【i】Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World

Hi

It's Cindy again.
There are a new four-part series programme on BBC 4, called ' Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World ' which is on Tuesday night, 22.00.
You can find the first part on BBC iPlayer, and watch the rest of them on TV in the following 3 weeks.
It's in Chinese Mandarin with English subtitle, so it will be good for listening practice.
Don't worry if you can't understand some phrases as they talk in a fast pace.
However, that's the pace we local people talk to each other.
It's a restaurant based in Hunan, so naturally people in the programme have Hunan accents.
Don't worry, Hunan accent is not bad at all.
Most of you might not tell the difference!

As some of you knew already, eating in China is a big matter.
It's socializing, not only having meals.
Chinese people say dining is the most important thing in the world.
Dining for Chinese people is like drinking for British.
It presents people's believing, customs,culture, history and everything else!
So you will see some strange things/dishes in this programme...
Don't be surprised!
Not every Chinese people eats everything you see in this programme!

Through this series, you will see Chinese way management/doing business.
How they manage people, how hard they work and how they appreciate their people network.

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Best regards

Cindy