Hello Asian food lovers! I will talk about one of my favorite Asian restaurants in Ankara--Quick China. There's one at Bilkent Center, so it's convenient for me to go there. Although the name is Quick China, there are various Asian food choices in the menu. Of course they provide chopsticks, and they even have special ones with the tops wrapped together for those who are still unfamiliar with using chopsticks! These are some pages from the menu. As you can see, there are mainly Chinese and Japanese dishes. Whether you like the iconic sushi, soup noodles (Ramen), fried rice/noodle, or meat with Asian sauce, you can find it in the menu. These are the free appetizers they serve. There are fried chickens, sushi, and a sour drink. I have to say that the fried chicken is totally delicious! When you bite into it, you can feel the juicy texture and the crispy outside mixed together. The sushi is also good, but what we ordered is better. This is one of the sushi we ordered. This one is called Spider Roll. There are crab, shrimp, octopus, cucumber, avocado, flying fish roe, and sauce in it. What makes it more tasty is the crispy outside. I think I haven't seen sushi with crispy outsides in Taiwan or Japan (at least I haven't tried it before), so it really amazes me! With sushi, you can eat it in the original flavor or with some soy sauce or wasabi (the green spicy sauce). Personally, I like to savor them in the original flavor. Are you curious about how sushi is made? Since the chefs are making sushi in an open kitchen, I had an opportunity to take videos of them. A Brief History of SushiThe origin of sushi is believed to have been during the second century A.D. in Southeast Asia. At that time, people wrapped fish inside rice to preserve it. After several months, they would throw away the rice and ate the fermented fish. It spread out and eventually changed its form in Japan. People began to add vinegar to shorten the fermenting time, and it actually helped cover the raw flavor of the fish. In the 1820's, chefs started using raw fish in their sushi, known as Edo-style sushi. This is the style you will find in most sushi restaurants. References: iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall09/smith_j/history.html Here are some other dishes I tried in Quick China. The first picture is wonton soup. The soup base is different from what we ate in Taiwan, but it is still good. I think they add some sauce to make it more salty, while in Taiwan, we tend to have clear simple soup base. There are four dishes in the second picture-- two ramen (soup noodles), one pineapple fried rice, and a plate of sushi. The ramen with darker color soup is salty. It's more like a Japanese style soup. (Ramen soup in Japan is usually really salty) The pineapple fried rice is really delicious! It reminded us of food from home, and they actually serve the rice inside a cut pineapple! Quick China is actually the first Asian restaurant I tried in Ankara, but I saved it until the end. I've tried fried noodles, fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, sushi, ramen, and soup there, and all of them are really well cooked. So if you are still deciding which restaurant to start your Asian food journey, Quick China is a good choice! Let's finish this post with a picture with one of the staffs there. They wear aprons with Chinese words. It actually means "quick China". Quick China: Üniversiteler Mh., 4. Cad. Bilkent Center D:3/37, 06800 Çankaya/Ankara
Website: https://quickchina.com.tr/en/
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Pei Chi Chen (Peggy)I am a girl from Taiwan currently as an exchange student in Bilkent University. I love to meet people, taste delicious food, and travel.
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