On November 8, US President Trump visited China, becoming the eighth US president to visit China. What did these US presidents do when they came to China besides talking about business?

Nixon was the first U.S. president to visit China. He made a lot of preparations for his trip to China. He read a lot of Mao Zedong's poems and practiced how to use chopsticks.

Before Bush visited China, he worked in Beijing. He liked riding bicycles very much, especially Peking duck. One of the dishes served at the golden wedding banquet of Bush and his wife was Peking duck. Like his father, George W. Bush likes riding bicycles and once rode his bicycle around Beijing.

▲Bush Sr.

A few days ago, Trump and Abe ate burgers made from beef imported from the United States in Japan; they also tasted polenta made from "famine relief crops" at the Blue House. So what will you eat in China, a country with a vast land and abundant resources?

The US President who visited China before was full of praise for Chinese food.

Nixon praised bamboo fungus

Nixon's visit to China was of epoch-making significance. Nixon's visit to China opened the door to the normalization of relations between China and the United States.

▲Premier Zhou and Nixon

Premier Zhou attached great importance to Nixon's visit to China and personally arranged and determined the menu for the welcome banquet. Knowing that Americans like to eat seafood, the Chinese prepared fresh yellow abalone. But what made Nixon full of praise was the "hibiscus and bamboo fungus soup", the raw material of which was bamboo fungus produced in Changning, Sichuan.

▲Hibiscus and bamboo fungus soup

At that time, the juice was squeezed manually using the traditional method. In order to ensure the safety of the food, these food raw materials had to be tested for poisons and bacteria. From the moment they received the task, the staff had been hiding in the laboratory and watching 24 hours a day.

Clinton exchanged three pairs of chopsticks for rice cakes

When Clinton came to China, he visited five cities: Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin, and Hong Kong, and visited the Terracotta Warriors and the Forbidden City. We also visited the Li River in the rain.

Before Clinton’s visit to China, the U.S. Consulate sent people to taste the dishes 6 times at a restaurant hosting a family banquet in Shanghai. The original plan was that the banquet would last only 20 minutes, but Clinton and his party ate for an entire hour and 20 seconds. minute.

▲Clinton and his entourage

Take this Osmanthus Pulled Cake as an example. Wuliangye is added to the breakfast Osmanthus Pulled Cake in the restaurant. After the alcohol evaporates, only the mellow aroma of the wine is left. Clinton was amazed by the glutinous and soft "Wuliangye Pulled Cake". In order to keep the food fresh, it was cooked and eaten immediately. As a result, the Osmanthus Pulled Cake was not completely cooled and became sticky to the teeth. Clinton had to use three pairs of chopsticks. And he sighed, "I have never eaten such good snacks!" He also asked everyone humorously, "Have you ever eaten them?"

Bush Jr. - Roast duck is so delicious

Bush Sr. also loves roast duck, just like his father.

There is an ordinary Chinese restaurant on the edge of Highway 7 in the suburbs of Washington, USA. The red signboard reads "Beijing Hotel" in four gold letters. This is the Chinese restaurant that Bush Sr. has visited more than 50 times, and Bush Jr. has had dinners with relatives and friends here many times.

▲The Bush Sr. and his wife

When Bush Sr. was a diplomat in China, he liked five dishes very much. One dish was Peking duck, and the other four were salt and pepper prawns and Beijing-style lamb. Steaks, braised shredded beef, and braised green beans. Because Bush liked these five dishes very much, these five dishes were called the "Bush Menu."

During his visit to China, George W. Bush liked Chinese food very much. Like his father, he rolled roast duck and green onions in small pancakes and ate five rolls of roast duck in one sitting.

Mrs. Obama loves Sichuan hot pot

The banquet menu during Obama’s visit to China in 2009 was a combination of Chinese and Western. The main meal included a cold dish, a soup and three hot dishes: chicken and bean curd in green sauce. Soup, Chinese steak, stir-fried wild rice asparagus, grilled red star grouper.

▲The Obama family eats hot pot

However, Mrs. Obama’s favorite food is Sichuan hot pot. The 11 dishes include Australian S-grade beef, coriander meatballs, quail eggs, Chinese cabbage, potatoes, Damiao hand-shredded dried bamboo shoots, mushroom platter, etc. Michelle is not afraid of spicy food at all when eating.

The Obama family of four sat in a booth at the front right of the hall, while the accompanying staff were scattered around. When eating hot pot, Michelle used chopsticks throughout the meal and had a special liking for Australian fat beef. After finishing her meal, she even ordered another plate.