Many Americans know China through Chinese food. Many years ago, our ancestors crossed the ocean and came to this new land, bringing Chinese food that made Americans drool. As a result, the words "chop suey" and "shiomai" have gradually appeared in English. The American working people, who are also not lacking in wisdom, can finally say "slip" by reviewing their spoken English when ordering food in Chinese restaurants for hundreds of years. Chinese food is becoming more and more popular in America. Most Americans like Chinese food. Judging from new york, where I currently live, Chinatown in Manhattan Island and Flushing in Queens have basically become the world of Chinese restaurants. If you are new here and inadvertently see the posture of Chinese restaurants here and smell the smell of Chinese food all over the street, you may think that you are walking on the food street in Donghuamen, Beijing. Of course, most of the diners here are from China, and occasionally you can see "foreigners" with yellow hair and white skin, who are at a loss in the face of pure Chinese menu. However, many familiar "foreigners" like to eat in Chinese restaurants where China people gather, because they think the Chinese food here is "authentic". When I first arrived in new york, a friend once invited me to a restaurant run by Sichuanese for spicy hot pot. Before sitting down, I saw many "foreigners" gargling with red oil. I asked my friend in a low voice, "Is this a shop that shouldn't specifically kill foreigners?" As a result, a handsome guy who is nearly two meters tall next door stood up and said to me with a smile in Taiwan Province Mandarin: "This is the United States, and you are the foreigner." However, if you think that the "popular basic skills" of American Chinese food are only available in Chinatown, it is all wet. Inviting customers to China restaurant is a decent way of communication for many Americans, and it is also an economical way for office workers to make a phone call at noon and order a delicious Yangzhou fried rice. China's "All-Snake Banquet", Americans dare not eat my friend Marcoski, who is an out-and-out "Chinese food fan". He goes to China many times a year because of business. Over the years, his brother has eaten all over the country, inside and outside the Great Wall, so he has also summed up many doorways. According to Macovschi's observation, men in northern China like to drink strong liquor such as vodka when eating, while southerners seem to be too effeminate. Before meals, you always taste an unknown drink called tea in a baby cup. No matter what you know, the waiter will not hesitate to bring you a big pot of tea. These dining rules are completely different from those of Americans. Americans like to drink ice water when eating, and usually have tea or coffee after dinner. At first, Macovschi didn't know what to do. He asked waiters to provide ice water in restaurants in different cities. Most of them answered no. Only a clever guy immediately put a bottle of mineral water into the freezer of the refrigerator. A few minutes later, he was served with "ice water". Macovschi said that at least in this respect, Chinese restaurants in the United States have basically done as the Romans do, and every restaurant will prepare enough ice water. When talking about the richness and delicacy of food in China, Makoski was full of praise. The same crab, Chinese food can be made into Guangdong fried crab with onion and ginger, Shanghai drunk crab and Sichuan spicy crab according to different tastes, while Americans pour Vancouver crab and Maine lobster into boiling water and cook them, and then dip them in mustard and other seasonings to eat. Although it tastes good, it always feels a bit monotonous. But Makowski has never been interested in Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs recommended by the author many times. He said that "America" big boy was impatient. How can you enjoy eating a small crab for half an hour like you southerners in China? In fact, like many Americans, although Marcoski likes Chinese food, he still refuses some special "exotic" dishes. Such as eel, sea cucumber, leech, spicy belly silk, hot kidney flower and so on. Once he went to Zhongshan, Guangdong, a friend mysteriously said that he would treat him to a Chinese meal that he would never forget in the evening. He swallowed and stayed at the table in anticipation. At first glance, I was stupid. It turned out to be a "full snake feast". He said that in order to hide his fear, he had to drink hard that day and refused to eat. As a result, he was as drunk as a fiddler. He doesn't know what the snake tastes like, but he thinks his friend is right. This expensive "all-snake banquet" really made him "unforgettable". Reprinted: China Overseas Chinese Network