Chinese Odyssey - Your Guide
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Living In ChinaTips EatingChina has an established street vendor culture, you can buy almost any type of Chinese food, from egg noodles, to boiled squid from a crude stand on all most all of China's busy streets.Where you are determines the kind of food that you will find but, in general it is an affordable way to eat. You must always remain alert for China's ever present bacteria. The average street vendor probably has enough bacteria growing in his or her broth to kill a small Martian army (War of the world) Street vendors tend to be very cheap and very mobile, if you are in the middle of a large city you can find them in the main areas during the day and well after dusk, elsewhere they tend to appear immediately before lunch and supper. They are usually the cheapest option for snacking. Vendors come in two varieties, those who cook food in front of you, and those who cook food and reheat it in front of you. Beware the second vendor. [Top] TipsDon't ask what your eating, if it seams to be meat then it's probably the most common meat in your particular area. Pork is more common than beef.If you can't decide between two vendors or products, chose the one with the freshest food. If the vendor is currently cooking something, ask for that, not the food that was cooked earlier in the day. If the vendor is cooking the food on the spot it is healthier (lower numbers of bacteria) than if they are heating up ready made food. Beware food that has been left to cool. A busy vendor means fresher food. Don't just go to the person without a queue, the food has probably been sitting idle for a longer time. Rice and noodles severed without meat are usually the least harmful food you can buy, you know that they have been boiled for long enough to kill any bacteria. Fruit and VegetablesIf you are eating in situation, don't buy fresh fruit unless it has a skin that you can throw away. Peel everything and don't eat the skins. Chinese vegetables are sprayed with a variety of chemical and organic substances, some of these substances can be harmful to your stomach if eaten.If you are taking the fruit with you, wash it before you cook it. Avoid
using tap water unless you are planning to boil the fruit or vegetables. ChopsticksUnless the vendor gives you plastic wrapped chopstick (or very cheap wooden chopsticks) they have may have been boiled and reused by the vendor. Always travel with a pair of chopsticks if you are prone to stomach troubles.[Top] Visit the advice page for information on the proper way to use chopsticks. EggsWhen cooking eggs, break each egg and check to see if it has spoiled before mixing it with anything else, or you could mix the rest of your food with salmonella bacteria. Always wash you hands after handling the shells as salmonella bacteria can be passed through the outside.Some foods contain whole egg yolks, if you find that something you've been carrying around for hours on a summers day has an egg yolk in it, don't eat the egg yolk unless it is in a pie or cake. [Top] |
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