VIP Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Phrases:

has ingredients –

eg: This dish has a lot of special ingredients.

balance of textures and flavors

eg: This dish has the perfect balance of spicy and sour.

eg: I like the texture of fried tofu, but not other kinds of tofu.

eg: I like the texture of yogurt but not other kinds of cream or ice cream.

eg: I like the flavor, but it’s a little too rich.

Vocab:

Ingredients – parts, used to cook

Chips – (American)

eg: Chips are crispy.

eg: The bread on Rou Jia Mou is a little crispy.

eg: Deep fried foods are very crispy.

eg:

Spicy Numb/Sour –

eg:Ma La Tang is like a spicy numb sour soup.

Lotus Root – Ou Pian

eg: Fried Lotus root is pretty crispy

Crunchy – like crispy, but doesn’t need to be fried. Can be cold, like ICE, Carrots, Cookies

eg: Cookies are crunchy, not really crispy.

eg: We need some fresh crunchy vegetables.

What kinds of food are you eating at work events/ promotions/ with clients/ etc…?

Weather & Traffic:

on the plane / in the plane right now

in traffic – on the way, and it is busy on the street/subway

eg: I’m in traffic, on my way to the office now.

eg: Just waiting in traffic now.

there is a traffic jam – can not move

eg: I’m stuck in a traffic jam.

Weather:

rain drop / snow flakes /

When he comes to Shanghai, I will take him to many restaurants which i like. For example,grilled fish,hot pot,Yunnan food,Hunan food. These foods are all my favorites ,i hope he would like them too.And there are many bars and clubs i can take him to in the evening,just like M1NT,Nest,Oji,Barules,etc. There must be many difference between our culture, so I hope we can understand each other from food and drink at first.

When he comes to Shanghai, I will take him to many restaurants that I like. For example, grilled fish, hot pot, Yunnan food and Hunan food. These foods are all my favorites ,I hope he would like them too. And there are many bars and clubs I can take him to in the evening, just like M1NT, Nest,Oji and Barules. There must be many differences between our culture, so I hope we can understand each other from food and drink at first.

Grammar

How to correctly make a list:

1,2,3,4,5 and 6.

I ate fish, burgers, fries, ice cream and fresh veggies.