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In the evening, various Chinese banquets of Cantonese cuisine are held in the restaurant. Tea house : chaa lau ( Chinese : 茶樓 ), is a place serving only tea, dim sum and simple dishes. Wine house : jau lau ( Chinese : 酒樓 ), is a place serving banquets. i.e. 9-course menu usually for a table of 12 guests.
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from Chinese Pidgin English chop chop. Chop suey: Cantonese 雜碎: jaap 6 seui 3 'mixed pieces' Chow Cantonese 炒: seiiau 2: From meaning 'cook', perhaps based on Cantonese. lit. 'to stir fry' Chow chow: Cantonese any of a breed of heavy-coated blocky dogs of Chinese origin Chow mein: Cantonese 炒麵: chau 2 mein 6
In English, the term "Cantonese" can be ambiguous. "Cantonese" as used to refer to the language native to the city of Canton, which is the traditional English name of Guangzhou, was popularized by An English and Cantonese Pocket Dictionary (1859), a bestseller by the missionary John Chalmers. [6]
Dai pai dong (traditional Chinese: 大牌檔; simplified Chinese: 大牌档; Jyutping: daai6 paai4 dong3; pinyin: dàpáidàng) is a type of open-air food stall.The term originates from Hong Kong [1] but has been adopted outside Hong Kong as well.