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Sandwiches
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Amazing selections of fillings are now available, including continental meats and cheeses, vegetable mixes. Traditional sandwich fillings such as cheese and pickle, ham salad etc no longer take priority as more people are going for more ‘exotic’ fillings with a continental theme. A variety of breads such as ciabatta, olive bread, walnut bread etc. now makes any ordinary sandwich no longer boring but enjoyable to eat.
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Sandwich Bar
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Baguettes
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Becoming more popular are the variety of baguettes available, not just the fillings but the bread itself – white, wholemeal, rustic, walnut, olive – you name it! Fillings have become more exotic too, using continental meats and cheeses, chicken mixes such as Coronation chicken. But still the bacon and egg breakfast baguette or hot sausage baguette remains supreme in choice for that early morning ‘snack’.
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Sandwich Bar
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Hot Soup
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A variety of hot soups are normal sold, served from large barrel shaped tureens or soup kettles placed on the counter. Soups are usually simple such as tomato and basil, mushroom or vegetable. Normal served in polystyrene cups to take away.
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Sandwich Bar
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Fruit
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You will usually find a selection of standard fresh fruit available such as apples, bananas, oranges – but also there will frequently be a large bowl of fresh fruit salad with yoghurts. The fruit salad is put into a plastic or polystyrene container to take away, with a carton of yoghurt of your choice and a plastic spoon.
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Health Bar, Sandwich Bar
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Crispy Duck with Pancakes
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Served in virtually every Chinese restaurant around the country, Crispy Duck is a sociable way of eating with a group of friends or family. The duck is air-dried and then roasted in the oven with a honey and soy glaze and Chinese 5-Spice. This renders the skin crisp while the flesh stays tender. It is then shredded and served with a plum sauce, pancakes and finely sliced matchstick pieces of cucumber and spring onion. Take one of the pancakes from the bamboo steamer, a spoonful of sauce and top with the shredded vegetables and duck. Roll up and crunch it to it, simply delicious!
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Chinese
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Toasted Sandwiches
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Probably a big favourite in most sandwich bars and cooked either on a grill or in a Panini press, Italian style. You can pick your fillings and they will make it in front of you. Croque Monsieur is very popular (gruyere cheese and ham French style) as this is also buttered on the outside before grilling or sometimes frying. Croque Madame includes a fried egg as well.
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Sandwich Bar
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Packet Snacks
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Many varieties of potato chips of all flavours are sold, along with chocolate bars, cereal bars and other sweets. Muffins such as chocolate and blueberry in packets are also readily available. Vegetarian options on snacks have increased over the last five to 10 years, including vegetable crisps and vegetable chews.
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Sandwich Bar
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Beer
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Tsingtao is the most popular Chinese beer in China. Best served with spicy food, it is crisp and refreshing when ice cold. It has a nutty, sweet taste and is a perfect accompaniment to Chinese dishes. It is a lager style beer and a modest 4.8% alcohol.
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Chinese
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Jasmine Tea
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Jasmine Tea is a famous Chinese tea brew, deeply aromatic and usually served at the end of a meal with great ceremony. Always served with a teapot and cup, often on a bamboo mat. The unique flavour and aroma is caused by the jasmine blossom fragrance being absorbed into the tea during growth. Subtlely sweet, is is renowned throughout the world.
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Chinese
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Fizzy Drinks
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Great selection of the popular fizzy canned drinks are sold, including Coke, Sprite, Fanta, and also energy drinks have increased in popularity in the last few years. Natural and carbonated spring waters are also available in the cold cabinets as are plenty of fruit juices in plastic bottles and cartons with straws.
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Sandwich Bar
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Coffee
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All sandwich bars normally have an elaborate coffee machine, serving cappuccino, mocha, latte, Americanos and macchiatos. Plain black or white coffee, as well as tea, are always available – if you are really lucky, you may find frappaccino as well!
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Sandwich Bar
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Green Tea
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Green tea is very popular in Chinese restaurants and sushi bars. This could be due to its apparent ‘healing properties’ and distinct flavour. Green Tea aids digestion of raw food and has a slightly earthy but not unpleasant taste. Served in a cup that is often prettily decorated.
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Chinese, Sushi
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