Students and teachers who took part in the exchange between our school and the Beijing Academy of Educational Science Pilot Middle School found the food in China and the UK very different.
Ms Lilly Chen, a Mandarin teacher, said: "In the morning for breakfast people in Beijing eat steamed bread which is made from wheat and flour. They also sometimes eat dumplings and noodles." She explained about how Chinese food is quite balanced and healthy and that it consists of vegetables and lean meat.
She also said the citizens of Beijing don't really eat desserts or drink much wine, whereas English people drink a lot of wine and eat plenty of desserts.
Rose, 14, eats fish but not meat, and enjoyed the food in Beijing.
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She said: "It gave me a chance to eat food I would never have tried. I would have liked to try the duck but couldn't because I'm a vegetarian." She found that although there were more types of vegetables on the menu than in the UK, they were generally served as accompaniment to meat.
"There are fewer dishes for vegetarians in China that there are in the UK but the food in Beijing suits me better than the food over here. I like rice and noodles and dumplings," she said.
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