Chinese Cooking: Reading Exercises

A. Vocabulary Questions
1. What does "cuisine" mean?
a) style of cooking
b) kind of language
c) kind of people
d) style of stories
2. What does "staple" mean?
a) something that is hard to find
b) something that is always available
c) something that is only available some of the time
d) something that is never available
3. What does "seafood" mean?
a) beef
b) chicken
c) pork
d) fish and sea creatures

B. Comprehension Questions
1. What are some "staple" foods found in Chinese cuisine?
2. How many different kinds of Chinese cuisine are there?
3. What kind of cuisine is most commonly found outside of China?

1. What is your country's staple food?

2. Write down three of the Shan/ Dai cuisines 
3. Which restaurants would you choose to go to, and why? How often do you
usually eat out?