【推荐1】My family makes the best chicken salad. Dad prepares (准备) all of the ingredients and mom makes the relish. There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from other chicken salads. First, we use jam (果酱) in the relish. You can buy any jam, like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use the strawberry jam. Second, we put some green olives (橄榄). Green olives give the salad a nice taste and make a big difference. Now let me tell you how my family makes the salad.

First mix up all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. The ingredients are chicken, tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. If you like lettuce, you can also put some. Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt. Finally, mix the relish with the salad ingredients.

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You may have seen someone pour milk foam (泡沫) into a coffee, upon which a beautiful pattern appears. But have you seen the art in a cup of tea?

Dian cha is a tea art from the Song Dynasty. The art begins with pouring water over fine powdered (粉状的) tea and creating a paste (膏). Then add more hot water and whisk (搅打) it by hand with a bamboo whisk (搅拌器). It is believed that the art later spread to other parts of East Asia, including Japan. In 2019, it was listed as an intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) of Runzhou district, Zhenjang city, Jiangsu province.

Han Zheming, a 40-year-old designer (设计师) from Shanghai, has been interested in dian cha since he was a child. Over the past six years, Han has used tea and spoons to create nearly 200 patterns based on ancient paintings. “My mother loves traditional culture and I learn dian cha under her influence. The art gives people a much stronger sense of occasion (气氛), so drinking tea is more fun,” said Han.

In fact, creating patterns on the tea foam is not easy. It is quick work. Usually, the whole process has to be finished within 10 minutes. It takes at least a year of practice for one to be able to do it. In order to spread dian cha culture to more people, Han posted the process of tea—whisking and drawing online, attracting (吸引) more than 20,000 followers.

【推荐3】Hi! I’m Mr. Cool. The Noodle House has really good noodles, they are cheap and they’re great! You can get small, medium, or large bowls of noodles. The Noodle House has some great specials. Special A has beef and tomatoes and is only RMB 5. Special B has mutton and cabbage. It is RMB 6. And Special C comes with chicken and carrots. It’s RMB 7. Special C is my favorite. You can get some other great food at the Noodle House. For example, you can get 16 dumplings for RMB 10. You can get great desserts! You can get strawberry, banana and chocolate ice creams. They’re all nice!

Come and try the food in Noodle House! It’s open from 8: 00 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. every day.