On May Day, my father and I went back to my hometown – Zibo in Shandong – to try Zibo barbecue (烧烤). Recently, the l food there has become so popular that people all over China travel there to taste it.
On the w to Zibo, my father told me a story. Last year during the COVID-19 pandemic (疫情), thousands of college students had to stay in Zibo. The local government h students to get through that period and offered a great barbecue dinner when it was over. The government officers also invited the students to come b to Zibo again when spring came. I was touched when I heard this.
At 5 pm, we a at the restaurant. My father had booked a table two days earlier. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any seats for us. There are some d between Zibo's barbecue and the ones in other cities. Zibo's barbecue restaurants have a small grill (烤架) on each table. People need to cook on the grill by t. When the food is ready, you put it onto a small pancake, and then add scallions (葱) and sauce before eating.
Some local people even put off (推迟) their orders when they heard there weren't e seats. They wanted tourists from other places to have more c to eat.
After eating the delicious food, I kept thinking about why Zibo became p. Is it the promise between the government and the college students, or the only, tasty food, or the kind people?
