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Guiyang Hotpot 贵阳酸汤火锅

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ID: 3108 Pre-Intermediate
Two friends sit down to have a special hotpot in Guiyang, which uses a fermented sour soup base. Learn vocabulary in dining settings, such as 二维码, 蘸水, and 涮. And learn about some exotic ingredients like 折耳根, the fishy-smell grass, and 木姜子, mountain peppers.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
套餐 tào cān set meal
出示 chū shì to show, to present
二维码 èr wéi mǎ QR code
辣度 là dù spice level
你好,我们在大众点评上买了双人套餐。
Nǐ hǎo, wǒmen zài Dàzhòng Diǎnpíng shang mǎi le shuāngrén tàocān.
Hi — we bought the two-person set meal on Dianping.
好的,请出示一下二维码。
Hǎo de, qǐng chūshì yíxià èrwéimǎ.
Certainly. Could you show me the QR code?
套餐里的酸汤锅底要什么辣度?我们有微辣、中辣、特辣。
Tàocān lǐ de suāntāng guōdǐ yào shénme làdù? Wǒmen yǒu wēilà, zhōnglà, tèlà.
What spice level would you like for the sour-soup base in the set? We have mild, medium and extra hot.
微辣吧。我们是从外地来的。
Wēilà ba. Wǒmen shì cóng wàidì lái de.
Mild, I think. We're from out of town.
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