When the Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, a "competition" of foreign athletes to "dry rice" is also unconsciously opened. A number of foreign athletes staying in the Winter Olympic Village put their energy on the "immersive" experience of food, not only able to skillfully use chopsticks, but also filmed and shared on overseas social platforms, praising China's thoughtful and intimate service, and winning the praise of many Chinese and foreign netizens. Among them, traditional Chinese foods such as dumplings and spicy hot sauce frequently appear on camera, and the food show of the Winter Olympics is "out of the circle". According to the information introduced by the pre-competition organizing committee, the menu of Beijing Winter Olympic Village has a total of 678 dishes, which are cycled every 8 days. It is loved by foreign athletes because of its dazzling food and delicious nutrition, and there are athletes who eat online: delicious enough to not want to return home.
Julia of the United States. In an interview with NBC, Marino said he had eaten two hundred dumplings.
Summer Britcher, an off-site short video blogger who excels at funny, posted a number of funny stories about her life with her teammates in the Winter Olympic Village on TikTok. Among them is an interesting scene where she learns tai chi at the Winter Olympic Village Cultural Center with the help of interactive experience facilities. In the short video, Bridger and two teammates accompanied by soothing Chinese style music, making Tai Chi movements such as golden rooster independence and white crane bright wings, and marked in the caption: "Chinese Kung Fu". At the athletes' restaurant, Britcher said she has tasted more than 20 kinds of Chinese food, and her favorite is dumplings. Julia Marino, the American who won the silver medal in the women's steeplechase at the Beijing Winter Olympics, also loves dumplings, and she revealed in an interview that she has eaten 200 dumplings since staying in the Olympic Village, and said that whenever she returns from training and competition, she will eat them.
Soothe the mind with bean bags between games
Malta's Janice. Spitery eats bean buns during the game.
Jenise Spiteri, Malta's only athlete to play at the Beijing Winter Olympics, completed the women's U-shaped track skills qualification tournament on the 9th. When waiting for the scores to be announced at the end of the first round of skating, she was slightly nervous due to a mistake in the course of the game, but she took out half of the leftover bean bag from her pocket and ate it carefully in front of the camera. "I was so nervous this morning that I couldn't eat, so I put the bean bag in my backpack and I had one in my pocket." She said in an interview after the game: "I made a mistake in the first round of skating, and when I stood there, I suddenly found that I had a bean bag in my pocket, so I wanted to simply take a bite, soothe my wounded heart after the mistake, and give myself a little sweetness." ”
Janice Spitery says she loves Chinese food and eats 6 bean packs a day, two for breakfast, two for lunch, and two for dinner. She said the red bean-stuffed bun was her favorite food in the Winter Olympic Village. "I love bean buns, it tastes great!"
Multinational athletes "side business" as a food broadcast
American Tessa. Maud eats dumplings with chopsticks.
At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, American snowboarding actress Tessa Maud, who was moved to tears by the enthusiasm of the volunteers, had a unique love for Chinese food in the Winter Olympic Village. Between competitions, she will explore the shops in the Winter Olympic Village every day to "eat broadcasts", especially like to eat dumplings, one bite at a time. In addition, Kung Pao chicken, scallion oil cake and even rice noodles have also become the protagonists of the film, as well as mapo tofu and a variety of local noodles, Tessa Maude almost tasted every delicacy she took, and patiently and meticulously told the fans about the taste of each food, and scored each food. She also took a group photo with the "Year of the Tiger" on the second day of the Chinese New Year, showing dumplings and noodles, winning the New Year's wishes of netizens.
Dutch player Yuta. Lairdan posted a video of him eating spicy hot on social platforms.
Speed skater Jutta Leerdam from the Netherlands posted the "Winter Olympic Village Tour" Vlog on the social platform Photo Wall (Instagram), which received more than 200,000 likes. In the face of a variety of global cuisines, she chose the spicy and hot with more "Chinese flavor" and ate it with relish, successfully attracting the attention of many netizens. A netizen left a message asking, "What kind of food is that?" Subsequently, a number of netizens familiar with China answered the post, "China's famous snack - spicy hot" and "it is healthier than the fries burger". Some netizens were spicy hot circle powder after watching the video, and shouted directly: "I like it too much, healthy food, delicious!"
Filip Fjeld Anderson, a "post-95" youth from Norway, also shared his smiling and big mouth on the short video platform. Because many foreign friends are very curious, is the variety of food in the Winter Olympic Village of the Beijing Winter Olympics really all free? So PhilipFiyerd Anderson made a video explaining that all food, whatever you eat and drink, is completely free, but also serves 24 hours a day, and finally he jokes to himself: When you leave here, you may be 10 pounds fat!
Source: Hong Kong Wen Wei Po