In the western world, Chinese takeout with rice and forturne cookies(幸运饼干) is a popular kind of food. But this kind of Chinese food isn't very authentic(正宗的),it is very /`dɪfrənt/from real Chinese food. Now over the years, real Chinese(dish) have become more popular in foreign countries as well.
Chinese people who live /ə`brɔ:d/introduced many of them. Some have been popular in foreign countries for many years others are new, like tanghulu. It is a traditional Chinese snack that is madefruit, usually Chinese hawthorns(山楂). The fruit is struck on a stick of bamboo. Then it is (cover) with sugar syrup(糖浆), which becomes hard after it cools down.
Wang JiaLiang, a tanghulu vendor(摊贩)from China, sold 8,000 sticks in Russia one day. Tanghulu made him/ˈfeɪməs/ in Russia, with his picture (appear) in the local newspaper. In the Russian city of Vladiostok, the deputy mayor(副市长)is a big fan of the snack, always coming to buy it(he) from Wang JiaLiang.
