The Chinese don’t seem to get such big portions on their plates as we in America do. Everything comes on several plates and everyone on the table shares the food. You only pick the things you are going to eat.
So far we can tell, that people drink tea and hot water with their meal. We are drinking bottled cold water and Sprite. The Chinese people that have been sitting with us at the tables have mostly ignored us.
Until now we have not been offered any worms or dog meat. I would not try it, but Mrs. St-Cyr has been very good at trying mostly everything so far.
My favorite food I have tried so far was chicken with peanuts. Mrs.St-Cyr’s favorite food was a pumpkin cake with sesame seeds.

Wwe can always find silverware in the hotels, which are used to Westerners visiting . When we go to a typical Chinese restaurant we are only offered chopsticks.

The gesture for “no” is still a shake with the head, and for “yes” they still nod up and down. The misunderstanding was how it was phrased.

We can’t really say in which city the food was “better”. Keep checking our Top Ten list to read about some of our “Favorite” things.

We have not been able to cook our own food, since we do not have kitchens in our hotel rooms. We have bought fruits at the market before as well as chestnuts.

The rice seems to be very similar to the one we eat at the Chinese restaurants in America. The white rice is pretty sticky, which is good, since it makes it easier to pick up with chopsticks. The fried rice has some onions and other things in it.

So far I have tried an omelette and it tasted the same. A lot of people eat hard boiled eggs, but they do not look very appealing to us, since they look all brownish through the cracks of the shell. Mrs. St-Cyr thinks they must be dunked in soy sauce to change their color like that.

We are sure that there are many different restaurants from different countries in China. They are probably found only in the bigger cities. We have seen a few, but did not go there to eat. In Beijing we are planning on eating Peking duck, so we will let you know how that tasted.
In the hotels there are salt and pepper shakers on the table. We will check the next time we are in a Chinese restaurant if they have them there.

No donut sighting so far..

Younger people like to eat American style food. KFC is more popular than McDonald’s here. The food here tastes a lot different than the “Americanized” Chinese food in USA.
No we have not tried Chicken feet yet. We are too “chicken” for that.
The desserts (at the hotels) have been really good so far. The pumpkin cake and all the different kinds of fruits are really good.
We have seen Sprite, Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, etc.

The tour guide has to translate everything for us.

We really have not seen many children at restaurants. The only ones were babies and the pre-teens at the Dim Sum restaurant. They used chopsticks (not the baby of course.

Hannah asks: Do they eat American food in China like we eat Chinese food here?

Morgan asks: Does the Chinese food there taste like the Chinese food here?

Jenner asks: Have you tried chicken feet yet?

Lily asks: What kind of desserts do they have?

Will asks: What types of soda do they have?

Kourtney asks: Does your tour guide translate everything for you?

Caroline and Kaitlyn ask: Do the young children use a different kind of chopsticks than the adults?

Keep taking great pictures!

Jordan would like to know if the no gesture means yes what do they do for no?

Brandon J would like to know if the food was better in Shanghai than Hong Kong?

Elisabeth would like to know if you have only eaten in restaurants so far? Have you been able to cook your own food bought from the markets?

Garrett would like to know if the rice is like the rice from the chinese restaurants here in Jacksonville?

Lexi would like to know if the eggs taste the same?

Have fun!!!

2. What do you drink? (Green tea, black tea, water)

3. Are the chinese people nice to you at the table?