<![CDATA[Comments on: Food Regions of China]]> Dear Amber, as we invite a Food and Drink expert to give us an overview of the cuisines of China. We head north to Beijing and beyond, west to lands with tales of Chinese cheese, south to everything under the sun, and lastly back to Shanghai and the treats of the east. Please visit the comments section and share your favorite culinary delights and travels as well!]]> 2008-12-05 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: houban]]> mala?  When my girlfriend and I were in Fushun having dinner with her sister and husband, they ordered a beef dish that had a dipping sauce that I swear was lava.  I had sweat over my eye brow just looking at it.  I got enough heat from it just barely touching the sauce and they were eating pieces of meat with the sauce just oozing over the meat. 

I've been there 3 times now for 8-10 days each time and I don't believe that I've eaten rice once.  Noodles with just about every meal. There doesn't seem to be anything that is traditionally breakfast, or traditionally lunch etc.

]]> mala?  When my girlfriend and I were in Fushun having dinner with her sister and husband, they ordered a beef dish that had a dipping sauce that I swear was lava.  I had sweat over my eye brow just looking at it.  I got enough heat from it just barely touching the sauce and they were eating pieces of meat with the sauce just oozing over the meat. 

I've been there 3 times now for 8-10 days each time and I don't believe that I've eaten rice once.  Noodles with just about every meal. There doesn't seem to be anything that is traditionally breakfast, or traditionally lunch etc.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Crossing the bridge noodles 过桥米线 (guò qiáo mĭxiàn). I love a dish with a traditional story behind it;adds to the magic.Here's a pic of that dish:

video discussion here.

]]> Crossing the bridge noodles 过桥米线 (guò qiáo mĭxiàn). I love a dish with a traditional story behind it;adds to the magic.Here's a pic of that dish:

video discussion here.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> kimiik posted a great map showing the ethnic minorities in Yunnan in his discussion of the Va ethnic minority here.

]]> kimiik posted a great map showing the ethnic minorities in Yunnan in his discussion of the Va ethnic minority here.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> man2tou 馒头:

hua1jiao1[花椒]:

Not sure if this is the one referred to in the podcast,but this is Sichuan Ma Po Dofu 麻婆豆腐:

]]> man2tou 馒头:

hua1jiao1[花椒]:

Not sure if this is the one referred to in the podcast,but this is Sichuan Ma Po Dofu 麻婆豆腐:

]]> <![CDATA[By: mikeinewshot]]> Does anyone know whether there is any Chinese cuisine that we might regard as being healthy in the West?  I mean anything that doesn't include large quantities of salt and/or oil and/or saturated/animal fat and/or sugar,  soya sauce and overcooked vegetables?

]]> Does anyone know whether there is any Chinese cuisine that we might regard as being healthy in the West?  I mean anything that doesn't include large quantities of salt and/or oil and/or saturated/animal fat and/or sugar,  soya sauce and overcooked vegetables?

]]> <![CDATA[By: andrew_c]]> My favorite is Buddhist cuisine.  Wikipedia calls it 斋菜, but I don't see it in the dictionary.  Is this word widely used and understood?

My wife says the best she's had was at a temple.  I've only had it at a few different places, but my favorite restaurants were House of Vegetarian in NYC Chinatown, and Buddha Bodai in Flushing.

]]> My favorite is Buddhist cuisine.  Wikipedia calls it 斋菜, but I don't see it in the dictionary.  Is this word widely used and understood?

My wife says the best she's had was at a temple.  I've only had it at a few different places, but my favorite restaurants were House of Vegetarian in NYC Chinatown, and Buddha Bodai in Flushing.

]]> <![CDATA[By: zhong_bide]]> I would like to see some lessons on cooking - not just the names of the foods and their contents as per the Hungry Traveller series, but a lesson on the preparation of a particular dish - with vocab like
: add, stir, mix, heat, etc.  (Intermediate level) Perhaps a cooking movie would be great!

Thanks.

]]> I would like to see some lessons on cooking - not just the names of the foods and their contents as per the Hungry Traveller series, but a lesson on the preparation of a particular dish - with vocab like
: add, stir, mix, heat, etc.  (Intermediate level) Perhaps a cooking movie would be great!

Thanks.

]]> <![CDATA[By: kesirui]]> I think you forgot the best one, "小笼包" (xiao long bao) or (not a direct translation) "Shagnahi steamed bun"

]]> I think you forgot the best one, "小笼包" (xiao long bao) or (not a direct translation) "Shagnahi steamed bun"

]]> <![CDATA[By: brendaninaus]]> You only briefly mentioned it, but another Chinese food-type is that of the Xinjiang region. There are a few restuarants of that food in Sydney. It is a mixture of middle eastern (maybe what might be referred to as Turkish) with Chinese influences. Of course they are largely muslim in that area, so you will have to miss out on the alcohol at the restuarants of the Uigher (the main ethnic group of the region).

BTW, although they come close (<100km from the Golden Triangle, where Thailand borders Laos and Myamar) there is no border between Thailand and China. However many ethnic minorities in Thailand, particularly northern Thailand, have Chinese origins and have a similar (often the same although named differently) ethnic group based in China.

]]> You only briefly mentioned it, but another Chinese food-type is that of the Xinjiang region. There are a few restuarants of that food in Sydney. It is a mixture of middle eastern (maybe what might be referred to as Turkish) with Chinese influences. Of course they are largely muslim in that area, so you will have to miss out on the alcohol at the restuarants of the Uigher (the main ethnic group of the region).

BTW, although they come close (<100km from the Golden Triangle, where Thailand borders Laos and Myamar) there is no border between Thailand and China. However many ethnic minorities in Thailand, particularly northern Thailand, have Chinese origins and have a similar (often the same although named differently) ethnic group based in China.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Ma La Tang 麻辣汤:

Goat cheese,Yunnan style:

Pic of banana flower salad from Vietnam [couldn't find a pic from Yunnan] here.

Recipe for banana flower salad with pics of preparation here.

Came across this interesting old saying:

An old Chinese saying indicates how highly the cuisine of the Guangzhou ( Canton ) area is regarded:

"To be born in Suzhou
to live in Hangzhou
to eat in Guangzhou
and to die in Liuzhou "

I'm wondering what's behind the rest of the saying.

Dim sum:

char siew:

ha gau:

Shanghai hong shao rou:

]]> Ma La Tang 麻辣汤:

Goat cheese,Yunnan style:

Pic of banana flower salad from Vietnam [couldn't find a pic from Yunnan] here.

Recipe for banana flower salad with pics of preparation here.

Came across this interesting old saying:

An old Chinese saying indicates how highly the cuisine of the Guangzhou ( Canton ) area is regarded:

"To be born in Suzhou
to live in Hangzhou
to eat in Guangzhou
and to die in Liuzhou "

I'm wondering what's behind the rest of the saying.

Dim sum:

char siew:

ha gau:

Shanghai hong shao rou:

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