Long Beach - Qingdao Sister Cities Association
One World Trade Center, Suite 1155. Long Beach, CA 90831 Tel:562.901.3081 Fax:562.901.3082
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An International Sister Cities Affiliate Long Beach - Qingdao Sister Cities Association One World Trade Center, Suite 1155. Long Beach, CA 90831 Tel:562.901.3081 Fax:562.901.3082
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Fun Food Facts Being a seaside city, Qingdao is well blessed with an abundance of fresh seafood including fish, prawns, seaweed, and various forms of shellfish. The characteristics of Qingdao cuisine is to preserve the original tastes of various raw materials with soup, through the adoption of clear and milky broths, known as the soul of Shandong cuisine.
Unique seafood recipes are naturally the best-known Qingdao culinary creations, and vegetarian restaurants offer fresh local agricultural produce, except in mid-winter. Your best choice is to head down to any of the many little seafood restaurants on the shore or around Laiyang Lu to enjoy Qingdao cuisine. [reprint from chinatravel.com]
Having a history of over 40 years, Qingdao fried dumpling is the featured food of Cangkou Fried Dumpling Restaurant. With its seafood ingredients coming from the sea near Qingdao, the fried dumpling is crispy, tasty and reasonably priced. It has over 50 categories ranging from the deluxe “three-treasure dumpling” with shark’s fin, sea cucumber and abalone as main ingredients to the “Sanxian dumpling ” which appeal to the salaries.
Seafood Wonton is the feature brand of Wonton King Fast Food Restaurant, located in Qingdao, China. The snack is prepared with refined ingredients according to standard procedures. It has thin skin and big filling, smooth but not loose. The soup is adequate in amount, smell good but not greasy. In addition, Seafood Wonton
Special Occasions This particular dish is served during banquets and special events with days in advanced notice. The duck has to be dried and air blown into the duck to separate the skin and meat. After the duck is dried, it is cooked in a specialized barrel oven which cooked the duck like a convection oven. Just the skin, please… In the Orient, the proper way to enjoy the Peking Duck is to have the entire duck delicately carved at table side serving the duck skin only, wrapped in small white “bun” and accented with scallion and a special sauce. The meat is taken back into the kitchen to be cooked with bean sprouts or other condiments. Almost every part of the duck (except the feathers) can be made into hot or cold dishes, (for example, the wings, webs, tongue, heart and liver). This is called the "Complete Duck Feast". The duck head is cut in half and served on a small plate with the tongue. The head is usually for the guest of honor, but if you cannot face it you do not have to eat it. The bones of the duck are made into soup which is served near the end of the feast. Qingdao also has a fairly large Muslim population and a couple of Muslim places are scattered about, among which most noticeably are the Donglaishun restaurant (Donglaishun fandian) and the Qinghai Muslim Restaurant (Qinghai musilin fanzhuang, on Dexuan lu), as well as numerous meatstick (Chuanrou) sellers. Where else in the world can you get the best Jazz music with authentic Chinese cuisine? Visit the New Orleans Music Restaurant located at the Sun Plaza to find out! For a little flaming adventure with a seaside view, the Blue Wave Golf Restaurant is the top choice. Graced with the Taiping Bay as a backdrop this dining pearl looks, the kitchen favors Sichuan and Cantonese styles, giving diners a wide choice of options. Those with flameproof tongues will enjoy some of the spicier dishes from its ever-changing menu, including bean curd and hot pots. Of course, for a true American flair, McDonalds and KFC are both now available near the train station.
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Beijing Duck (more commonly referred to as Peking Duck) dates back to the Ming Dynasty, about 600 years ago. The best Peking Duck restaurants are located in Beijing which are Bianyifang (Shop of Convenience and Pleasure) and Quanjude (Complete Collection of Virtues), both having a history of 400 years. In Qingdao, the White Spray Restaurant serves up an authentic version of this popular delicacy.
