Eating in Chinese Restaurants
2 min readTea is usually served as soon as you have a seat in a Chinese restaurant.The waiter serves you tea while you read the menu and decide what to order.The teapot is left on the table after every customer’s cup has been filled with tea so that you may serve yourself when you need more.
Eating Atmosphere
If you like to bring a book to dinner，go elsewhere-Chinese restaurants are usually filled with conversation and laughter.People like to let loose when having a gathering.Asa rule，Chinese people prefer a noisy restaurant，because a crowd at a restaurant indicates its dishes are delicious.If you want a quiet place to enjoy your meals，restaurants also provide small and private rooms，which Chinese people call Baoxiang.
Menu Translation
Many Chinese dishes were translated word for word，and thus made Westerners confused and even scared.For example，Westerners may feel horrible when they see“red burned lion head”on the menu.But actually，this creatively named dish consists of freshly stewed pork balls that look like a lion’s head.
Mapo Tofu was often translated as”bean curd made by a pock-marked woman”，but in fact it is a popular Sichuan cuisine dish consisting of bean curd with spicy minced pork.
Unfortunately，some people may be misled by the translation，and miss this delicious dish.
One of the most terrible dish names is“husband and wife’s lung slice .”It is in fact one of the most popular dishes in Chinese restaurants，and is now translated as“pork lungs in chili sauce.”
