Going for an Indian in China / Ausländisches Essen im Ausland
am 20.06.2007 von http://transblawg.eu
Helen Pidd writes in The Guardian on the interesting subject of what the Chinese, Indians and Italians regard as exotic food. I was interested in the sticky dried Xinjiang fruitcake sold in Peking. Googling took me to the horse's mouth, the eGullet Forums:
Jun 14 2007, 03:35 AM
Hi everyone
Helen Pidd here. I'm a journalist with the Guardian in London (www.guardian.co.uk). I'm writing a feature about what “foreign” foods are most popular in various countries in the world (eg in Britain we eat Indian, in India they eat Chinese, in Russia they eat Georgian…) and wondered whether anyone in China would be able to help me.
I'm just looking for a China-based, and ideally Chinese, foodie to talk to me about what sort of food Chinese people eat when they go out. Obviously it's a huge country and tastes will vary, but I'm interested to hear anything you have to offer.
My deadline is the end of Friday 14th June, so any responses very welcome before then.
You can read all the answers she got here, not just the ones quoted (and attributed) in the Guardian article. Her query on Indian food was less successful - no replies.
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