Lemon duck is a special dish in Wuming, Nanning, Guangxi. And it 【小题1】(belong) to Guangxi cuisine and is one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi.

Wuming lemon duck, also known as Gaofeng lemon duck, originated in Wuming District, Nanning. Lemon duck first 【小题2】(appear) in the early 1980s. There was a small shop beside the boundary marker on Yongwu road in Nanning, 【小题3】 provided dishes for drivers all year round. After continuous development, this famous dish came into being.

The 【小题4】(finish) lemon duck looks golden and attractive with oil juice, and the lemon and duck meat smell 【小题5】(especial) delicious. Duck meat with lemon and sour pepper is suitable for a sour【小题6】 spicy taste, fragrant (香的) but not greasy (油腻的). It is an appetizer. And the duck is crispy, with a special aroma of lemon.

The special flavor of lemon duck is not just credited to lemon. In fact, sour pepper, sour Chinese onions, sour ginger, mashed garlic and so on should be added when frying. Before coming out of the pot, add salted lemon and purple perilla (紫苏)【小题7】(leaf), and the salted lemon can only be put in after being seeded. Otherwise, it will become bitter after【小题8】(cook) for a long time, and the fragrance will be lost.

The Gaofeng lemon duck was listed in the 【小题9】(seven) batch of representative projects of intangible cultural heritage in Nanning and it was rated 【小题10】 one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi as “Chinese cuisine”.

As you can see, many Chinese families drink tea after dinner or serve tea when 【小题1】 (greet) visitors. This is not only a healthy habit but also shows rich culture and history. In China, tea can be commonly seen as 【小题2】 sign of respect to the older generation. In the Chinese traditional wedding ceremony, 【小题3】 (express) their gratitude, both the bride and bridegroom kneel in front of their parents and serve them tea. People also make serious 【小题4】 (apologize) to others by presenting tea. These 【小题5】 (vary) tea customs make up the rich Chinese tea culture.

As for 【小题6】 (it) history, tea, originating from China, is consumed around the world now. About 2,000 years ago, tea 【小题7】 (introduce) in Chinese texts as a healthy drink that made people live longer. Additionally, both green and black tea are said to be useful to prevent cancer, heart disease, and many other deadly diseases. The only thing 【小题8】 people should be aware of is that tea should not be drunk along 【小题9】 meals.

Today, tea is gaining popularity around the world. In Japan, a tea ceremony is often held while people are drinking tea together. The ceremony, usually hosted in a tea-house, 【小题10】 (date) from the 16th century.

One of the signature dishes of French cuisine in the Phenix in The PuLi Hotel and Spa, Shanghai, is Le Pigeon. As the name suggests, it has pigeon and foie gras (鹅肝). It is 【小题1】 (high) praised by customers and recommended by the chef.

The chef of Phenix, Ugo Rinaldo, says the pigeon from Guangdong province makes the dish a unique combination between 【小题2】 (tradition) French and Chinese recipes, which is also a feature of the restaurant that has been awarded one Michelin Star for the 【小题3】 (seven) year. “The pigeon is a local product 【小题4】 (cook) in a French style that is used for foie gras. Then we have a Chinese sweet plum sauce (梅子酱), very similar 【小题5】 a French sweet plum,” says Rinaldo, 【小题6】 joined the restaurant in 2021.

This commitment to the fine, fresh and good quality ingredients (原料) is not only the top task of the restaurant, which 【小题7】 (open) in 2016, but also at the foundation of Rinaldo’s cuisine philosophy, according to Rinaldo.

“We always go to the market to see the products in season. We try Chinese restaurants, and then we can understand 【小题8】 people like and how Chinese chefs are developing those products,” Rinaldo says, 【小题9】 (add) that he also goes to the markets at least once a week and enjoys talking with vendors (摊贩). To 【小题10】 (well) combine French dishes with local culture, about 70 percent of the ingredients in the restaurant are from local sources.