你们国家最流行的小吃或街头美食都有什么？
一个国家不同的小吃或街头美食能体现当地的文化吗？
unit overview
The main focus of this unit is talking about popular street foods. Learners will be able to order, give opinions, give simple recommendations, and ask and answer basic questions about street foods.
Proficiency Level:
⊕ Novice Mid – Intermediate Low
Themes:
⊕ Contemporary Life
Length:
~10 days
Talking about these topics:
⊕ Popular street foods
⊕ Main ingredients (recipes/menus)
⊕ Places to eat (food trucks, carts, etc)
⊕ Opinions (food reviews)
Using these language skills:
⊕ describing foods
⊕ giving opinions
⊕ understanding reviews
⊕ asking/answering simple questions
⊕ ordering
Planning
Objectives
Experiences/Homework
Assessments
RESOURCES + LESSON IDEAS
Since this is a Planner Unit, we want to begin curating resources and ideas for you to build your own lessons.
basic info about street foods
重庆街头小吃 Chongqing street food：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vnP1sAVWA
菜单 (menu)：串串香 锅盔 转转面 叶儿粑 糍粑 麻辣串 麻花鱼 凉虾 小面 龙须酥
street food that is sweet or a dessert
Tanghulu (simplified Chinese: 糖葫芦；pinyin: tánghúlu)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanghulu
Bingfen (Chinese: 冰粉; pinyin: bīngfěn)
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E5%86%B0%E7%B2%89
List of other popular street foods
cold noodles, cold putting, BBQ lamb, deep fried dou, scalion panckes, deep fried stincky Tofu, Bao
我喜欢的小吃：凉皮，凉粉，烤羊肉，炸油条，葱油饼，红油抄手，烤红薯，胡辣汤，炸臭豆腐，叉烧肉，烧麦
经典街头早餐 Classic Chinese Street Breakfast:
- 油条：Youtiao is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtiao
- 包子：Baozi or bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baozi
- 粽子：Zongzi is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongzi
- 煎饼：Jianbing is a traditional Chinese street food similar to crepes. It is a type of bing generally eaten for breakfast and hailed as “one of China’s most popular street breakfasts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianbing
A classic street breakfast combination is Youtiao with soy milk. And there is even a pop song about it: 豆浆油条（Perfect Match） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf8QsC6VzHo
What are popular street foods in China? Around the world?
Photos
Lamb Kebab羊肉串
https://pixabay.com/ Search: Chinese street food
Candied Haws糖葫芦
https://pixabay.com/ Search: Chinese street food
Iron Squid 铁板鱿鱼
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/iron-squid-gm474757282-64868575
Crayfish 小龙虾
https://pixabay.com/ Search: Chinese street food
Barbecued Pork Bun 叉烧包
https://pixabay.com/photos/wonton-baozi-chinese-bun-pork-bun-169291/
Custard Bun 奶黄包
https://pixabay.com/photos/dumpling-sweet-bun-bun-pork-5831353/
Deep Fried Scorpion 炸蝎子
https://pixabay.com/photos/food-street-chinese-market-china-5831321/
Soy Milk 豆浆
https://pixabay.com/photos/soy-soybean-soy-milk-%e9%bb%84%e8%b1%86-%e8%b1%86%e6%b5%86-1888556/
Have them write trivia questions to play in class.
Expand into street foods around the world.
members only
opinions about street foods
People use Dazhong Dianping (www.dianping.com) in China. It is basically China’s version of Yelp.
- 孔师傅老鸭粉丝汤 Master Kong Old Duck Vermicelli Soup （Shanghai）
http://www.dianping.com/shop/H8zYV7LZ85WeJkKH
- 叶婆婆钵钵鸡 Granny Ye Cold Dishes (Leshan, Sichuan)
http://www.dianping.com/shop/H53ErShpvWpFNKAX
- 大华煎饼 Da Hua Jian Bing （Beijing）
http://www.dianping.com/shop/G8WShDjsCxNhNsBq
Articles with lists (we call them listicles) about popular Chinese street food in Chinese. Pictures are nice to help learners
老外回忆：10个让我怀念到心痛的中国街头小吃
Foreigner’s Memories: 10 Chinese Street Foods That I Miss So Much It Hurts
http://www.hereinuk.com/31193.html
中国最受欢迎的4大街头小吃
The 4 most popular street food in China
https://3g.163.com/dy/article/EAE144R60526PL81.html
最受外国人欢迎的中国8大街头早餐
The 8 most popular street breakfasts in China by foreigners
Article：https://www.163.com/dy/article/CK5UDV5O0522C297.html
中国十大特色街边小吃
China’s top ten characteristic street food
places to eat
People use Dazhong Dianping (www.dianping.com) in China. It is basically China’s version of Yelp.
- 孔师傅老鸭粉丝汤 Master Kong Old Duck Vermicelli Soup （Shanghai）http://www.dianping.com/shop/H8zYV7LZ85WeJkKH
- 叶婆婆钵钵鸡 Granny Ye Cold Dishes (Leshan, Sichuan) http://www.dianping.com/shop/H53ErShpvWpFNKAX
- 大华煎饼 Da Hua Jian Bing（Beijing) http://www.dianping.com/shop/G8WShDjsCxNhNsBq
Which is better? To make at home or to buy it?
Scallion pancakes/crepe（葱油饼）would be a good street food to make at home.
TO MAKE
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R12u6e1Kgg
A written recipe：https://home.meishichina.com/recipe-867.html
A popular grocery story: https://fresh.hmart.com
ordering + prices
how to order food (cafe, food truck, simple interaction)
Street food in New York Chinatown
food trucks and more
Video of a street food or food truck festival in China
- Xi’an Street Food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8McfZtNXGFA
- China Xi’an Delicious Street Food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3WEZKfzpt4&t=462s
- Listicle of “Top # food trucks in X”
中国10大著名美食街，你去过几个？
China’s top 10 famous food streets, how many have you been to?
https://www.sohu.com/a/60452150_230042
Note: Food trucks are not popular in China, instead, we have night streets/markets in different cities for good street food and drinks.
other resources
members only
Many thanks to all who contributed to create this unit!
谢谢
To Sheen for translations
To Snowmoon for curating resources and translating
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Some of contents in the street unit are for french classes. I was wondering if they could be switched to Mandarin.
Hello Xiaohui! I’m going to remove those pages until we can get those finished.