Hong Kong Cuisine and Greetings

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HONG KONG 香港 Official language- Chinese & English Spoken language- Cantonese- Traditional Chinese- English

GREETINGS AND SIMPLE PHRASES

In English : Good Morning In Cantonese : 早晨 . [Jóusàhn] In Traditional chinese : 早安 [Zǎo ān]

In English : Hello. In Cantonese : 你好 . [Néih hóu] In Traditional Chinese : 你好 [Nǐ hǎo]

In English : Thank you. (when someone gives you a gift)

In Cantonese : 多謝 [Dōjeh] In Traditional Chinese : 謝謝 [Xie Xie]

FOOD

Dim Sum

Dim sum Dim sum •Chinese food in bite-sized portions •Served in small steamer baskets

•Unique way it is served in some restaurants

•ready-to-serve dim sum dishes are carted around the restaurant for customers to choose their orders while seated at their tables

•Tea is typically served with dim sum

FOOD

Poon Choi Poon Choi

•Also known as Big Bowl Feast

•Traditional dish originating from Hong Kong

•Also be found in different parts of Hong Kong

•Served in wooden, porcelain or metal basins.

Poon Choi

FOOD

Char siuChar siu Also spelled chasu, cha siu, chashao, and char siew

Known as Chinese-flavored barbecued meat (usually pork)

Popular way to flavor and prepare pork in Cantonese cuisine

Char Siu

DRINKS

Hong Kong-style milk tea •Beverage originating from Hong Kong

•Black tea with evaporated milk or condensed milk

•Usually part of lunch in Hong Kong tea culture.

•Frequently found overseas in restaurants serving Hong Kong cuisine

Hot milk tea

DRINKSChrysanthemum tea

•Flower-based herbal tea

•Made from chrysanthemum flowers steeped in hot water in a teapot with rock sugar .

•In Chinese tradition, once a pot of chrysanthemum tea has been drunk, hot water is added again to the flowers in the pot producing a tea that is slightly less strong

•Process repeates several times.

•First drunk during the Song Dynasty .

Chrysanthemum tea

SNACKS

Fish Fish balls Common food in southern China and overseas Chinese communities

Made from surimi ( fish meat )

Fish balls on sticks

SNACKS

Fermented tofu that has a strong odor

Popular snack in Hong Kong

Homemade at night markets or roadside stands, or as a side dish in lunch bars

Deep-fried Stinky tofu

StinkyStinky tofu tofu

CREDITS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poon_Choi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong-style_milk_tea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum_tea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_ball http://www.google.com/search?

hl=en&q=fish+ball+on+stick&rlz=1R2GGIE_enSG476&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1093&bih=426&wrapid=tlif133775497559010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=O5W8T72tMsHKrAeaifDYDQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu

THANK YOU 多謝 Dōjeh.