2007-01-18 17:11:28 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
for breakfast (dim sum) - Chinese Tea
for lunch - Chinese Tea / water / soft drinks / Beer
for dinner - Chinese wine / Chinese Tea / Beer / Soft drinks / Red wine / White wine .....
There are many kinds of Chinese wines and different dishes match with different ones. For example, Chinese serve Shanghai hairy carbs with Shaoxing wine (a typical "yellow wine") and ginger tea (boil fresh ginger slices + sugar in water)
P.S. - Only Specialist restaurants (mainly serve snakes as their signature dishes) serve "snake blood" and it won't be put in the menu of typical Chinese restaurants.
2007-01-18 23:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by Aileen HK 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sometimes it depends on what you order from the menu.
usually chinese tea is served, either jasmine, oolong, green tea or others, need to ask the restaurent what do they have
in Malaysia where i am now, we sometimes can order herbal tea, which is cooling. considering the hot weather we have
there is another cooling drink called chin-chau, which is a kind of herbal jelly cut into stripes and mixed it with water and sugar syrups, or the best way is to mix the jelly with soya bean milk.
of cos, beers, wines, chinese liquor and chinese wine are also available.
2007-01-19 04:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by sweechuan_khoo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I live in Southern California, and I don't know if this is a local phenomenon, but I love ordering boba teas or smoothies at Chinese restaurants, when I can. If you haven't tried them, you should! The smoothies and teas are great, and the boba (little fried balls of tapioca) are a fun and tastey experience. If you can't get them, then tea, I suppose. (But it is worth the visit to just a boba tea place to try one!)
2007-01-19 01:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by Kat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like tea. But there are many kinds of teas. Not everyone can drink any tea. It will rise your blood pressure if you drink too much. Surprised !
I don't mind paying for tea, because it cost to have it shipped over from China.
2007-01-20 00:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by P V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditonal Chinese cuisine is ordered with Saki. It's a rice-based drink. Since rice is the largest produced crop in China, it was easily obtained. Much like soda is to us Americans.
Tea was widely used at ceremonies or special occasions. But aside from that Saki is the most popular drink at TRADITIONAL Chinese restaurants.
American Chinese restaurants are NOT traditional. They don't even cook their food the same way they do in China. All Chinese food in American has been Americanized to suit our wants. It's what makes them the big $$$. If you were to eat REAL Chinese food in China, you would notice a HUGE difference between American Chinese restaurants and Chinese restaurants in China.
2007-01-19 01:31:56 · answer #5 · answered by yitogwa 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Tea
2007-01-19 16:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by sa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tea
2007-01-19 01:14:16 · answer #7 · answered by slash 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Either a cold Tsing Tao beer or hot Jasmine or oolong tea.
2007-01-19 15:38:23 · answer #8 · answered by curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hot tea and Tsing Tao beer
2007-01-19 22:32:06 · answer #9 · answered by curious_cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jasmine tea . That is ususally served throughout the meal in small porcelain cups and is supposed to aid digestion.
2007-01-19 05:07:15 · answer #10 · answered by JDGuru at work 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋