Well，那应该是中国南方人的主食。在北方，另有两种食物非常重要，那就是馒头和饺子。中国南方产米，北方种麦，所以北方人吃面粉制的食物较多。在很大程度上，馒头、饺子和面取代了饭。
其实，在北方，『饭』就相等于英文的meal，而rice则是『米饭』。记得我在山东时，早上在酒店内用餐，吃得是面包。对于酒店的员工而言，那也算是『吃饭』。
有一回我和巴基斯坦裔同事到回族餐馆用晚餐。餐馆晚上不煮『米饭』，我们叫了几道菜，配合馒头吃，就此解决。你可以想象，米饭并不是必须品。
这里我想特别谈谈饺子。我以前对饺子不感兴趣，但在中国转了一圈回来后，对这类食品有了很大的改观。马来西亚华人传统上吃粤式饺子。粤式饺子体积大，吃两、三粒就饱。一般煮水，所以也称为水饺。水饺通常配合面吃，面是主食，水饺只是配料。在中国北方，饺子可以是主食，体积较小，往往可以吃十粒以上。山东的一些餐馆，卖饺子居然是按斤算的！
北方式饺子除了煮水，也可以蒸或煎。我个人比较喜爱蒸饺，配合辣椒粉吃。嗯。。。一级棒！
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I think like us, the Chinese likes to eat rice too right? Its their staple food. The same can be said about noodles. :)
ReplyDelete馒头配咖哩或北京鸭也是一级棒。。。。
ReplyDeleteSome sort of Chinese dumplings? I like the ones that looked like these but lightly fried and eaten with slivers of ginger with a dash of vinegar.
ReplyDeletetekkaus
ReplyDeleteApparently rice is the staple food of the Chinese. But so are the other food I mentioned.
Grass
北京鸭一般是配煎饼吃吧。
Mei Ting
Yes, they are dumplings. Fried dumplings are yummy but somewhat oily, so I prefer steamed ones.
你在这有找到好吃的蒸饺么?
ReplyDelete我吃过最好的在香港的一家上海餐馆...:P
I like steamed dumplings too. Yummy! Sorry can't read Chinese so don't know what is your post all about! : )
ReplyDelete不是每个人做的饺子好吃。有些馅料怪怪的。
ReplyDelete还是白饭好吃。。^_^
I prefer the fried type that is served with Yong Tau Foo vs the type that Mei Teng described. The latter is a bit too oily, I find. I don't mind them in soup too.
ReplyDeleteThere was this travel documentary on Eastern Europe that I saw sometime ago and was surprised that soup dumplings are also a specialty there. Don't remember which country. That caught me by surprise, totally.
迷迭香
ReplyDeleteI can't recommend any...
foongpc
You can try online translation tool.
花木兰
白饭也要看是什么菜肴。
Happysurfer .
Dumplings in Eastern Europe? Maybe introduced by Marco Polo?
hmmmm rice/noodles are not my primary favorite. ^_^ meat is.
ReplyDeletei cn live without rice, not my daddy and bro! typical china men :P
ReplyDeletexin
ReplyDeleteFor your health, eat a more balanced diet lah...
annant
I also got used to living without rice after going to China and America ^_^
Without rice can la... but for one or two days perhaps, but not for a whole week, right? - at least I haven't experienced without rice for a week. :)
ReplyDeleteI prefer noodles to rice (also, brown rice is the healthier option compared to white rice). And I love soups. I think soups are also essential in a Chinese meal.
ReplyDeleteNeo
ReplyDeleteI also haven't got by a week without rice.
kyh
I think not many Chinese Malaysians prefer noodle to rice. You are special.
哈哈, 其實不同文化都有不同的主食喇.. 好像外國人, 根本可能不知道米飯是甚麼, 只知道馬鈴薯可以供給澱粉能量吧?? :p
ReplyDelete中国北方的饺子皮用面粉制成，像本地的面粉馃，吃得饱。比较起来，南方用云吞皮包的水比较好吃:q
ReplyDeleteToo lazy lah : )
ReplyDeleteSK
ReplyDeleteNowadays rice is very common in Western countries.
Sinji
I still prefer Northern style dumpling to Cantonese style...
foongpc
Then you just look at the picture...
I'm a rice girl! But I can eat a plateful of dumplings any day. :-)
ReplyDeleteBaoru
ReplyDeleteI also can eat a plateful of dumplings. It's replacement for rice!