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How much does the dinner cost?
A. Expect to pay up to 400RMB (aprox. $50US) for 2 people for the entire meal including beverages
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How do you order your food?
A. Most peking duck restaurants have picture menus to choose from. It is helpful to know how to speak key food items in Mandarin Chinese.
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Where can I find a Peking Duck Restaurant?
A. There are many Peking Duck Restaurants around town. The signs outside the restaurants typically say: "Roast Duck". One of the most famous and best roast duck restaurants in Beijing is:Beijing Da Dong Roast Duck
Located: Chang Hong Bridge, Third Ring Road.Beijing
Phone: 65822892
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Does everyone order their food individually?
A. It is traditional for one person to order for the entire table. The waitress will typically approach the person who has the menu. Typically everyone at the table will make a suggestion of the foods they would like to eat, and the person with the menu will order for everyone. Once the food arrives, it is all placed in the middle of the table for everyone to share.
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How do you eat Peking Duck?
A. When you are ready at the table, the chef will show you the whole duck. In front of you, he will slice it up into small pieces. The duck is served together with special pancakes, green onions, slices of cucumber and sweet sauce. You will be taught to wrap duck slices, onion, cucumber, and sauce in a pancake using chopsticks.
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What are common table manners?
A. Some typical table manners in China include: - Dinning may only begins once the host and all his guests are seated.
- Apart from soup, all dishes should be eaten with chopsticks. The Chinese are particular about the use of chopsticks. There are many no-no's such as twiddling with chopsticks, licking chopsticks, or using them to stir up the food, gesture with them or point them at others. Never stick chopsticks in the center of rice, as this is the way to sacrifice and is therefore considered to be inauspicious.
- Keep your dining pace accorded with other people. Never smoke when dining.
- A formal Chinese dinning is always accompanied by tea, beer or distilled spirit. The one who sit closest to the teapot or wine bottle should pour them for others from the senior and superior to the junior and inferior. And when other people fill your cup or glass, you should express your thanks.
- A toast to others is a characteristic Chinese dinning. When all people are seated and all cups are filled, the host should toast others first, together with some simple prologue to let the dinning start.
- If you are invited to a formal banquet, all the dishes should not be eaten up completely, or you will give the host the impression that he has not provided a good banquets and the food was insufficient.
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How much do you tip the waitress?
A. It is not common to tip service people in China. However if you would like to tip them, they may try to return the money to you and if you insist, they will accept it gratefully.
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How do you ask for the bill?
A. When you are finished with your meal, you can let the waitress know that you are finished and would like your bill by saying: Mai Dan (Pronounce "My Don")
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Can I negotiate a price at a Peking Duck Restaurant?
A. It is not common to negotiate the price at restaurants, they are for the most part fixed prices. Many chinese typically inspect their bill carefully to be sure they were not charged for anything that was not ordered / received.
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