What City in China do You Most Want to Visit?

Question

There are many cities:

Harbin

Shenyang

Dalian

Tianjin

Beijing

Qingdao

Hefei

Wuhan

Nanjing

Suzhou

Xlamen

Guangzhou

Hong Kong

Macau

Haikou

Chongqing

Chengdu

Xian

Yinchuan

Yumen

Urumqi

Yining

Lhasa

Without considering the upcoming Olympics as a factor, what city do you most want to visit?

Answer 1

Hong kong. Because I like the food.

Hong Kong is known for its dim sum (點心), delicately prepared morsels of Cantonese cuisine served from a never ending procession of carts and eaten with tea. Dim sum is usually eaten for breakfast or lunch and is often the focus of family get-togethers on Sundays. An excellent place to go for dim sum is City Hall in Central - just be sure to ask for the dim sum restaurant. If you go to some restaurants in the more local areas (such as Kennedy Town) ask if they have an English menu. In such restaurants customers are often required to write their requirements on a tick-box sheet and hand them to the waiter.

Besides dim sum, Hong Kong is also known for its roasted meats, especially roast goose though duck and pork are also readily available. Roast meat is typically served with rice or noodles. Congee (ç²¥ juk) is also widespread in Hong Kong and is best eaten at the smaller eateries, though many of them have only Chinese menus. Nevertheless, that shouldn't put you off and nobody can claim to have experienced the cullinary culture of Hong Kong without having a taste of its congee.

Hong Kong also has some pretty good snacks, the most famous among ethnic Chinese tourists being a sweet pastry known as Sweetheart Cakes (老婆餅 lo po peng) and the most famous shop selling this is Hang Heung (恒香), located at Yuen Long (元朗) in the New Territories, though there are branches located throughout all of Hong Kong.

For those who wish to eat Hong Kong's famous seafood, there are different locations in Hong Kong's coastal areas where freshly caught seafood is cooked and served. Places like Sai Kung, Po Doi O, Lei Yu Mun, Lau Fau Shan are good places to find restaurants specialized in seafood. These restaurants have different tanks to keep the seafood alive and will present live seafood specimens to their patrons for them to choose before cooking. Raw fish, known as yee sang (魚生) in Hong Kong, is a relatively popular dish and is prepared differently from Japanese sashimi.

Many exotic delicacies like abalone, conch and bamboo clam can be found for sale in many seafood restaurants. The price of seafood increases where the species is a rarity. Some of the fish and seafood for sale maybe endangered by overfishing, so the WWF urges consumers to be aware of buying endangered species. Try to avoid buying juvenile fish that have not had a chance to breed. A vigorous campaign has been fought in Hong Kong to stop people buying shark fin.

In addition to the usual Cantonese fare, Hong Kong is also home to several good Teochew (known locally as Chiuchow) restaurants serving Teochew dishes such as braised goose (鹵鵝) and yam paste dessert (芋泥).

As with Chinese cuisine elsewhere, food in Hong Kong is generally eaten with chopsticks. The usual etiquette when using chopsticks apply, such as not sticking your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice. Dishes in smaller eateries might not come with a serving spoon though they would usually provide one if you request.

Answer 2

yunnan ,i heard it's beautiful and the weather is so cool

Answer 3

Jinhong in Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan Province.  My best friend and I stayed there for holiday during China's snowstorms this year and it was beautiful.  The people there are so amazing and friendly.  I think most travelers only stay for 2-3 days there, but you miss all the little interesting things that way because you don't get to know anybody.  We stayed there for over a week since CCTV-9 kept showing us how bad all the rest of the places we wanted to go were.  I still talk to some of the people I met there on the internet.  We bought fabric at this fabric market off one of the back streets and had a great time hanging out with the vendors once we finished buying our stuff.  Sometimes it the small places that are the best.  I'm hoping to go back again during my winter break next year.

Answer 4

I think it depends what you are looking for. If you want to learn about Chinese history, you should visit Beijing, Xian and Shenyang. If you like to enjoy the Chinese country site, you should visit Gulin, Yunan and the Taishan mountains.

If you want to go on a shopping spree, you can visit Hongkong and Macau. There is simply something for every taste.

Answer 5

You didn't mention Hangzhou, which is the 8th largest city in China and one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities. At one time it was the capital of China and the largest city in the world when the Song Dynasty ruled. It is located on West Lake and home to some of China's oldest temples. I studied there and loved it and I went to a few other cities as well, but if I ever go back to China, I would revisit there for sure.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Chengdu! I have heard and read that the food is great. The people are warm. I really want to go. Next on my list are Dalian and Qingdao!

Answer 8

hmmm... Harbin

Answer 9

hong kong

Answer 10

Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou. I have affinity for these three because I'm quite fluent in Cantonese. So communication is not a trouble which helps me enjoy my stay there.