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Group 6

Topic:   Food and Restaurants

Title:   Where to dine when sightseeing Taipei?

 I.   Introduction
Thesis Statement:Tourists in Taipei are able to locate food of exotic flavors
                                from small food stands at prices affordable to students,  
                                office workers, and working couples to luxurious
                                expensive gourmet restaurants in a style of imperial
                                 banquet.  

 II.  Various Exotic Flavors and Recipes 
A.  Chinese Food
    1.   Local food: Describe recipes of meat ball, oyster omelet, and corn
          starch soup with pork or sea food like squid and fun at night
          market        
B.  French Food
    1.  Crepe (¥iÄR»æ): Describe ingredients and recipes including pancake
          stuffed with vegetables like lettuce, tomato, sweat corn, green onions,
          ham, bacon, prawn all finely chopped or diced
    2.  Discuss reasons popular among young people
C.        Italian Pastry and Pasta
    1.   Pizza and Spaghetti: Describe ingredients and recipes
    2.   Discuss reasons to be popular
D.        American fast food:
    1.   Burgers, Submarines, and Fried Chickens
          Describe ingredients and recipes
    2.  Discuss advantages: Quick to serve, fresh and free from food
          contamination
    3.  Disadvantages: High fat, high calories and cholesterol, low fiber,
          overeating resulting in obesity or heart disease 

 III.  Table Manners
A. Chinese feasts
    1.  Describe something should be done (etiquettes)
    2.  Describe something shouldn¡¦t be done (taboos)
B. Western banquet
    1.  Describe etiquettes
    2.  Describe taboos
C. Compare similar customs or discuss differences of the table manners
      observed by two cultures

 IV. Famous restaurants for pleasant meals with families and friends
      A. Five Star Hotel
      B. Food Courts in Department Stores like Sogo, Breeze, and  Warner
           Village
      C. Restaurants

 V. Conclusion.
            A. Summary
            B. Suggestion
                1. Budget and tipping ¡V simple meals or formal dinners, dining fees
                     including 10 % service     
                2. Food poison and sanitation ¡V government and food service policies