Most Popular Chinese Dishes
Did you know the Chinese Hamburger, or Rou Jia Mo? Rou jia mo bread also known as rou jia mo bread.The flatbread recipe is the same as that used with the Mutton Stew. The flling is generally pork, but you could substitute chicken or beef or even tofu. The meat is flavoured with spring onions …
Although this pancake originated from Taiwan, its popularity in Shanghai and at other street markets around China has made it a Chinese bestseller. The pancake is generally savoury with various toppings such as pork floss (a very light dried meat product, sold in Asian supermarkets, sometimes under the name rouxuong, or rousong), a fried egg, …
Shao Mai, or siu mai (steamed pork and prawn dumplings), were first served in a tea house along the Silk Road during the Ming dynasty. The pork and prawn filling sits in a little cup made of a thin wonton wrapper. Ingredients 12 wonton wrappers 12 peas Filling 100g pork loin,cut into small dice 175g …
If you are looking for delicious Chinese food. This article is for you! In this blog post, I’m going to introduce you to the 3 most popular street food in China. Chinese Barbecue (Shaokao) From a foodie’s perspective, Shanghai begins and ends on the street of Nanchang Lu. Everything in the world of food is …
In China, people don’t queue. I cant tell you the number of times I have been queue-jumped and how infuriated I was. Howeve, if you want to eat xiaolongbao in Nanxiang, a suburb of Shanghai in the Jiading District, you queue. Thi is where xiaolongbao were invented about 100 years ago, and they are still …
This is a traditional street food that can be found on most street vendors’ stalls in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, especially in the busy shopping districts, attracting hungry shoppers and people succumbing to a snack on their way home from work. Three of a kind usually includes aubergine, peppers and tofu, filled with a …
A pork chop bun(zhu pa bao), known as a Maranese hamburget, is one of the most popular snacks in Macao. Macao is a small peninsula in mainland China, acros the Pearl River Delta fom Hong Kong, and it was a Portuguese overseas teritory umtil 1999. When I visited recenty, it reflected a mix of Portuguese …
Char shao su(Barbecued Pork Puffs) is a local traditional snack in Guangdong Province and belongs to Cantonese cuisine. Probably one of the best ever variations of dim sum. Crisp puff pastry wraps a filling of savoury yet sweet Cantonese barbecued pork, and the edges of the pastry are encrusted with the oozy sauce. The char …
I grew up in a poor household, but that didn’t stop my grandmother from telling me to dream big. If I wanted to eat lobster, she told me to close my eyes and imagine the next bite I was taking was lobster. That was a wonderful leap of imagination and I’ll always be grateful for …
We had just finished our tour around the hutongs (alleys) of Beijing when we saw a lady with a small cart selling these steaming buns. I asked her in Mandarin, “What is that?” and she replied “Zhuròu baozi”-which means pork bun. When I bit into it, I loved how the coriander and leek complemented the …