This book is truly awesome. If I could give it six stars I would.
It gives a systematic way to read menus written in the Chinese language.
Yes, it's 'traditional' Chinese which means it will be of limited use in mainland China that uses the 'simplified' system introduced (actually quite a good move) by Chairman Mao. But for people going to Hong Kong, Taiwan, or the UK it will work well and allow you to order off the Chinese menu instead of the Western menu. (I suspect it would work quite well in PRC as well but I will need to confirm that with native speakers to be sure).
There is a teaching section with exercises, but you're not expected to learn all the characters, you just need to learn the relatively simple food naming systems and how they can permute and how to look up characters in the extensive entirely food related dictionary. The lookup system is a lot simpler than trying to use a Chinese dictionary or a phrasebook and will give you a more accurate result than trying to use automated translation tools which haven't been specialised for food.
I bought this in preparation for a trip to Hong Kong on the basis of it being name checked on a Chinese food dictionary web page. I will practice in my local Cantonese restaurant with relish to hone my skills :)
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