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One of the things I enjoyed most of in
Beijing was the food. I got used to go to restaurants and the cafeteria very
often. You can already get a meal for 10 yuan, which is less than 2 euros next
to the university. Of course there are restaurants which have a nicer ambiance and
are more expensive. What I really enjoyed was that the meals were ordered to
share with each other, rather than each person ordering their own dish. Because of that,
it was always possible to try many different dishes. Being a vegetarian was
also not a big problem because there were always vegetarian dishes on the menu
too. However, being a vegan was more difficult because you can never be sure of
what kind of oil and ingredients are used for cooking. In Beijing there is offered a lot of
rice and noodles on the menus. Noodles are very special in Beijing. Often it was handmade in many different forms
and types, which were all worth trying. I
also learned that sweet and sour foods are popular. Spicy and salty foods were
also quite popular. Peanuts were common
ingredients used in many different dishes including dumplings. There were a wide variety of dumplings, each
prepared differently such as fried, steamed, cooked, etc. A lot of food in
Beijing is fried or deep fried, which means that the food is often very oily.
Sometimes I missed eating a fresh salad, but the grocery store close to BFSU had
all the ingredients to prepare a salad. Overall, I experienced a great variety
of foods in Beijing and really enjoyed that. Halal food was also offered many
times.
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