Archive for March 20th, 2008

Beijing Olympic – Makai Restaurant

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Located on the central axis of Beijing and neighbors the Bell and Drum Towers, Makai Restaurant is a famous restaurant offering Hunan food. As a top-grade restaurant, it was set up in 1953 when Mr. Mei Lanfang cut the ribbon on the opening ceremony.

 

Makai Restaurant offers foods of sour and hot peppery flavor made in cooking methods such as stewing, braising, saut¨¦ing, frying, smoking and preserving. It has rich variety of Hunan foods and highlights smoked and preserved, black bean sauced and hot peppery series. Dog Meat Banquet which was invented and introduce by the restaurant has won the Beijing Award of Scientific Progress. Apart from its main menu of Hunan food, it also offers Beijing Roast Duck, self-produced preserved meat, and ham. Its snack series of Glutinous Rice Balls, Glutinous Rice Dumpling, and Moon Cake have won the Award of Excellent Variety at Beijing Municipal Level.

Featured dishes: Dong’ an Chicken, Braised Maw in Bamboo Inside Soup, Saut¨¦ed Maw in Sour and Spicy Flavor, Saut¨¦ed Squid with chayote, Braised Chicken with Celery, Steamed Preserved Meat Roll with Hot Pepper, Braised Dog Meat, Stewed Duck with Egg Inside

(Source: ebeijing.gov.cn)

Chinese Conversation – Lesson 21

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

米特:放弃吧,老兄。你去领奖时,他们就会先跟你要所有信用卡或银行的数据。你离开后,他们就把钱全偷走。
赛司:听你这么一说,我朋友杰克银行户头里的钱上星期才被骗走。
米特:你懂我的意思了吧?最近到处都是骗子。
赛司:但是那不一样。他是接到一通女人打来的电话,声音听起来很专业,而且知道他的全部基本资料─名字、银行账户、生日、公司和家里的地址。

Milt: Give it up, man. When you go to pick up your prize, the first thing they’ll want is all your credit card or bank information. After you leave, they’ll steal all your money.
Seth: Now that you mention it, my friend Jake just got his bank account ripped off last week.
Milt: See what I’m telling you? These days is just swarming with con artists.
Seth: But that was different. He got a phone call from a professional sounding woman who knew everything about him-his full name, bank account, date of birth, work and home address.

(Source: wwenglish.com)

Chinese Character – 力 Power;Strength

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

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