President Xi Jinping Friday offered traditional Chinese delicacies like bean curd with mushroom and water chestnut in bean sauce during the fully-vegetarian banquet he hosted in the honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
The entire list included, sour and spicy soup with fired dough, assorted vegetables with pancake and red bean rice, bean curd with mushroom, water chestnut in bean sauce, braised asparagus and bamboo fungus with lotus root, noodle dumpling and pancake, fruits and sorbet, apart from the first course.
The dinner was followed by a colourful cultural event in the ancient city of Xi'an, which is also the hometown of President Xi.
This was a departure from protocol and is being seen as a reciprocal gesture by the Chinese leader who was hosted by Modi in Ahmedabad when he visited India.
