Gwoy Zoo. Fruits. Kwoh Zuh. Seeds. Cha Sam Soo. Tea, and Rice Whiskey. « As to the Chinese, at their formal dinners or feasts no menus are used. The bill of fare consists of an interminable list of dishes, and which has been arranged by the author in the form of a menu card. The tables are laden with such dishes as shark-fins, beche-de-mer fish, fish- soup, chicken-soup, duck-soup, rice, rice, rice, and tea, tea, tea, and tea ; not forgetting the edible birds' nests, candies, and cakes. One's appetite is almost taken away on entering a Chinese house at which a banquet is to be given — the effect of burning incense and other vile herbs. The Chinese can be extremely polite. Champagne is a favorite drink among Chinese officials at the Treaty Ports, and is always brought out when they have a foreign guest. i6 THE TABLE. Luimano. Fish Soup. Sashimi. Raw Sliced Fish. |)okol)ama fflnw. jJapan. Cha. Tea. Shirn. Bean Soup. Nizakana. Boiled Fish. Shiwoyaki. Roasted Fish. Muchitori. Boiied Vegetables Umani. Fish and Vegetables. Trubonomoni. Vegetables. Gozen. Boiled Rice. Tsukemono. Pickles. Shoyu. Sauce. Saki. Rice Whiskey. Cha. Tea. Ohira. Vegetable Soup. Teriyaki. Roast Fish. A most delicious sauce, called "Shoyu," which is the basis of Wor- cestershire sauce, is also used to give spice to the food. Throughout the repast the guests are served from time to time with " Saki," a pale liquor made from rice, and which tastes very much like sherry. It is served hot, and is a most insinuating tipple. In a large party you. are expected to exchange cups and drink with every one present. The result is that, in nine cases out of ten, you leave the house just a " wee bit fu'," as they say in Scotland. Like the Chinese, no knives, forks, or napkins are used — " chop sticks" only. To smack your lips or belch during the feast is, strange to say of such a supremely polite people, not considered bad form. CURIOUS MENUS OF VARIOUS NATIONS. 417 Corea Ulenu. Cha. Tea. Fou Yoon An. Finely Chopped Ham, with Eggs. Whey Sum. Bamboo Shoots, with Mushrooms and Beche-de-mer Fish. Chow Kai Goot. Dice-shaped Spring Chicken-bones, Served in Sweetmeat Pickles. Chow Lok Zeow. Finely Sliced Green Peppers, Fried with Cut Beef and Celery. Gow Jee. Finely Chopped, Spiced Pork, Wrapped in Thin Dough, then Steamed. Chow Mien. A Kind of Boiled Macaroni, Fried with Thin Strips of Chicken, Pork. Mushrooms, and Celery. Bing Lon. Betel-nuts Preserved in Rock Candy. Cha. Tea. Sam Soo. Rice Liquor. In Corea Chinese fashions are very closely followed. Greasy messes and appetite-destroying smells are their most characteristic features. The food is always conveyed to the mouth by the aid of " chop sticks," and during the progress of a meal the mind becomes catered to by an animated conversation. Kanaka JlUntr. djauwuatt Jslanbs. FISH. Raw Mullet Raw Gold-fish. Shell Fish. Broiled Taro. Chili Peppers. Small Onions. ENTRIES. Raw Liver. Roast Pig. Roast Fish. Stewed Taro. THE TABLE. VEGETABLES. Papaias. Cabbage. Sweet Potatoes. FRUIT. Bananas. Mangoes. Oranges. Apples. Kono Coffee. Taro. Guavas. Hawaiian Tea. LIQUOR. Ookulian (pronounced O-ku-le-on). Hawaiian Pipe of Friendship.

AI-modernized reading of the original text

Chop Sticks. Knives, Forks, Napkins. Seeds. Cha Sam Soo. Tea, and Rice Whiskey. As to the Chinese, at their formal dinners or feasts no menus are used. The bill of fare consists of an interminable list of dishes, and which has been arranged by the author in the form of a menu card. The tables are laden with such dishes as shark-fins, beche-de-mer fish, fishsoup, chicken-soup, duck-soup, rice, rice, rice, and tea, tea, tea, and tea ; not forgetting the edible birds' nests, candies, and cakes. One's appetite is almost taken away on entering a Chinese house at which a banquet is to be given — the effect of burning incense and other vile herbs. The Chinese can be extremely polite. Champagne is a favorite drink among Chinese officials at the Treaty Ports, and is always brought out when they have a foreign guest. Luimano. Fish Soup. Sashimi. Raw Sliced Fish. |)okol)ama fflnw. jJapan. Cha. Tea. Shirn. Bean Soup. Nizakana. Boiled Fish. Shiwoyaki. Roasted Fish. Muchitori. Boiled Vegetables Umani. Fish and Vegetables. Trubonomoni. Vegetables. Gozen. Boiled Rice. Tsukemono. Pickles. Shoyu. Sauce. Saki. Rice Whiskey. Cha. Tea. Ohira. Vegetable Soup. Teriyaki. Roast Fish. A most delicious sauce, called "Shoyu," which is the basis of Worcestershire sauce, is also used to give spice to the food. Throughout the repast the guests are served from time to time with " Saki," a pale liquor made from rice, and which tastes very much like sherry. It is served hot, and is a most insinuating tipple. In a large party you. are expected to exchange cups and drink with every one present. The result is that, in nine cases out of ten, you leave the house just a " wee bit fu'," as they say in Scotland. Like the Chinese, no knives, forks, or napkins are used — " chop sticks" only. To smack your lips or belch during the feast is, strange to say of such a supremely polite people, not considered bad form. Corea Ulenu. Cha. Tea. Fou Yoon An. Finely Chopped Ham, with Eggs. Whey Sum. Bamboo Shoots, with Mushrooms and Beche-de-mer Fish. Chow Kai Goot. Dice-shaped Spring Chicken-bones, Served in Sweetmeat Pickles. Chow Lok Zeow. Finely Sliced Green Peppers, Fried with Cut Beef and Celery. Gow Jee. Finely Chopped, Spiced Pork, Wrapped in Thin Dough, then Steamed. Chow Mien. A Kind of Boiled Macaroni, Fried with Thin Strips of Chicken, Pork. Mushrooms, and Celery. Bing Lon. Betel-nuts Preserved in Rock Candy. Cha. Tea. Sam Soo. Rice Liquor. In Corea Chinese fashions are very closely followed. Greasy messes and appetite-destroying smells are their most characteristic features. The food is always conveyed to the mouth by the aid of " chop sticks," and during the progress of a meal the mind becomes catered to by an animated conversation. Kanaka Dinners. Hawaiian Islands. Raw Mullet Raw Gold-fish. Shell Fish. Broiled Taro. Chili Peppers. Small Onions. Raw Liver. Roast Pig. Roast Fish. Stewed Taro. Papaias. Cabbage. Sweet Potatoes. FRUIT. Bananas. Mangoes. Oranges. Apples. Kono Coffee. Taro. Guavas. Hawaiian Tea. LIQUOR. Ookulian (pronounced O-ku-le-on). Hawaiian Pipe of Friendship.