A CHINESE BILL OF FARE. ' Did yon ever see a Chinese bill of fare ? consists of an iuierminable list of dishes jvhich has been arranged by the author on leavy rice paper in the form of a card. The able is laden with such disheo as sharks' ins, fish soup, chicken soap, duck soup, ice, rice, rice, rice, and tea, tea, tea, tea and ea. Also the inevitable birds'-nest pudding, andles and cakes. One's appetite is almost taken away on entering a Chinese house at the time of a janquet from the effect of burning incense md herbs. The Chinese are extremely ralite. Champagne is a favourite drink vith them, and is always brought out when hey have an outside guest. This is what he Chinese Consul in London hsd for his "hristmas dinner:— Bow ha mai. (Boiled Prawns in Oil.) Chop Chop Sucy. (Bits of Pork Chops.) Ham ob Dan. (Preserved Eggs, with Ducks' Gizzards.) Ob Gau Bow Vo Toway. (Ducks' Livers and Boiled Ham.) Chow Ju Aw. (Boiled Pork, kidneyed.) ShowJuNGow. (RCttst Pork Tongues.) Bow N Giver, (Cuttle Fish.) Yen Wo-Gong. [Boiled Pigeon Eggs and Birds' Nest Soup.) _ Tea. I Bow Hai. . fi- (Boiled Crabs.) Bow Yu Chee. foiled Sharks' Fins.) Tea, Yuen Tsyal. (Rice Cakes.) Bob Oh. ,(Duck Tongue and Mushrooms.) Tea. Ju Tow N Gow. (Fried Roofs of the Mouth of Pigs.) Chow Ob Jun. (I'ucks' Feet.) T C 3 Chow Ga Pien. (Fried Chicken Wing.) Lein Chi Gong. (Lily Seed Soup.) Hong Gin Gong. (Almond Soup.) Dein Som. (Sweetmeats and Jellies.V Yeuh Bhing. (Mincemeat Cakes.) Gwoy Zoo, (Fruits.) Kwoh Zuh. (Seeds.) Cha Sam Loo. f?<W -md Rice Whisky.) Champagne Emma : ,k 'i rode in a tram-car half-an-ho'ii to-day before I got a seat." Amy:." That's too brul. It's <-.r.di ;i .-j„ fortune not to be good-lookiiuv Just a Cough This is its story: * ' At first, a slight cough. At last, a hemorrhage. At first, easy to cure. At last, extremely difficult. eherrx Pectoral Tea
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 194, 8 September 1900, Page 4
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