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It happens to the best of us. Even if your home or office is strategically located in the heart of Sichuan

street, surrounded by a hundred different Chinese restaurants with upwards of a hundred different dishes

each, there will come a point when your stomach rebels and your heart starts pining for simpler fare. Or

maybe you'd kill for Chinese food but the only restaurant that delivers is the Korean one down the street.

Almost miraculously, this lesson is useful in either situation. If you're totally new to mandarin, join us as

we introduce the four tones, cover some basic words and phrases you can start using right away, and

learn how to steer your fellow diners towards the kind of food you want to eat.