the alternative is going to small shops where the menu is handwritten and without pictures
That’s what I used to do and then I’d look around and find something that looked nice on someone’s table and ask for that. And I learned the word for beer. It worked pretty well.
Also, going to KFC when you’re in a country with a rich culinary tradition… As an Italian you should know better.
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
If you want to eat foreign food in China you to have to go somewhere run by foreigners that will take the trouble to source ingredients are are extremely uncommon in China.