Mandarin for Ordering Food at a Chinese Restaurant: 5 Phrases You'll Actually Use

You're at a Chinese restaurant — the menu is full of characters you don't recognize, and the waiter is already standing by your table waiting for your order.

The good news: you don't need to memorize the whole menu. There are 5 phrases that, once you know them, cover 90% of ordering situations.

All these phrases — plus vocabulary for dishes, cooking methods, and flavors common on Chinese menus — are in Pocket Mandarin's Survival Kit, ready to tap and hear spoken aloud.