Imagine you are accompanying a person to a Chinese restaurant. He has never been to one. The waiters do not speak English. What would you think you should teach them before going there? What would you suggest they eat, how to ask for utensils, how to find a bathroom, etc.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am
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27 Responses to “Chinese Restaurant”
How to say hello then the foods and thank you.Beef and broccoli.Then Tea or Cha.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:05 amThe resteraunt was very good. We liked the BEEF, and TOfU (tofu tasted like meat)!
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:06 amI would teach them how to say hello and thank you.Hello is ni hao, and thank you is xie xie. I would recomend the beef and broccoli.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:11 amThe beef and broccili was decilious.The tofu was good for vegetairian.I almost got sick!But some of it was good!
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:13 amIt was intresting on how there were alot of different customs. Like how you had to ask for the check and it is considered rude for the server to give you the bill without you asking for it. The first dish (the beef and brocoli dish), the meat was very tender and tasted good with the brocoli. Then the 3rd dish was good and the tofu looked like chicken and if I didn’t know better I would have thought it was chicken.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:16 amI enjoyed all of the meals. they were very delicious. I expected worse but I had fun.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:20 amThis experience was very fun and thought us alot of stuff.Including manners like how to hold chopsticks and hold a tea cup proper and also how to be respectful when someone serves you tea.The food was magnificent food that i never tasted before i have to tell more people about the Asian Garden i really enjoyed it.
Thank you.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:22 amTell them how to order rice which is mi fan and water is shui. How to ask where the bathroom which is ce suo. How to order soup wich is tang and how to order chopsticks which is qing ge woe yi shuang hawazi hao ma? Also on the back on some of the paper thingy that holds the chopsticks tells you how to use them.
XD XD XD XD!
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:22 amthe dishes where good and i enjoyed eating the meal and socializing with my friends. i liked the beef and broccoli and the tofu on the last dish but not anything else, and i didnt try the second dish at all. tghe tea was ok, and i learned you say thank you then tap the table 3 times to show respect. i liked the beef tht. i was honored to be able to watch then
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:23 amI had a very good mealtime experience.I tried all of the foods atleast once. I also learned chinese table manners.
I like the chinese resturant.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:23 amthe dishes where good and i enjoyed eating the meal and socializing with my friends. i liked the beef and broccoli and the tofu on the last dish but not anything else, and i didnt try the second dish at all. tghe tea was ok, and i learned you say thank you then tap the table 3 times to show respect. i liked the beef the most. i was honored to be able to watch them cook. Normally they dont let you so i was happy. thank you mrs. ruby.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:25 amAt a Chinese restaurant, I would tell a friend that does not speak Chinese that you should say the following phrases:
ni chile ma? which means “Have you eaten?”
Responses include:
wo chile means “I ate!”
wo hai mei chi means “I haven’t eaten”
qing ni gei wo yi bei cha? means “Please give me a cup of tea”
xiexie means “thank you”
qing ni gei wo yi shuang kuaizi ma? means “could you please give me chopsticks”
qing ni gei wo yi bei cha? means “could you please give me a cup of tea”
cesuo zai nar means “where is the bathroom”
baochi means “full”
When asked haochilema? it means “Was it good?”
haochi means “yummy” or “good food”
hen gaoxing renshi ni! means “very nice to meet you”
When you went a cup of tea, you tap two fingers on the table three times. Because it means thank you when done three times, and comes from the days of the emperor.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:26 amYou should put your middle finger and index finger together and knock on the table 3 times as to say “thank
you!” to the person who serves you tea. The person who works there should give the customer advice!You should always say xie xie[thankyou] when a waiter gives you something!Never put your chopsticks upright in a bowl: it signifies the death of a family memeber at the household your eating at.:)
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:30 amfirst we would teach our friend how to say ni hao, xie xie, qing ni gei wo yi shuang kuaizi, qing ni gei wo yi bei cha hao ma, and qing ni gei wo yi bei shui.We would tell our friend to order white rice and beef and broccoli.
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July 17, 2009 @ 11:38 ami reale enjoyed the food, i loved beef/ and tofu, i will go there again!!!!!!!! w00000t!! Asian Garden FTW!!:) :p
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July 21, 2009 @ 10:18 amI would teach him how to say “thank you”, “I would like to drink ___________” and “I would like to eat _________________”. I’d suggest beef and broccli and water or cola.(:D)
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July 24, 2009 @ 10:57 amWhen I went the restaurant it was very exciting. We saw the chief fry some food. My favorite dish I had there was the beef and broccoli. The beef was better than the broccoli.
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July 24, 2009 @ 10:58 amI think before you go to the restauraunt, you should spend some time with him and teach him how to ask for things, how to greet the host/hostess, and how to order food. I would recommend the tofu that we had today, it was very delicious. Also I would recommend Pad Thai noodles as well. I would teach him how to ask for chopsticks (kuai4 zi), fork (cha1 zi), spoon (shao2 zi), and napkins (zhi3). Then when you go to the restauraunt, he will be ready and started.
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July 24, 2009 @ 10:58 amThe restaurant was very fun. I got to try some food that I have never tried before, such as the egg and tomato dish. It was surprisingly good. We got to see the chef cook a favorite dish, the beef and chicken.
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:01 amI think I would teach them how to say what they would like to drink, such as water, cola, tea, or whatever else they would like. Also I would teach them how to say hello, goodbye and thank you. Also if it was an authentic Chinese restaurant I would tell them about the proper Chinese etiquette like holding your bowl to your mouth and tapping a certain way for thank you. Knowing how to ask where the bathroom is and asking for certain things wouldn’t hurt either. Since the Chinese like to add soy sauce to a lot of things and use a lot of vegetables the dishes with those would be probably good.
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:05 amI think I should teach them basic chinese like hello and goodbye.I think I would suggest him to eat different kinds of foods like ;Beef and broccolli and fryed tofu! wo yao cesou.
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:07 amJosh:
I thought that the experience was very fun and it helped me use etiquite that I learned from class like how to drink tea and to let the host not have his back facing the door. I liked the food alot, especially the soup. I would teach my friend nihao, xia xien, and how to ask for water/tea and food. I would first suggest fried rice and lou mein.
Chaze: I thought that restaurant and the experience was really, I also think it took him alot of pratice and time to learn how to stir fry. And the soup that he gave us as the appetizer was very good and so was the beef and broccoli. And I also learned that the host should not have his back to the door, but over all the food and service was very good and delicous.
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:07 amTOMMY- the food was good. i nearly choked to death.:) i learned how to make stir fry. i l earned proper etiquite. i got intervewed for the fredrick news post.:)
Iain- I really enjoyed the food there. I learned about how you tap two knuckles on the tables to say thank you for the tea. I also learned that you leave the tea pot top off to say that you want more tea. For the first time in my life, I was interviewed for the newspaper. I WILL GET IN THE NEWSPAPER. Watching the stir fry
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:09 amI would teach them how to say “ I want …”. I would teach them different foods like broccolli, beef , chicken, tofu etc. I would suggest they eat vegetables, beef, soup, and rice. So they could have a good meal.
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:09 amIf I took my friend to a Chinese restaurant, I’d probably make sure they know the difference between an authentic Chinese restaurant. I would then teach them basic words such as the following: Hello, goodbye, thank you, and where is the bathroom. I would also make sure they know the basic food items such as tea, rice, vegetables, water, fish, and other meats so they would be prepared to order there food in Chinese. I would suggest they get broccoli and beef, rice, possible tea if that’s what they like to drink.
Michaela (Mad Luv4 Ya!)
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:10 amAnthony: umm where did we go again? Gosh I cant remember! I quit!!!! and you say headache (tou tong)
isaiah: ignore the first comment, i had a great time at the resturant and the food was awesome.
Rober:i liked the food it was great i liked it.
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July 24, 2009 @ 11:12 amTHE FOOD WAS DELICOUS! It waz of the charts! If u didnt like it then i fell bad for u! =) =0 XD XD XD XD XD =) =) =). TOATALY AMAZIN!
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July 30, 2009 @ 10:02 am