It’s reported that exports (出口) of luosifen, a dish known for its strong smell in the southern city of Liuzhou, Guangxi, have seen great growth in the first half of this year.
Around ¥7.5 million worth of luosifen was exported from Liuzhou from January to June this year, eight times the total export value in 2019. Besides the traditional export markets like the United States, Australia and Germany, shipments of the food were also sent to new markets including Singapore and New Zealand.
Mixing the traditional cuisine (烹饪风格) of the Han people with that of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups, luosifen is a dish of rice noodles boiled with pickled (腌泡过的) bamboo shoots dried turnip, fresh vegetables and peanuts in the river snail soup. It gives out a strong smell after being boiled.
Listed as an intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) of Guangxi in 2008, the dish played an important role in the food documentary A Bite of China in 2012. Its special taste has won the hearts of food lovers, and it became one of the best-selling ready-to-serve foods during the COVID-19 epidemic in China.
To make it popular among foreign people, local producers have made some changes to luosifen. “Luosifen is traditionally made from river snail soup, but we have developed a new product that uses the beef bone soup which has the same taste. It is very well received,” said Liu Qingshi, chairman of Liuzhou Luozhuangyuan Food CoLtd., a major luosifen producer.
【小题1】The export value of luosifen was about ________ in 2019.| A．750 thousand yuan | B．938 thousand yuan | C．7.5 million yuan | D．60 million yuan |
| A．America. | B．Germany. | C．Australia. | D．New Zealand. |
| A．What is luosifen like? | B．Why is luosifen popular? |
| C．Where does luosifen come from? | D．How did people make the first luosifen? |
| A．To lower the cost of luosifen. | B．To make more Chinese people love it. |
| C．To satisfy the needs of foreigners. | D．To keep luosifen fresh for a longer time. |
