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世界の料理 the world Food |
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７．中国広東の飲茶 [Chinese Yumcha] |
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飲茶の様子：点心とお茶 tennsin て |
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＜中国広東「飲茶」の紹介＞ |
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世界中の都市に必ずと言っていいほど存在する中華街。その代表ともいえる飲茶についてルーツやマナーなど基本的情報を整理する。 飲茶とは、広東語で「蒸篭に入った様々な点心をつまみながら中国茶を楽しむ」と意味する。これは、一九三〇年代から中国の広東省辺りで普及した食習慣で、今でも広く親しまれている。湯気立つ蒸籠をワゴンいっぱいに積み、テーブルの合間を縫って売り歩く売り子達。客はそこから好みの点心を選び会話とお茶を楽しみながら、くつろぎの時間を過ごす。香港では、飲茶はファーストフードのようにいつでも気軽に楽しめる軽食なのです。 飲茶の主役は、なんと言ってもお茶です。勘違いされがちですが、点心はお茶の引き立て役に過ぎません。さっぱりとした中国茶は、消化を促す作用があり脂っぽい料理との相性も抜群。点心は主に、団子、菓子、杏仁豆腐やプリンなどの甘い軽食類と焼売、餃子、包子、餅、麺、飯などの甘くない軽食類に分かれています。素材が豊富で一品一品味と香りはもちろん、人々の目をも楽しませてくれるものばかりです。 飲茶の楽しみ方には、特段マナーもルールもありません。数種類の点心とお好みの中国茶を選び、それを時間かけてゆっくりと味わって下さい。 |
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Yum cha literally means "drinking tea." After 5,000 years of cultivating tea plants and brewing their leaves and those of other shrubs or herbs, the Chinese can truly be said to have a tea culture. Tea is more than a refreshment in China and Hong Kong. It is a medicine, a tonic, a social stimulant, a digestive aid - a way of life. People drink tea with snacks called dim sum. No Hong Kong visit would be complete without a trip to one of the territory's fine teahouses or restaurants that specialize in dim sum. Served throughout daylight hours, dim sum (literally meaning "to touch the heart") are snacks of freshly-steamed or fried Chinese "canapes". These remarkably-diverse examples of culinary innovation (and engineering) feature many different ingredients. Whereas the Frenchman has his coffee and his cafe, and a Briton has his beer and his pub, a Chinese has tea - and teahouses. In Imperial times in Northern China, the teahouse was the meeting place for gentlemen of leisure. They brought their pet birds along, savored their favorite teas, and passed the time of day. Drinking tea was a very serious business for them. Music and dancing were not allowed in the ancient teahouses, nor was food. In the 3rd Century AD, Hua To, one of the most respected Imperial physicians of ancient times, advised that "Eating food and drinking tea at the same time only results in excessive weight gain." They developed their unique culinary art of dim sum, and turned sedate teahouses into boisterous eating places where the merits of particular dim sum chefs and their culinary prowess would be enthusiastically debated. The Cantonese, like the French, proudly proclaim that they live to eat, not eat to live. It is no coincidence that dim sum literally means "to touch the heart"! When you see tea-drinkers tapping the table with three fingers of a hand, do not think it is a superstitious gesture. It is a silent expression of gratitude to the member of the party who has refilled their cup. |
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No to live to eat, to eat to live
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”Yum cha” Quiz!!
Choose the correct answer. Try these quiz!!
1. Yum cha literally means “________”.
a). having a dinner with family
b). to touch the heart
c). drinking tea
2. Tea is more than a refreshment in China and Hong Kong. It is a(n) ________, a tonic, a social stimulant, a digestive aid – a way of life.
a).medicine
b).alcohol
c). instead of Mother's milk
3. No Hong Kong visit would be complete _________ a trip to one of the territory's fine teahouses or restaurants that specialize in dim sum.
a).that
b).without
c).with
4. In Imperial times in Northern China, the teahouse was the meeting place for_________.
a).women of communicating with their relative
b).gentlemen of leisure
c).children
5. Tapping the table with three fingers of a hand is a silent expression of gratitude to the member of the party who has＿＿＿＿ their cup.
a). refilled
b). washed
c). passed
True or False Quiz
1. People drink tea with snacks called Yum cha.
2. In Imperial times in Northern China, drinking tea was a very serious business for them.
3. The Cantonese, like the French, proudly proclaim that they live to eat, not eat to live.