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I don't want to deprive the restaurant of its best customers,
我并不想讓這家餐廳失去它最好的顧客
but after 52 years cooking for celebrities, presidents and royalty
但是有了52年為各界名流，總統(tǒng)和皇室做飯的經(jīng)歷
I'm certain I can persuade them to try some authentic home cooking.
我確定，我能說服他們嘗試一下地道的家常菜
While Ching takes a break, I've offered to prepare a meal for them at Mrs Liao's house.
瀞億休息的時(shí)候，我要去廖太太的家里為他們做一頓飯
I thought, OK, that's a good opportunity for me to actually
我想，這對我來說是一個(gè)
make sweet and sour as we Cantonese make it, which is the real thing.
做糖醋肉的好機(jī)會，用廣東人的方法做，正宗的
I've come to the old Bao Hau road to buy ingredients for my sweet and sour pork.
我來到歷史悠久的寶華路采買做糖醋肉所需要的材料
Guangzhou is in China's wealthiest province.
廣州位于中國最富有的省份
Thanks to manufacturing, people here are among the country's highest earners.
因?yàn)橹圃鞓I(yè)發(fā)達(dá)，這里的人是全國最高的收入群體
They demand quality and variety in their food, and in this market you can buy almost anything.
人們看重食物的多樣性和質(zhì)量，在這個(gè)市場里你幾乎可以買到你想買的任何東西
Live frogs.
活青蛙
You know what we call live frogs?
你知道我們怎么稱呼活青蛙嗎
Chicken of the fields.
田雞
There's a famous saying that
有句很有名的老話說
we Cantonese eat everything on four legs except the table anything that flies, except an airplane
四條腿除了板凳，帶翅膀除了飛機(jī)，其它廣東人都敢吃
Well, this would be nice to put in sweet and sour, it's very unusual - mangosteen.
這個(gè)放在糖醋肉里不錯(cuò)，這個(gè)挺特別，山竹果
Mangosteens are a South Asian fruit with a sweet, tangy flesh, which makes them ideal for this dish.
山竹果是一種東南亞水果，果肉有撲鼻的甜味，這使得它很適合入菜
I got mangosteen and some pear apples.
我買了山竹果和一些蘋果梨
I learnt how to cook sweet and sour pork from my uncle Paul
我的糖醋肉是向我的叔叔Paul學(xué)的
who had a restaurant in Chicago's China Town.
他在芝加哥的唐人街開了家餐館
He taught me which cuts of meat to look for.
他教給我要買哪一部分肉
I'm using the most tender part of the pork,
我要用最嫩的豬肉
not the belly that needs more cooking, but a piece that
不用需要更多烹飪的五花肉，而用一塊
I can stir-fry very quickly and toss in the sweet and sour sauce.
我可以很快的煸炒然后放入糖醋汁中拌炒的肉
Mrs Liao is retired and lives in the commercial district of Guangzhou.
廖先生退休了，住在廣州的商業(yè)區(qū)
It looks like word of my visit has spread.
看起來我要來拜訪的消息已經(jīng)傳開了
Mrs Liao has invited the entire neighbourhood!
廖太太邀請了所有的鄰居
That's a Chinese Buddha.
這是個(gè)中國佛
Chinese Buddha's are always fat.
中國的佛總是很胖
Mr Liao could not have displayed religious icons
廖先生在文革期間不能
during the cultural revolution, but, since 1978,
擺放宗教塑像，但是自1978年開始
the Chinese constitution has guaranteed freedom of worship.
中國憲法保護(hù)信仰自由
This is quite lovely.
這個(gè)非常可愛
I have the same thing in my home in Thailand.
我泰國的家里有個(gè)一樣的
It's 23 years since I was last in Guangzhou,
距我上次來廣州已經(jīng)23年了
so before I cook dinner I'm keen to hear how life has changed for its residents.
所以做飯前，我很想聽一下這些居民的生活發(fā)生了怎樣的改變
