Wednesday's lunch offerings for the Beijing delegation featured the relatively mundane egg drop soup, boiled corn, stir-fried bokchoy and sticky rice with pork.

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That means fewer bargain buckets of wings and more congee, a rice porridge with pork, pickles or mushrooms.

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The final stop, in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), includes chef-led cooking classes and a street-food tour -- and boundless opportunities for trying snacks such as banh mi (sandwiches), pho (spicy noodle soup), goi du du (green papaya salad) and banh xeo (rice pancakes with pork and shrimp).

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Sip a serious scotch and watch him dab beef ribs and pork chops with his homemade sauce, serving them up along with rice, beans and collard greens to those with the late-night munchies.

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She made this one-dish meal of stir fried pork belly, shallots, mushrooms, garlic and shredded cabbage cooked with rice.

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According to Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold, diners will have an option to choose between rice and noodles topped with ingredients such as chicken satay, tofu, pork meatballs, Chinese broccoli and eggplant.

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The donburi, a traditional Japanese dish that consists of rice and savoury toppings, can be ordered with US flavours like taco meat (spiced minced pork), creole chicken or shrimp patties instead of teriyaki meats.

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