Food entrees

[opper567]

I have finally learned how to speak enough mandarin to do most basic stuff, but now I am at a dilemma.

I want to know how to say food dishes so that when I go to a Chinese Restaurant that I can order something in Chinese. The only entrees I can say are 家常豆腐, 辣子鸡, and 糖醋鱼.

I'd like to know the names of a few (10 or so) entrees, so I can order more interesting food. I like almost more or less every kind of food (meat, chicken, vegetables, noodles...) so please just name some of your favorites.

Thanks.. 谢谢你们

[WoAiJolinTsai]

This was posted by somebody here a while ago... forgot who.. and I saved it.

Common Chinese Dishes.doc

[Gary Soup]

Here's a couple more:

http://www.liuzhou.co.uk/ll/usual.doc

and this classic (er, on second thought.....)

[gato]

That must be from the red light district. Those prices aren't cheap.

[Gary Soup]

That must be from the red light district. Those prices aren't cheap

No, it's just one of those classy places that have menus in English.

[liuzhou]

Here's a couple more:

http://www.liuzhou.co.uk/ll/usual.doc

I'd forgotten about that one! Rushes off to check if it is OK and finds three mistakes! Now corrected! There are probably more! It was the first menu I translated and the restaurant no longer exists. I hope that is nothing to do with the translation!

It is worth pointing out that this particular restaurant was in Guangxi and some dishes and some names are regional. I noticed years ago, when I moved from Hunan to Guangxi that identical dishes had completely different names. This is just one of the problems of any menu translation database.

Since doing that one, I have done several. Will try to post in the next day or two, (when I remember where I put them!)

[liuzhou]

As promised, here is a more recent menu translation. The Camel Hump is delicious.

Word Document 35Kb

PDF File 55.7 Kb