Chinese dishes highlight (增色) Beijing Winter Olympics. Many foreign Winter Olympics players have gone crazy about Chinese food.
Julia Marino has tried lots of different foods in Beijing. But when she was asked in an interview what her favorite meal was at the Olympic Village, Marino answered quickly, "My favorite food is jiaozi. I've probably had about 200 jiaozi since I came here." |
Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri, from Malta, is another big fan of Chinese food, especially red bear buns, "It's my favorite food that I have in the Olympic village," said Spiteri. "I started eating them on the first day and then for breakfast, lunch and dinner." She has become the "red bean bun girl" in China |
Jutta Leerdam, a 23-year-old speed skating player, from the Netherlands, posted (发帖) her favorite spicy hotchpotch (麻辣烫) on the Internet. "This is the famous Chinese snack spicy hotchpotch. It is healthier than burgers and fries." |
German figure skater Nicole Schot said one of her favorite foods in the Olympic Village was rice. "It is different from all of our European rice," she said. "That's actually what I eat every single day although I have brought foods from home. |