Love breakfast? Love pancake? Love free? Well, an American family restaurant has announced plans to serve millions of free pancakes for breakfast in celebration of National Pancake Day.
By the way, there are pancakes in China, too! What do you know about Chinese breakfast? Do you like it?
nǐ zǎo cān chī de shén me 你 早 餐 吃 的 什 么？ What did you have for breakfast?
wǒ hái méi chī ne 我 还 没 吃 呢。 I haven't had it yet.
nà zěn me xínɡ, zǎo cān duì nǐ de jiàn kānɡ hěn zhònɡ yào 那 怎 么 行， 早 餐 对 你 的 健 康 很 重 要。 Come on, breakfast is very important for your health.
wǒ zhī dào, wǒ xiàn zài jiù qù mǎi wǎn zhōu 我 知 道， 我 现 在 就 去 买 碗 粥。 I know, and I'm going to buy congee right now.
Just like Chinese cuisine, our breakfasts vary greatly between different regions, too.
Northern China: breakfast fare typically includes steamed buns in different shapes, such as Baozi, Mantou and Hua Juan, with dòunǎi or dòujiāng.
包子 bāo zi Baozi
馒头 mán tou Mantou
花卷 huā juǎn Steamed Mandarin rolls
Central and eastern China: breakfasts are characterized by the combination of both northern and southern dishes. Plain rice porridge served with numerous side dishes, such as salted duck eggs, pickled vegetables, and preserved eggs; or dòujiāng served with yóutiáo.
粥 zhōu congee
豆浆+油条 dòu jiānɡ + yóu tiáo soymilk & oil strip
Southern China: In many cases, congee is prepared with any kind of ingredients, such as beef slices, shredded salted pork, minced meat, thousand-year eggs, fish, or sliced pig's liver and kidney, meatballs, frog, chicken, or even abalone. You can find not less than one hundred combinations on the menus of such congee restaurants. Other breakfast items include chánɡ fěn, fried noodles and jiān bǐnɡ.
肠粉 chánɡ fěn Rice noodle roll
煎饼 jiān bǐnɡ Chinese pancake
With Western influence, today you can also find cakes, bread, milk, coffee for breakfast. But if you're curious just have a try of Chinese! Do you want to taste?
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