Delicious dinners like this one will be in your reach with my Chinese food ordering guide.
It’s 7 p.m. and you’re stranded outside a train station somewhere in China. You need a cheap, filling meal before you hop on the next overnight train. But all of the nearby restaurants only have Chinese menus, with nary a picture menu nor English translation to be found. What to do?
My new Chinese menu & ordering guide will help you navigate that very situation. This handy single-page guide contains:
- 23 common Chinese dishes written in Chinese characters and English translations, so you can order by pointing and know exactly what you’re going to get
- 13 things you might need to say to your waitress, translated into Chinese — plus her possible replies
- 3 ways to explain to your waitress that you are a vegetarian and that you do not want any meat at all
- My tips on how to order a satisfying meal for less than $2 per person
This guide will help you eat well and eat cheaply, by keeping you out of the overpriced tourist restaurants that have English menus. The dishes listed in this guide are available in all kinds of restaurants, all over China, and they usually cost less than 20 RMB ($3) each.
For now, I’m selling the guide for $1.99. That’s just 13 RMB. You can save that much in just one meal when you choose a hole-in-the-wall joint over a tourist restaurant with an English menu, and you’ll have confidence that you know exactly what you’re getting.
Payments will be securely processed through Paypal. After you complete the payment, I will e-mail the menu guide to the address you provided to PayPal within 24 hours.
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Haha great idea. Should make things a lot easier for people. I’ve been doing the old ‘point to another person’s plate’ deal for most of my traveling and it works most of the time. Love the new layout and best of luck with your continuing adventure.
note: ordering food in China is tricky, I highly suggesting buying this guide to everyone.
I must say i really like It!
People don’t realize how hard is to order food at china, especially while you try explain them that you are a vegetarian, and finally after that its seems that they “understands”,
you will get some of china to sea food dishes.
your guide is great help.
Really cool idea
More travelers in China definitely need something like this. I usually speak for my family and friends when they come around for a visit, but I can see the value in your ordering guide.
Paid but didn’t recieve the guide. Cheers love!
Hi Kat,
Please check your spam filter – I sent a copy when I received your order on September 6th, and for good measure I sent another copy today (September 13) to the same address you gave PayPal. I would love it if you could let me know that you’ve received it, or that I need to find another way to get it to you.
Thanks!
Jess
is it only for mandarin or for cantonese as well