Food plays an extremely important role in our daily life. Food provides not only energy that we need for working and studying but also enjoyment for our taste. There are millions of dishes in the world, and food from different parts tastes so distinct from each other. As I experienced, Chinese food and American food are totally unlike. When people talk about United States, most people will have an image of hamburger in their mind. Thus fast-food may be the biggest character in American style food. On the contrast, Chinese food doesn’t like fast-food. Most of Chinese food takes a lot of time to prepare. Here are some big dishes, Mapo Tofu and Kongpao Chicken, which take more than triple of the time of making a burger.
When talking about the food I like best, my mind comes to a dish without hesitation. My grandmother often cooked the dish for me when I was in China. I missed my grandmother and her particular dish so much since I have left home for almost half a year. The great dish is called ‘Qing Jiao Chao Rou Si’ in Chinese. It actually means green pepper with meat. There is a picture above which is so attractive to me. When I was still in China, I used to go home once a week because I lived in dorms of my high school. And every time I went home, I told my grandmother that I missed her cook and I would like to have ‘Qing Jiao Chao Rou Si’ as a dish of dinner. I would say that she could cook lots of dishes even better than that in any restaurants. Sometimes, I could not finish the white rice (white rice is the main food in China) because I did not like the dishes. Of course, most of the conditions happened in the dining hall of my high school. My parents often told me to eat more and finish all the rice in the bowl. But if there is a ‘Qing Jiao Chao Rou Si’ on the table I can eat two bowls of rice immediately! I love it so much. I recommend it to everyone.
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That dish sounds delicious, I guess I'll just have to try it now! I'd agree that "trademark" American food and Chinese food are almost polar-opposites. American fast-food is all about taste and NOT health, where as Chinese food, if I'm not mistaken, is much more based around health and nutrition, with rice and vegetables etc., which is very telling of the two different cultures.
ReplyDeleteSo as Korean food! It takes so long to make a dish just as cooking Chinese food. I had Koreanized version of Mapo Tofu last time, and I loved it! Someday, I want to try some real Chinese food, not the Koreanized or Americanized version.
ReplyDeletePicture is pretty good! It seems delicious. When I go back to China, and visit Suzhou, please, please let me have a taste of your grand's secret ingrediant dish. My father is also good at cooking, and I miss him and his dishes just like you do. I can't wait to go back to China to have a feast to satisfy my stomach. However, I love Sichuan dishes more than other dishes. lol. Anyway, remmeber to tell your grand I would like to try her dish!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that Chinese food can be healthy!
ReplyDeleteThe only chinese dishes that I eat are from High St. and most Americanized Chinese food places which are high in saturated fat and fatty acids...
I'm very surprised that Chinese food can be healthy and I agree with how America can sometimes be characterized by fast food...
That dish looks amazing. I love authentic Chinese food (rather than the sticky, sweet, Americanized versions that you can get on High St, as James says), and green peppers are one of my favorite vegetables. I think I'll have to find a recipe and make it some time. :)
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