Group.