The Weekend - Stir Fry (C0194)

A:  Oh, man. I had the best supper last night. My wife made a stir fry and it was amazing!
B:  I love stir fry Crispy bite-sized vegetables covered in a mixture of soy sauce and oyster sauce. Wilted greens and fresh bean sprouts. Throw in some onion and garlic and ginger! Mmm! Mmm! It's almost lunchtime. I would die for a plate of stir fry right now!
A:  Well, you can keep the vegetables, I'll take the meat. The stir fry my wife made was really hearty, with chunks of beef and slivers of bell peppers and onion...
B:  What? You call that a stir fry? More meat than vegetables? That's the worst insult you could throw at a Chinese stir fry What a disgrace to the wok she fried it in! What you had is equivalent to a fajita without the wrap! Silly Americans!

Key Vocabulary

bite-sizedyou can eat it with one bite
soya source of oil and is eaten as food
oystera large flat shelfish
wilteddying
beanthe seed of a climbing plant
sprouta new growth on a plant
heartylarge(used for meals)
chunka solid piece or lump
sliversmall thin sharp pieces
bell peppera kind of pepper, with hot-tasting
woka large metal Chinese cooking pot
be equivalent toequal to
fajitaa Mexican meal consists of chicken and vegetables
bite-sizedyou can eat it with one bite
soya source of oil and is eaten as food
oystera large flat shelfish
wilteddying
bean sproutthe sprout of beans, eaten as a vegetable
heartylarge(used for meals)
chunka solid piece or lump
sliversmall thin sharp pieces
bell pepperlarge bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or
woka large metal Chinese cooking pot
be equivalent toequal to
fajitaa Mexican meal consists of chicken and vegetables
throw inaction of adding something
die forextremely desirable
disgraceshame, loss of reputation or dishonour

Supplementary Vocabulary

Chop sueyAmerican-Chinese dish consisting of meats cooked quickly with vegetables and bound in a starch-thickened sauce
Kung Pow ChickenChinese dish made with peanuts and marinated with chilli peppers
Fortune Cookie
Chow Mein

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