Chinese foodways & street food
Breakfasts, regional cooking, hotpot, tea, dietary limits and paying the bill.
11 subtopics · ~678 words
Chinese foodways zooms into the actual plate: 油条, 火锅, 麻辣烫, 茶, dietary limits (不要香菜) and who pays. It does not replace the survival food-and-drink leaf; it continues it once you can order 这个. If your goal is HSK 1, go back to food-drink. If you already live in China and the group is arguing 川菜 versus 粤菜, this category is the map. Practice with a real 外卖 order, not an HSK 6 condiment list. Chinese Trainer tags the level; you choose which deck enters this week.
Breakfast & street food
豆浆油条, 包子, 夜宵 and the Chinese of the stall on the corner at 7 a.m.
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Regional cuisines
Sichuan, Hunan, Cantonese, Dongbei, Xinjiang, Yunnan: spicy, fresh, wheat or rice.
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Hotpot, BBQ & malatang
Broth, dipping sauces, skewers, spice level and not losing chopsticks in the pot.
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Tea, milk tea & coffee
Green, pu'er, 奶茶, Luckin and ordering tea without defaulting to hot water.
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Ordering with dietary limits
Vegetarian, halal, allergies, less oil and 打包 when there are leftovers.
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Home cooking verbs
Stir-fry, steam, stew and the Chinese of the cutting board.
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Paying, treating & going Dutch
我请客, AA制, fighting over the POS and when it is not theatre.
68 words →
Banquet dishes & lucky names
Auspicious names, whole fish, cold-then-hot order and not stabbing the 鱼.
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Ordering 外卖 with notes
少辣, 放门口, cutlery and a delivery that matches the note.
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I treat / splitting the bill
我请客 versus AA: the most expensive social minute of a dinner.
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Hotpot with colleagues
Spice, 蘸料, a half-hearted 我请客 and not dropping the phone in the pot.
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