Comments on: How to Learn to Order Food in Chinese http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese Try to Understand China. Learn Chinese. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:40:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DK http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15813 DK Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:05:56 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15813 <p>Great advice! Just moved to China and will definitely be trying this soon...</p> Great advice! Just moved to China and will definitely be trying this soon…

]]> By: ally http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15812 ally Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:26:46 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15812 <p>Can you tell me how to say 茄子煲 in English?</p> Can you tell me how to say 茄子煲 in English?

]]> By: Joel http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15811 Joel Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:02:25 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15811 <p>So we just tried this out. I went and copied the menu, translated the relevant parts, and then went with some friends to try some new food for the first time (at the "<a href="http://chinahopelive.net/2007/12/19/dead-puppies-dont-look-grandma-menu-included" rel="nofollow">Qiān Lóng Shùn Specialty Dog Meat House</a>"). I've put my 'translation' (unfinished, overly-literal, and with a lot of errors... what do you expect from a first-year student? =) ) online - really eye-opening, and helped me learn a lot of food vocab. Didn't have time to finish it or get the errors fixed before we went to eat, though.</p> <p>One word of advice to add to your post - pick a small menu!</p> So we just tried this out. I went and copied the menu, translated the relevant parts, and then went with some friends to try some new food for the first time (at the “Qiān Lóng Shùn Specialty Dog Meat House“). I’ve put my ‘translation’ (unfinished, overly-literal, and with a lot of errors… what do you expect from a first-year student? =) ) online – really eye-opening, and helped me learn a lot of food vocab. Didn’t have time to finish it or get the errors fixed before we went to eat, though.

One word of advice to add to your post – pick a small menu!

]]> By: mark http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15810 mark Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:20:45 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15810 <p>hi john, this is almost exactly how I do it. Trouble is that I can't write Chinese, and I don't know how to count the strokes - therefore I can't use a dictionary. I pay someone to type it into the computer and then translate online myself. It's the only way to learn. Plus my memory is so bad, half the stuff I've written about on likealocal I've forgotton already - but that's no problem because I can just go online and look it up again! Super.</p> hi john, this is almost exactly how I do it. Trouble is that I can’t write Chinese, and I don’t know how to count the strokes – therefore I can’t use a dictionary. I pay someone to type it into the computer and then translate online myself. It’s the only way to learn. Plus my memory is so bad, half the stuff I’ve written about on likealocal I’ve forgotton already – but that’s no problem because I can just go online and look it up again! Super.

]]> By: A Walk in Hachioji (formerly Sakado) » Taiwan Day One: Yonghe City, Part II http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15809 A Walk in Hachioji (formerly Sakado) » Taiwan Day One: Yonghe City, Part II Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:07:23 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15809 <p>[...] might be good but we had a few problems: not only did we not understand the menus (check out John’s post on how to learn Chinese menus–wish I had read this before going to Taiwan), we also could not read or pronunce the words on [...]</p> [...] might be good but we had a few problems: not only did we not understand the menus (check out John’s post on how to learn Chinese menus–wish I had read this before going to Taiwan), we also could not read or pronunce the words on [...]

]]> By: Joel http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15808 Joel Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:24:55 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15808 <p>ha, the day after I read your post I stumbled across <strong><a href="http://chinahopelive.net/2007/12/03/how-not-to-lose-your-friends-in-crowded-chinese-street-markets-and-other-appetizing-recent-photos" rel="nofollow">this</a> </strong>local restaurant. I'd passed it before several months ago, but this time I could read most of the characters. I'm going tonight to get a menu, and after I translate it my teachers and some friends are all going to eat dog together. It will be a first time for some of us.</p> <p>Anyway, thanks for posting this idea. I'm looking forward to trying it out!</p> ha, the day after I read your post I stumbled across this local restaurant. I’d passed it before several months ago, but this time I could read most of the characters. I’m going tonight to get a menu, and after I translate it my teachers and some friends are all going to eat dog together. It will be a first time for some of us.

Anyway, thanks for posting this idea. I’m looking forward to trying it out!

]]> By: Matthew Stinson http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15807 Matthew Stinson Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:09:08 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15807 <p>Ha! We did something similar for a fried rice vendor outside my university two years ago, but never thought to do it large-scale. Fishilicious eggplant! Love it.</p> Ha! We did something similar for a fried rice vendor outside my university two years ago, but never thought to do it large-scale. Fishilicious eggplant! Love it.

]]> By: Greg Pasden http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15806 Greg Pasden Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:48:33 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15806 <p>So does this mean I can't order General Tso's Chicken!?!?!</p> So does this mean I can’t order General Tso’s Chicken!?!?!

]]> By: dd http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15805 dd Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:57:04 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15805 <p>This is great, but what about when your trying to impress your in-laws at a fancy restaurant where all the menu items have ridiculous names like "Eight Pleasures Chicken". </p> <p>...oh FOOD menu.</p> This is great, but what about when your trying to impress your in-laws at a fancy restaurant where all the menu items have ridiculous names like “Eight Pleasures Chicken”.

…oh FOOD menu.

]]> By: Ben http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15804 Ben Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:38:18 +0000 http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2007/11/29/how-to-learn-to-order-food-in-chinese#comment-15804 <p>Interestingly enough, I was granted with a great deal of suspicion when I first tried to secure a menu. I told the restaurant (actually several restaurants) exactly why I wanted it, and they were all worried...The ridiculousness of this matter is even more poignant for anybody who can read Chinese menus and knows that they are all quite similar (excluding regional cuisine)...as if I was going to go online and spill the secret to the world that Restaurant A serves 铁板牛肉and 西红柿炒蛋</p> Interestingly enough, I was granted with a great deal of suspicion when I first tried to secure a menu. I told the restaurant (actually several restaurants) exactly why I wanted it, and they were all worried…The ridiculousness of this matter is even more poignant for anybody who can read Chinese menus and knows that they are all quite similar (excluding regional cuisine)…as if I was going to go online and spill the secret to the world that Restaurant A serves 铁板牛肉and 西红柿炒蛋

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