China Menus

liuzhou · September 15, 2015

I'm often asked to translate menus for my local restaurants. Usually by foreign customers; less often by the restaurants.

I thought I'd post some here. Copyright isn't an issue as they are just lists of dishes. They may be of interest.

First up is a small restaurant which I visited yesterday. Their menu is on the wall and they specialise in sand pot dishes. These are (almost) all in one meals with the dish of your choice served over rice cooked in a clay (sand) pot. They do come with a side of stir-fried cabbage and a bowl of thin soup (more like water). This is Chinese work/student canteen type food. Cheap and cheerful.

At the bottom of the main menu is a variety of soft drinks plus beer, which I haven't translated. Most are unavailable outside China, although Coca Cola and Sprite are there. The smaller menus on the right are for rice porridge. I haven't translated these either

Sand Pots

莲藕肉片饭 Lotus Root and Sliced Pork Rice 10

豆腐肉片饭 Tofu and Sliced Pork Rice 10

时菜肉饼饭 Seasonal Vegetable Pork Pie Rice 10

茄子肉末饭 Eggplant with Ground Meat Rice 11

鱼片煲仔饭 Fish Sandpot Rice 11

姜汁鱼尾饭 Ginger Fish Tail Rice 12

鸡杂砂煲饭 Chicken Giblets Sandpot Rice 12

冬菇骨鸡饭 Dried Shiitake and Chicken Rice 12

香辣牛肉饭 Spicy Beef Rice 16

酸甜排骨饭 Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs Rice 16

香芹腊味饭 Celery Cured Meat Rice 13

豉椒排骨饭 Salted Beans and Pepper Ribs 13

冬菇田鸡饭 Dried Shiitake Frog Rice 13

蚝油牛肉饭 Oyster Sauce Beef Rice 14

红烧带鱼饭 Red-cooked Belt Fish Rice 14

干妈五花饭 Pork Belly in Chilli Sauce Rice 14

美味叉烧饭 Tasty Char Sui Rice 14

鲜虾煲仔饭 Fresh Shrimp Sandpot Rice 14

红椒黄鳝饭 Red Chilli Ricefield Eel Rice 14

黑椒猪肚饭 Black Pepper Tripe Rice 15

肥肠煲仔饭 Pig's Intestines Sandpot Rice 15

柠檬鸭仔饭 Lemon Duck Rice 15

加菜每份 (以最高价) Extra Vegetable Portion (by highest price) 4

打包盒 Take Away Box 1

Soups

紫菜蛋花汤 Seaweed Egg Drop Soup 8

枸杞猪肝汤 Goji Berry Pig's Liver Soup 10

车螺芥菜汤 Clam and Leaf Mustard Soup 15

西红柿蛋花汤 Tomato and Egg Soup 8

Vegetables etc.

炒油菜 Fried Rape 8

西红柿炒蛋 Scrambled Egg with Tomato 12

鱼腥草 Lizard's Tail 5

凉拌皮蛋 Cold Dressed Century Egg 10

凉拌黄瓜 Cold Dressed Cucumber 5

煎蛋 Fried Egg 2

Prices are in Chinese Yuan (1 Yuan = $0.15 USD / £0.10 GBP as of September 15, 2015)

This is number 4 on the menu

Edited February 1, 2016 by liuzhou
typo (log)

Thanks for the Crepes · September 15, 2015

Thanks liuzhou,

Interesting.

I will vicariously have:

鱼腥草 Lizard's Tail 5 ($0.75)

车螺芥菜汤 Clam and Leaf Mustard Soup 15 ($2.25)

酸甜排骨饭 Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs Rice 16 ($2.40)

鲜虾煲仔饭 Fresh Shrimp Sandpot Rice 14 ($2.10)

柠檬鸭仔饭 Lemon Duck Rice 15 ($2.25)

炒油菜 Fried Rape 8 ($1.20)

西红柿炒蛋 Scrambled Egg with Tomato 12 ($1.80)

So would you be kind enough to indulge me with how many people this virtual meal might be designed to feed? For $12.75, in the US, as I am sure you're aware it would feed one, and that would be at a very cheap restaurant. Okay, non-existent restaurant.

Also, if you care to, I would be interested in the ambience, seating arrangements, clientele they attract there etc.

liuzhou · September 15, 2015

So would you be kind enough to indulge me with how many people this virtual meal might be designed to feed? For $12.75, in the US, as I am sure you're aware it would feed one, and that would be at a very cheap restaurant. Okay, non-existent restaurant.

Also, if you care to, I would be interested in the ambience, seating arrangements, clientele they attract there etc.

Each sandpot dish (with accompanying cabbage and soup) is a complete meal for one in itself. So, your $12.75 meal would serve 3-4 people. And there is no tipping in 99.99% of China's restaurants.

The place is small and the ambiance is rough and ready, but clean. The kitchen is accidentally open plan in that you can see in clearly, but that was probably not a deliberate design feature.

There are two x four seat tables on the left side as you enter and on the right about six eating stations facing the wall. I was with my companion and sat facing her at one of the four seat tables. The seats facing the wall are more for lone diners (or people who don't like their companions).

The clientele appeared to be mainly office workers. The local branch of the communist party has its HQ almost next door and there are other office premises nearby. 100s of office workers. I haven't been at noon, but I'd be surprised if that isn't their busiest time.

It is what the Chinese call 快餐 (kuài cān) which can be translated as 'fast food'. So, it is cheap. Certainly cheaper than McDonalds or KFC, the two western fast food places in town. And a lot tastier. Not fine dining by any means but a tasty, filling, nutritious meal.

Edited September 15, 2015 by liuzhou (log)

Thanks for the Crepes · September 15, 2015

liuzhou,

It sounds like this place is right up my alley, and I wish it was in my backyard. It's not only cheaper than our fast food restaurants, but there are many more healthy and nutritious options, not to mention stuff I've never eaten before like Lizard's Tail. I dare anyone to feed four or five people at KFC or McDonald's for $12.75.

One question? What is two x four seating? I hope you don't mean the seats are made of a single two x four, which is, here, a construction wood lumber which is 2" x 4" when rough-sawn from the tree and then planed down to less than that.

We have rustic restaurants here where customers perch on wooden benches made from 2" x 4"s. The food has to be pretty excellent to keep customers.

Maybe you mean two-tops and four-tops, which would be two-seat tables and four-seat tables with regular chairs of varying comfort?

At any rate, I can see myself happily partaking of this restaurant. :smile:

I certainly didn't mean any disrespect about the 2x4 seating, so please don't take it that way. Many restaurants in New York City do not provide seating at all, and deign to let you stand at their counter to eat their product you just paid for. We even have a few like that in downtown Raleigh. I just prefer a cushy, deeply-padded booth when I can get it. Curiosity, as usual, eats me up.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Thanks for the Crepes (log)

liuzhou · September 15, 2015

One question? What is two x four seating?

Yes. I could have worded that better. There are two tables, each seating four people.

(We use the term 2x4 for wood in the UK too, so I should have known it was ambiguous. Been in China too long.)

Thanks for the Crepes · September 15, 2015

So to understand, and place myself vicariously in this small China restaurant, they offer 14 seats total and serve hundreds of office workers and students? Wow! I bet the lines are long for takeout even.

Thanks for sharing the insight into China; I always appreciate it, liuzhou.

**Shelby** · September 15, 2015

This is a fun and interesting topic!

I would order:

鲜虾煲仔饭 Fresh Shrimp Sandpot Rice 14 ($2.10)

西红柿炒蛋 Scrambled Egg with Tomato 12 ($1.80)

liuzhou · September 16, 2015

I've mentioned this restaurant before on the Dinner and Lunch threads. It is the nearest decent restaurant to my second home in the countryside. It is surrounded by farmland and a forestry park and would be in the middle of nowhere serving rice to the local water buffalo if it weren't for the presence of a number of tertiary education colleges nearby - teacher training college, environmental studies college and veterinary college among others.

At times it gets very busy, spilling onto the sidewalk, especially at the beginning and end of semesters. At the beginning the kids still have money to spend and at the end they say their tearful goodbyes.

Students on the sidewalk outside the restaurant

The restaurant is a mom and pop operation. A lovely young couple from Sichuan. He does the cooking and she looks after the front of house (although she is on maternity leave now). They asked me to translate the menu years ago as there were, at the time, a number of foreign English teachers in the teacher training college. No longer.

Being from Sichuan, the couple include quite a number of their local dishes on the menu, but much is generic southern Chinese.

The name of the restaurant, by the way, is 那头园 / 那頭園 (nǎ tóu yuán), which is the name of their home village in Sichuan. However, many people call it "Yellow Restaurant" as it has a decidedly yellow theme. Their sign and menus, for example, are yellow.

I'd post pictures of the actual restaurant but they are finishing off a refurbishment they undertook during the summer break. Later.

Note: prices given are out of date. I suggest adding around 50% to get today's prices. I will check next time I am there.

那头园

精美小炒

Elegant Dishes

水煮鱼 Sichuan Spicy Boiled Fish 28元/ portion

王胖鱼 “King Fat Fish” 22元/ portion

糖醋罗非 Sweet and Sour Tilapia 20元/ portion

家炖罗非 Family Style Tilapia 20元/ portion

红烧罗非 Red Braised Tilapia 20元/ portion

豆瓣鲤鱼 Carp in Broad Bean Chilli Sauce 25元/ portion

糖醋鲤鱼 Sweet and Sour Carp 25元/ portion

清蒸罗非 Steamed Tilapia 20元/ portion

外婆飘香骨 Sichuan Style Chilli Spare Ribs 22元/ portion

哥乐山辣子鸡 "Ge Leshan" Sichuan Style Chilli Chicken 20元/ portion

茄汁鸡块 Chicken in Tomato Sauce 20元/ portion

回锅老腊肉 Twice Cooked Aged Cured Pork 20元/ portion

青椒炒腊肉 Stir fried Cured Pork with Green Peppers 18元/ portion

酸甜排骨 Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs 16元/ portion

红烧排骨 Red Braised Spare Ribs 16元/ portion

飘香牛肉 Fragrant Beef 16元/ portion

宫爆鸡丁 Spicy Quick Fried Chicken Cubes (Kung-Po) 15元/ portion

宫煲鸡丁 Quick Fried Chicken Cubes 15元/ portion

水煮牛肉 Sichuan Spicy Boiled Beef 16元/ portion

水煮肉片 Sichuan Spicy Boiled Pork 15元/ portion

鱼香肝尖 Fish-fragrant Liver 15元/ portion

熘肝尖 Quick Fried Liver 15元/ portion

圆葱焗猪肝 Onion Steamed Pork Liver 15元/ portion

泡椒要花 Kidney with Pickled Chilli 20元/ portion

老干马爆要花 Quick Fried Kidney in Chilli Sauce 20元/ portion

馏肉段 Steamed Pork Pieces 15元/ portion

糖醋肉段 Sweet and Sour Pork 15元/ portion

锅塌肉片 Crispy Rice with Pork 14元/ portion

鱼香肉片 Fish-fragrant Pork 15元/ portion

宫爆肉丁 Spicy Quick Fried Pork Cubes 15元/ portion

宫煲肉丁 Quick Fried Pork Cubes 15元/ portion

萝卜干回锅肉 Dried Radish and Twice Cooked Pork 15元/ portion

家乡回锅肉 Hometown Style Twice Cooked Pork 15元/ portion

洋芋回锅肉 Potato Twice Cooked Pork 15元/ portion

酱爆排骨煲 Spare Ribs with Soy Bean Sauce 20元/ portion

香辣猪手煲 Fresh Spicy Pig's Trotter 20元/ portion

奇味鸡煲 Strange Taste Chicken (Sesame Chicken) 20元/ portion

酸辣猪手 Hot and Sour Pig's Trotter 20元/ portion

京酱肉丝 Shredded Pork with Beijing Bean Sauce 16元/ portion

木耳炒鸡 Wood Ear Fungus and Fried Chicken 12元/ portion

水煮鳝鱼 Sichuan Spicy Boiled Eel 25元/ portion

虎皮青椒 "Tiger Skin" Green Peppers 10元/ portion

川汁茄子 Sichuan Eggplant (Aubergine) 10元/ portion

酱茄子 Eggplant in Sauce 10元/ portion

酱炒鸡蛋 Fried Egg in Sauce 8元/ portion

鸡蛋焖子 Braised Egg 8元/ portion

香菇菜心 Shiitake Mushroom and Cabbage Heart 8元/ portion

酸甜鸡蛋饼 Sweet and Sour Egg Cake 10元/ portion

木须肉 Mushu Pork 12元/ portion

青椒鱿鱼花 Green Peppers and Squid 16元/ portion

豌豆鱿鱼 Peas and Squid 12元/ portion

铁盘鱿鱼 Sizzling Plate Squid 18元/ portion

川汁鱿鱼 Sichuan Style Squid 18元/ portion

蒙古炒烤肉 Mongolian Fried Roast Meat 16元/ portion

孜然牛肉 Cumin Beef 20元/ portion

沙茶灼牛肉 "Barbecued" Beef 20元/ portion

肉末玉米 Minced Meat and Corn 10元/ portion

香甜玉米粒 Sweet and Fragrant Corn Kernels 12元/ portion

孜然火腿肠 Cumin Ham Sausage 10元/ portion

牛肉苦瓜 Beef with Bitter Melon 10元/ portion

家常豆腐煲 Family Style Bean Curd Pot 10元/ portion

家常豆腐 Family Style Bean Curd 8元/ portion

馅子鱼煲 Stuffed Fish Pot 20元/ portion

甜笋回锅肉 Sweet Bamboo Shoot Twice Cooked Pork 15元/ portion

红烧豆腐 Red Braised Bean Curd 8元/ portion

肉炒香菇 Fried Pork with Shiitake Mushroom 10元/ portion

韭黄炒蛋 Hotbed Chives Fried Egg 8元/ portion

茄子煲 Eggplant Pot 10元/ portion

蚝油肉丝浸时蔬 Oyster Sauce Shredded Pork w/ Vegetables 10元/ portion

快餐

Fast Food

鱼香肉丝 Fish-fragrant Shredded Pork 10元/ portion

肘菜焖鸡块 Seasonal Veg w/ Boiled Chicken Piece 10元/ portion

时菜鸡杂 Seasonal Vegetables with Chicken Giblets 8元/ portion

豆腐鱼块 Bean Curd and Fish 8元/ portion

萝卜干回锅肉 Dried Radish and Twice Cooked Pork 10元/ portion

回锅肉 Twice Cooked Pork 10元/ portion

糖醋鱼块 Sweet and Sour Fish 12元/ portion

苦瓜肉片 Bitter Melon with Pork 8元/ portion

肉片腐竹 Sliced Meat with Bean Curd Skin Rolls 8元/ portion

青椒腊肠 Green Pepper with Sausage 8元/ portion

青椒猪肝 Green Pepper with Pork Liver 10元/ portion

青椒豆腐丝 Green Pepper with Bean Curd Shreds 8元/ portion

麻辣豆腐干 Hot and Spicy Bean Curd 8元/ portion

蒜苔炒肉 Garlic Shoots Fried Pork 8元/ portion

鸡刨豆腐 “Chicken” Bean Curd (Bean Curd and Egg) 6元/ portion

麻婆豆腐 Mapo Bean Curd 6元/ portion

莴笋肉片 Asparagus Lettuce and Pork Slices 7元/ portion

麻辣豆腐 Mala Bean Curd 5元/ portion

青瓜肉片 Cucumber and Pork Slices 7元/ portion

青椒炒肉 Green Pepper Fried Pork 8元/ portion

木耳炒肉 Wood Ear Fungus Fried Pork 8元/ portion

肉末茄子 Minced Meat with Eggplant 8元/ portion

素三丝 Three Shredded Vegetables 5元/ portion

三椒炒土豆丝 Three Pepper Fried Potato Shreds 7元/ portion

番茄妙蛋 Tomato and Fried Egg 6元/ portion

青椒土豆片 Green Pepper Fried Potato Shreds 6元/ portion

酸菜肉片 Pickled Cabbage Pork Slices 7元/ portion

鸡蛋炒韭菜 Fried Egg with Chinese Chives 6元/ portion

醋熘土豆丝 Vinegar Fried Potato Shreds 5元/ portion

酸菜肉末 Pickled Cabbage and Minced Pork 7元/ portion

炮炒包菜 Fried Wrapped Vegetables 5元/ portion

炮炒大白菜 Fried Chinese Cabbage 5元/ portion

素炒藕片 Plain Fried Lotus Root 8元/ portion

鱼香茄条 Fish-fragrant Eggplant 10元/ portion

素炒菜心/ Simple Fried Vegetable Hearts/ Lettuce /

生菜/油麻菜 Oil Seed Rape 5元/ portion

continued below

Edited September 16, 2015 by liuzhou (log)

liuzhou · September 16, 2015

汤美 Soup

青菜丸子汤 Green Vegetable and Meatball Soup 12

皮蛋瘦肉芥菜汤 Preserved Egg, Lean Pork, and Mustard Leaf Soup 8

三鲜汤 Three Flavour Soup 8

豆芽猪肝汤 Bean Sprouts and Pork Liver Soup 6

青菜肉片汤 Green Vegetable and Sliced Pork Soup 6

蘑菇肉片汤 Mushroom and Sliced Pork Soup 6

四川煎蛋汤 Sichuan Egg Soup 6

紫菜蛋花汤 Seaweed and Egg Soup 5

番茄蛋汤 Tomato and Egg Soup 5

青菜豆腐汤 Green Vegetable and Bean Curd Soup 5

黄瓜皮蛋瘦肉汤 Cucumber, Preserved Egg and Lean Pork Soup 8

苦瓜肉片汤 Bitter Melon and Pork Slice Soup 6

主食 Staples

炒粉 Fried Rice Noodles 5

煮粉 Boiled Noodles 3/3.5

蛋炒饭 Egg Fried Rice 5

扬州炒饭 Yangzhou Fried Rice 5

玉米肉沫炒饭 Corn and Minced Pork Fried Rice 5

炒面 Chow Mein 6

酸辣面 Hot and Sour Noodles 3

拌饭 Mixed Rice 6

饺子 Jiaozi in Soup 3

馄饨 Wontons in Soup 3

上汤伊面 Instant Noodles 3

炸酱面 Noodles in Fried Bean Sauce 5

火锅 Hotpots

鸳鸯火锅 YuanYuang Hotpot (Double pot - 1 side spicy, 1 side plain) 15

清汤锅 Clear Soup Hotpot 10

大小

Large Small

蒜香牛排锅 Garlic Flavoured Beefsteak Hotpot 55 35

干锅啤酒鸭 Dry Pot Beer Duck 40 25

麻辣鸡锅 Hot and Spicy Chicken Hotpot 40 25

黄焖鸡 Yellow Boiled Chicken 40 25

干锅牛腩 Dry Pot Beef Tenderloin 50 30

银针牛腩锅 Silver Needle Beef Tenderloin Hotpot 45 30

萝卜排骨锅 Chinese Radish/Spare Rib Hotpot 40 25

麻辣鱼 Hot and Spicy Fish 40 25

酸菜鱼 Pickled Vegetable Fish 40 25

干锅鸭 Dry Pot Duck 40 25

滋补鸡 Nutritious Chicken 40 25

清水鸡 Clear Boiled Chicken 40 25

黄焖猪手锅 Yellow Boiled Pig's Trotter Hotpot 50 30

酱焖排骨锅 Boiled Spare Ribs in Sauce Hotpot 45 30

火锅生科 Hotpot Extra Ingredients

牛肉 Beef 16

瘦肉 Lean Meat 14

鸡肉 Chicken 15

全鱼 Whole Fish 18

猪肝 Pork Liver 14

香菇 Shitake Mushrooms 8

银针菇 Silver Needle Mushrooms 8

凤尾菇 Oyster Mushrooms 6

腐竹 Fuzhu (Dried Bean Curd Skin) 8

香芋 Taro 8

油豆腐 Bean Curd 8

土豆 Potato 5

大白菜 Chinese Cabbage 5

豆苗 Bean Sprouts 5

菜心 Cabbage Hearts 5

萝卜 Chinese Radish 5

冻豆腐 Frozen Bean Curd 5

水豆腐 Soft Bean Curd 5

鱼丸 Fish Balls 15

虾丸 Shrimp Balls 15

墨鱼丸 Cuttlefish Balls 15

瘦肉卷 Lean Meat Rolls 15

猪腰片 Pork Kidney Slices 18

粉丝 Vermicelli Noodles 6

Edited September 16, 2015 by liuzhou (log)

KennethT · September 16, 2015

Thanks for posting these... I'm enjoying this thread.

What percentage of restaurants like this in your area have menus already translated into English? Also, are there people who work in the restaurants who speak any English? I guess my real question is, if one were to order from the English menu, would anyone be there to understand what one is ordering?

The menus are quite extensive. If a non-Chinese speaking person were to go to a restaurant without an English menu, would they be able to get by? It's easy to get by in restaurants that only serve a few dishes, but other than looking at what is served on other tables and pointing, do you have an idea of how a non-Chinese speaker would fare?

liuzhou · September 16, 2015

Thanks for posting these... I'm enjoying this thread.
What percentage of restaurants like this in your area have menus already translated into English? Also, are there people who work in the restaurants who speak any English? I guess my real question is, if one were to order from the English menu, would anyone be there to understand what one is ordering?
The menus are quite extensive. If a non-Chinese speaking person were to go to a restaurant without an English menu, would they be able to get by? It's easy to get by in restaurants that only serve a few dishes, but other than looking at what is served on other tables and pointing, do you have an idea of how a non-Chinese speaker would fare?

Good question.

The percentage of restaurants like this with English menus is so close to zero to be about a fraction of a lot less than 1. It was only translated because for a short time they had a captive audience of foreign English teachers who couldn't deal with the Chinese menu, which is why they asked me to translate.

If there is a translation, the English and Chinese will be side by side, so when you are pointing at the English, the wait staff is looking at the Chinese.

I very occasionally come across English speakers (of varying levels) in restaurants - usually students doing part-time work. I meet a lot of people who fondly imagine they speak English, too.

As to a non-Chinese person dealing with these extensive menus, yes it would be difficult. Pointing at other diners' choices, as you suggest, is perfectly acceptable and in small places you can wander into the kitchen and poke around in the larder or fridge (if they have one) to make your choice. You may come across a few surprises, though.

When I first came to China around 20 years ago, I made a point of learning food/menu Chinese first. I could order a twenty course banquet long before I could ask for directions home.

Please remember, I live in a small, non-tourist city with very few foreigners. In larger cities or tourist destinations it is sometimes easier, although if you wander into a small neighbourhood restaurant in Beijing or Shanghai, they are equally unlikely to have an English menu or English speaking staff.

I think the best way to explain the situation is to ask yourself how many non-Chinese restaurants in New York have Chinese translations. I guess at least as few.

Edited September 16, 2015 by liuzhou (log)

KennethT · September 16, 2015

Very interesting... thanks for the explanation - although I can never imagine myself walking into a restaurant's kitchen and poking around their supplies!

I wonder if someone has made a text recognition phone app that you could use to take pictures of menus and have the app translate into other languages... but that's another topic!

liuzhou · September 20, 2015

This is sort of a theoretical menu.

I'm often asked, via my website, what foreigner visitors can expect in the way of local food. Some years back, I put together this list of dishes which appear on most local menus or which any kitchen could rustle up, even if not listed. I have known people to print it out and carry it with them in case of a sudden attack of the munchies.

Please note a few of the dishes are very local specialties (especially among the noodles). I haven't included prices as they vary , but generally pretty cheap. Apologies for the formatting - the board software doesn't want to play.

FAST FOOD

Tripe with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜肚片

Squid with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜鱿鱼

Sausage, Chicken and Beancurd Skin 腐竹香肠鸡丁

Chicken, Fungus and Beancurd Skin 腐竹木耳鸡丁

Bamboo Shoot with Cured Pork 笋丝回锅肉

Stir Fried Beancurd with Fish 豆腐焖鱼块

Ribbon Fish with Green Chilli and Ginger 青椒姜丝带鱼

Ribbon Fish with Peppers and Soy Beans 辣子豆芪带鱼

Pickled Bamboo Shoot and Soy Bean Fish 酸笋黄豆焖鱼仔

Pork with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜油花

Pig’s Liver with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜猪肝

Ribs with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜排骨

Beef and Bitter Melon 苦瓜牛肉

Beef with Green Chilli and Tomato 青椒番茄牛肉

Eggs with Green Chilli and Tomato 青椒番茄炒蛋

Bamboo Shoot with Pork 甜笋肉片

Hot Pickled Mustard Shoot with Pork 榨菜肉丝

Sausage with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜香肠

Chicken Giblets with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜鸡杂

Pigs’ Intestines with Pickled Cabbage 酸菜大肠

Pig’s Intestines with Sour Kidney Beans 酸豆角大肠

Beancurd and Minced Pork 豆腐肉沫

SOUP

Fish Head and Bean Curd Soup 鱼头豆腐汤

Clam and Green Vegetable Soup 车螺芥菜汤

Three Flavour Soup 三鲜汤

Seaweed and Pork Soup 紫菜肉片汤

Egg and Tomato Soup 番茄蛋花汤

Hot and Sour Soup 酸辣汤

Beancurd and Green Vegetable Soup 青菜豆腐汤

NOODLES and Fried Rice

Luosifen (Spicy Rice Noodles in Snail Soup) 螺蛳粉

Stir Fried Rice Noodles 炒粉

Stir Fried Noodles (Chow Mien) 炒面

Yangzhou Fried Rice 扬州炒饭

Eight Treasures Noodles 八珍面

Eight Treasures Rice Noodles 八珍粉

Spicy Chicken Noodles 麻辣鸡面

Spicy Chicken Rice Noodles 麻辣鸡粉

Chicken and Mushroom Noodles 鸡丝香菇面

Chicken and Mushroom Rice Noodles 鸡丝香菇粉

Spicy Pickled Mustard and Pork Noodles 榨菜肉丝面

Spicy Pickled Mustard and Pork R/Noodles 榨菜肉丝粉

Stewed Beef Noodles 卤牛肉面

Stewed Beef Rice Noodles 卤牛肉粉

‘Laoyou’ Noodles 老友面

‘Laoyou’ Rice Noodles 老友粉

Three Flavour Noodles 三鲜面

Three Flavour Rice Noodles 三鲜粉

CONGEE (Porridge)

Three Meats Congee 三鲜粥

Clam and Green Vegetable Congee 车螺芥菜粥

Shredded Pork and Preserved Egg Congee 肉丝皮蛋粥

Rice Field Eel Congee 黄蟮粥

Chicken and Mushroom Congee 鸡丝香菇粥

Pork and Black Bean Congee 蚝豉瘦肉粥

Frog Congee 田鸡粥

MAIN DISHES

Guangdong White Cut Chicken (Whole) 广式白切鸡（个）

Guangdong White Cut Chicken (Half) 广式白切鸡（半）

Chicken with Pineapple 菠萝炒鸡

Spicy Chicken with Peanuts (Kungpo) 宫爆鸡丁

Chicken with Chilli Pepper 辣子鸡

Chicken with Wood Ear Fungus 木耳青椒炒鸡

Fried Chicken 炒滑鸡

Duck with Ginger 子姜炒鸭

Duck with Green Pepper 青椒炒鸭

Frog with Seasonal Vegetable 时菜田鸡

Deep Fried Loach 油爆泥鳅

Deep Fried Rice Field Eel 油葱黄鳝

Rice Field Eel with Seasonal Vegetable 时菜黄鳝

Rice Field Eel with Garlic 蒜子黄鳝

Deep Fried Pig’s Stomach 油爆肚尖

Deep Fried Pigs’ Intestines 油爆大肠

Hot Tripe 麻辣肚尖

Hot and Spicy Pig’s Stomach 麻辣肚丝

Cold Tripe in Sauce 凉拌肚丝

Fried Field Snail 炒田螺

Steamed Tilapia Fish 清蒸罗非

Tilapia Fish with Broad Bean Sauce 豆瓣罗非

Hot Tilapia Fish 糟辣罗非

Five Willow Fish 五柳鱼

Fish Braised in Soy Sauce 红烧鱼块

Fried Liver 香煎鱼肝

Sichuan Style Twice Cooked Pork 川味回锅肉

Ribs Braised in Soy Sauce 红烧排骨

Sweet and Sour Ribs 糖醋排骨

Deep Fried Diced Pork 宫爆肉丁

Spicy Boiled Beef 水煮牛肉

Spicy Boiled Offal 水煮上杂

Hot and Spicy Beef 麻辣牛肉

Beef in Oyster Sauce 蚝油牛肉

Kidney with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜腰花

Chicken Giblets with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜鸡杂

Tripe with Seasonal Vegetables 时菜肚片

Sweet and Sour Preserved Eggs 糖醋炸蛋

Fried Egg 炒滑蛋

Hot and Spicy Beancurd 麻辣豆腐

Beancurd Braised in Soy Sauce 红烧豆腐

Eggplant Braised in Soy Sauce 红烧茄子

Fried Bitter Melon 素炒苦瓜

Fried Rape 炒油菜

Fried Greens 素炒蕨菜

Deep Fried Green Peppers 油爆青椒

Fried Sweet Potato Shoot 素炒红薯苗

COLD FOODS

Cold Tomato in Dressing 凉拌蕃茄

Cold Eggplant in Dressing 凉拌茄子

Cold Cucumber in Dressing 凉拌黄瓜

Cold Green Bean Noodles in Dressing 凉拌粉丝

Cold Rice Noodles in Dressing 凉拌粉

Cold Noodles in Dressing 凉拌面

Cold Preserved Egg in Dressing 凉拌皮蛋

Cold Chicken Feet in Dressing 凉拌凤爪

Cold Jellyfish in Dressing 凉拌蛰皮

Cold Beef Tripe in Dressing 凉拌百叶

SNACKS

Sweet Dates 蜜枣

Olives 橄榄

Salted Plum 话梅

Sour Vegetable 酸品

Kidney Bean 蚕豆

Dried Apricots 杏脯

Peanuts 花生

Red Melon Seeds 红瓜子

Pumpkin Seeds 南瓜子

Sunflower Seeds 葵瓜子

Raisins 葡萄干

Dried Crab-apple 海棠干

Dried Apple 苹果脯

Dried Sweet Potato 红薯干

ErJiao Dates 阿胶枣

Beef Jerky 沙爹

Pistachio Nuts 开心果

Cashew Nuts 腰果

Figs 无花果

American Raisins 美国提子

Stewed Bean Curd Skin 五香豆腐干

Stewed Beef Jerky 牛腊巴

Beef Kebabs 牛肉串

Stewed Pig’s Tripe 卤猪肚丝

Stewed Pig’s Ear 卤猪耳朵

Stewed Pig’s Intestines 卤肥肠

Stewed Pig’s Liver 卤横肝

Stewed Chicken Feet 卤鸡爪

Stewed Chicken Wings 卤鸡翅尖

Stewed Duck’s Feet 卤鸭掌

Stewed Duck’s Tongue 卤鸭舌

Stewed Mixed Meats 卤菜拼盘

Fried Quail (one) 炸鹌鹑鸟（个）

Fried Snails 炒田螺

French Fries 炸薯条

Dried Fish 鱼片干

DRINKS

LiQuan Beer 漓泉啤酒

YuFeng Beer 鱼峰啤酒 .

ZhuJiang Beer 珠江啤酒

Blue Ribbon Beer 蓝带啤酒

Holsten Beer 好顺啤酒

Anchor Beer 力佳啤酒

San Miguel Beer 生力啤酒

Qingdao Beer (Premium) 青岛啤酒（极品）

JianLiBao (Honey Soft Drink) 健力宝

Coca Cola 可口可乐

Sunrise Brand Ice Tea 旭日升冰茶

Pomegranate Juice 石榴汁

Coconut Juice 椰子汁

Lemonade 柠檬汁

Orange Juice 粒粒橙

Eight Treasure Congee 八宝粥

Pearl Milk Tea 珍珠奶茶

Fengshou White Wine 中国丰收红葡萄酒

Fengshou Red Wine 中国白葡萄酒

Qingdao Wine 青岛葡萄酒

HOT DRINKS

Ginger Milk 姜撞奶

Pineapple Milk 菠萝汁奶饮

Lemon Milk 柠檬汁奶饮

Orange Milk 甜橙汁奶饮

Banana Milk 香蕉奶饮

Carrot Milk 胡萝卜奶饮

Viennese Coffee 维也纳咖啡奶饮

French Coffee 法式咖啡奶饮

Hot Milk 热牛奶

CRUSHED ICES AND ICE CREAMS

Watermelon Ice 西瓜冰花

Strawberry Ice 草莓冰花

Pineapple Ice 菠萝冰花

Coconut Ice 椰子冰花

Mango Ice 芒果冰花

Green Bean Ice 绿豆冰花

Lemon Ice 柠檬冰花

Pomegranate Ice 石榴冰花

Hami Melon Ice 哈蜜瓜冰花

Milk Ice Cream 蛋奶冰淇淋

Coke Ice Cream 可可冰淇淋

Peanut Ice Cream 花生冰淇淋

Mango Ice Cream 芒果冰淇淋

Strawberry Ice Cream 草莓冰淇淋

Orange Milk Ice Cream 橙汁奶油冰淇淋

Four Flavour Ice Cream 四味冰淇淋

Two Colour Ice Cream 双色冰淇淋

Snow Princess Ice Cream 白雪公主

Black Sister Ice Cream 黑妹冰淇淋

FRUIT DISHES

Fresh Fruit Platter 时鲜水果盘

Ice Cream Platter 冰淇淋果盘

Ice Cream and Fruit Platter 水果冰淇淋杯

Watermelon Cup 西瓜盅

Pineapple Cup 菠萝盅

Mixed Fruit Cup 杂果盅

TEAS

Green Tea 绿茶

Black Tea 红茶

Yunnan Tea 云南沱茶

Needle Tea 毛尖茶

Bitter Tea 苦丁茶

Jasmine Tea 茉莉花茶

Orange Peel Tea 陈皮茶

White Chrysanthemum Tea 杭白菊花茶

West Lake Dragon Well Tea 西湖龙井茶

Oolong Tea 乌龙茶

Blue Snail Spring Tea 碧螺春茶

Lemon Tea 柠檬茶

Fruit Milk Tea 果味奶茶

Eight Treasures Tea 八宝茶

Fruit Tea 水果茶

Osmanthus Tea 桂圆茶

Red Date Tea 红枣茶

Grape, Ginger and Honey Tea 葡萄生姜蜜茶

Edited September 20, 2015 by liuzhou (log)

liuzhou · December 16, 2015

Thought you might like to see what a Chinese hotel “western" restaurant imagines is a Christmas dinner.

My local, government owned, five star hotel is once again offering its version of a western Christmas dinner. They offer three set menu choices. I have extracted the English (their translation! With only a few minor corrections by me) here. The original bilingual version can be seen in the image above. Click here for a larger version (1.7 Mb).

Menu A - ¥998.00 per person (US$ 154/£103)

Christmas cocktail

Pan-fried French goose-liver

Christmas turkey salad

Double-boiled fresh abalone soup or mushroom cream soup

Abalone with Christmas turkey or sea cucumber with Christmas turkey

Double-boiled papaya pigeon with Christmas pudding

Menu B - ¥398.00 per person (US$61/£41)

Christmas cocktail

BBQ fresh oyster

Christmas turkey salad

Russian bortsch or double-boiled worhole* flowers in soup

Ribeye beef steak with Christmas turkey

Almond and white egg in soup & Christmas pudding

Menu C - ¥298.00 per person (US$46/£31)

Christmas cocktail

BBQ fresh oyster

Christmas turkey salad

Russian bortsch or double-boiled worhole* flowers in soup

Grilled flat sinew beef steak & Christmas turkey

Almond & white egg sweet in soup and Christmas pudding.

Plus 10% service charge

*Andy? This should be cordycep flowers. Neither I nor Mr. Google have ever heard of worhole in this context.

Edited February 16, 2021 by liuzhou
Link to enlargement now fixed (log)

Anna N · December 16, 2015

I decided as I was falling asleep last night that I would order in Chinese food on Christmas day. I am guessing the Chinese would be equally amused at what passes as Chinese. Still it is hard to believe that a western hotel could get it so very wrong. I am awfully glad I will not be eating there on Christmas Day. Thanks for sharing.

Arey · December 16, 2015

It makes my planned Christmas dinner of roasted turkey thigh, baked sweet potato, Brussels sprouts or green beans , and springerlies with tea for dessert seem so humdrum.

liuzhou · December 16, 2015

14 minutes ago, Arey said:

It makes my planned Christmas dinner of roasted turkey thigh, baked sweet potato, Brussels sprouts or green beans , and springerlies with tea for dessert seem so humdrum.

I think I prefer yours! Not so keen on the sweet potato but definitely sprouts over beans. I'm off to look up "springerlies". on whatbethat.com/

Edited December 16, 2015 by liuzhou
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blue_dolphin · December 16, 2015

I'm sort of curious what the "Christmas turkey salad" would be.

liuzhou · December 16, 2015

13 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

I'm sort of curious what the "Christmas turkey salad" would be.

Oh. That's easy. That will be turkey trimmings with raw vegetables slathered in Kewpie sweet mayonnaise. Probably with fruit, too.

blue_dolphin · December 16, 2015

10 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Oh. That's easy. That will be turkey trimmings with raw vegetables slathered in Kewpie sweet mayonnaise. Probably with fruit, too.

Ewwww. I wanted to click "like" on your post to show my appreciation for answering my question but with that answer.....I just couldn't!

Arey · December 16, 2015

A springerle is a traditional German cookie made with anise seeds. I get mine at a local Greek bakery that has a German baker on its staff. Although somewhat soft when bought they tend to harden as time passes until they reach the perfect stage for dunking in a cup of tea.

The sweet potato may actually be a yam or the yam may actually be a sweet potato. It's a tuber with an orange flesh which gets soft when baked and the skin may or may not be edible. I don't eat the skin myself, They also turn up in pies and casseroles, sometimes have mini-marshmallows on them or other things on them.

liuzhou · December 16, 2015

17 minutes ago, Arey said:

A springerle is a traditional German cookie made with anise seeds. I get mine at a local Greek bakery that has a German baker on its staff. Although somewhat soft when bought they tend to harden as time passes until they reach the perfect stage for dunking in a cup of tea.

The sweet potato may actually be a yam or the yam may actually be a sweet potato. It's a tuber with an orange flesh which gets soft when baked and the skin may or may not be edible. I don't eat the skin myself, They also turn up in pies and casseroles, sometimes have mini-marshmallows on them or other things on them.

Yes. I know what a sweet potato is. They are very popular here. I just want to skip on them.

Mr Google enlightened me to what a springerle is. Interesting, but I'm not a sweet person, or a person who likes sweets.

Arey · December 16, 2015

My remark about the sweet potato was to point out the confusion in the US over the proper name of that orange tuber which can also be white or purple and, when orange, is frequently incorrectly called a yam even tho it isn't a yam.

liuzhou · December 19, 2015

This menu is a vast improvement on previous attempts. It's nearly all understandable.

Here is a link to my blog page which includes a historic version of Christmas dinner in the same place. At least, that is what I think it is.

Anna N · December 19, 2015

Oh dear. Fresh fruit with glands of a crad Japanese? Doesn't bear thinking about.

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