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Try
Out Some Of China's Regional Cooking During Chinese Cuisine Week |
Londoners
will have the opportunity to enjoy some of the best of Chinese
cookery during Chinese Cuisine Week (March 20 - 26) - a key event in
China in London 2006, the largest celebration of Chinese culture the
capital has ever seen.
The week,
organised by Chinatown - The Magazine and sponsored by Tiger Beer and
Loon Fung Supermarkets, will run in nine London Chinese restaurants
from the 20th to the 26th of March 2006. During the week
participating restaurants will feature special menus offering
Londoners a unique chance to taste and experience the diversity and
distinctiveness of regional dishes from throughout China.
Dishes on
offer include Beggar's Chicken, which - according to legend - was
invented by a Hangzhou beggar who caught and stole a chicken. The
story goes that because the beggar had no stove, he packed the
chicken by using several lotus leaves, and sealed the chicken with
clay, then baked it on a simple fire. A version of this dish is eaten
in many restaurants in China today.
Other dishes
include Buddhist Monk's Vegetables in Crispy Taro Ring, Stirred Fried
Sharks Fin with Egg White, Mango Fillet Steak, and Pomelo Peel, which
is made out of the peels of the succulent Pomelo fruit. Pomelo peels
are also used by children to make lanterns during the Moon festival.
The menus at each restaurant differ and can be viewed on the Chinese
Cuisine Week website - www.chinesecuisineweek.co.uk
The week also
offers a chance to win a pair of air tickets to Beijing, China,
courtesy of Reliance Tours. Diners need to leave their business cards
with the restaurant they eat in to enter the lucky draw.
Ken
Livingstone, the Mayor of London said:
"China in
London 2006 is the largest celebration of Chinese culture ever seen
in the capital. There is an incredible array of activities across
London, offering something for everyone. It is fitting that food is a
key part of these celebrations. Chinese Cuisine Week offers Londoners
the chance to experience the diversity of Chinese cookery and try
distinctive regional dishes that are not usually on the menu."
William Ong,
Founder of Chinatown - The Magazine said:
"Chinatown
- The Magazine is proud to present what promises to be a
mouth-watering six days. I encourage Londoners to take this
opportunity discovering the exotic flavours of China right in the
centre of London."
Participating
restaurants include: Shanghai Blues (High Holborn), MJU (Millennium
Hotel, Sloane St.), Yming (Greek St., Soho), Royal China (St. John's
Wood), Royal China (Docklands), Royal China (Queensway), Royal China
(Baker Street), Yi-Ban (Docklands) and Yi-Ban (Chelsea).
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