On Monday, I interviewed Qiu Yu Xu ( 坵⽟虛). Qiu Yu Xu is the daughter of the local Chinese restaurant owner, She was amazing and so nice to allow me to interview her during work hours. I got to learn a little more about her and the culture that she was raised in! It was a little hard to communicate but I enjoyed listening to her speak. I am in the process of conducting another interview with another WISE student, who went to China and Vietnam last week. I am dying with curiosity about the things she did in these Countries!
Now back to my Interview with Qiu Yu, I started by asking her what the differences were between Southern and Northern Chinese food. The answer to that was, the South doesn’t put as much spice in their food and uses a lot more seafood. While in the North their food is spicy and has more meat and Wheat based meals, so things like Dumplings are more prevalent than in the south. Another difference that Qiu Yu pointed out was American Chinese versus authentic Chinese cuisine. The answer I got was actually really interesting, the biggest difference was the preparation of the food-American chinese consists of mostly fried food whereas authentic Chinese food is often steamed.
I began asking some questions about Qiu Yu’s favorite foods and her opinions about Chinese Cuisine.
1)WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE DISH FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD?
Qiu Yu: My favorite food is homemade Mochi!
2) IS THERE A DISH THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TO OTHERS?
Qiu Yu: I would suggest Beef Bone Stew.
I am so grateful that I was able to interview Qiu Yu because it definitely changed my preconceived notion about whether or not the food in china was the same throughout the China!
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