Olympians pick authentic Chinese NYTimes Today

[rotuts]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/world/olympics/table-tennis-china-restaurant.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

a lot of buzz on the Olympic food service .  " green " sausage etc

 

however , many Olympians , celebrities , pundits have picked authentic Chinese :

 

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As Tang Zhongqiu knows, there often comes a time in an Asian person’s trip to France when one grows weary of the endless parade of bread and seeks respite in a simple bowl of rice.

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''  This is true of backpackers and businesspeople and, it turns out, Olympic table tennis champions. ''

 

''  For the past two weeks, his narrow restaurant, Yang Xiao Chu, has been transformed into a bustling, unofficial clubhouse for table tennis, a sport followed most fervently and practiced most successfully in China.  ''

 

''  Tang, much to his disbelief, has now served luminaries of the game in China, like Ding Ning, a three-time Olympic gold medalist; Liu Guozheng, a former player and popular commentator; and Zhang Yining, a four-time gold medalist considered one of the best players in the sport’s history. '

 

etc

 

guess there is authentic Chinese in Paris , and not just in China itself.

 

Happy customers :

 

 

not a baguette in sight !

 

for review purposes.

 

 

Edited August 7 by rotuts (log)