<![CDATA[Comments on: Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs]]> 2009-05-11 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: billbag]]> great lesson....
loving this series!!!! 

]]> great lesson....
loving this series!!!! 

]]> <![CDATA[By: suxiaoya]]> Jaden Hair, author of the modern Asian food blog, SteamyKitchen, has put together a recipe for 糖醋排骨, especially for this episode of The Menu Stealer. You can see it here.

Jaden's also giving away a 12-month ChinesePod Premium Subscription on her blog post, so it's definitely worth checking out!

]]> Jaden Hair, author of the modern Asian food blog, SteamyKitchen, has put together a recipe for 糖醋排骨, especially for this episode of The Menu Stealer. You can see it here.

Jaden's also giving away a 12-month ChinesePod Premium Subscription on her blog post, so it's definitely worth checking out!

]]> <![CDATA[By: eupnea63355]]> Great lesson, awesome vocabulary list on that pdf/text version!

]]> Great lesson, awesome vocabulary list on that pdf/text version!

]]> <![CDATA[By: mikenotinjubei]]> Love this style of PDF with the pictures. Not only may menu stealing decrease but also illegal cell phone photos of dishes as well. I am a habitual image stealer of not only the food on our table but also other tables.

]]> Love this style of PDF with the pictures. Not only may menu stealing decrease but also illegal cell phone photos of dishes as well. I am a habitual image stealer of not only the food on our table but also other tables.

]]> <![CDATA[By: martyzcp]]> I like this series. My Chinese friends, used to 10+ years of English study, can't figure out how I can study Chinese every day without passing out from boredom. Lessons like this are the reason why.

]]> I like this series. My Chinese friends, used to 10+ years of English study, can't figure out how I can study Chinese every day without passing out from boredom. Lessons like this are the reason why.

]]> <![CDATA[By: matt_c]]> A fine example of 主食 / zhǔshí / Staple Food

生煎包 shēngjiānbāo Pan Fried Steamed Pork Buns

生煎包 shēngjiānbāo Pan Fried Steamed Pork Buns

生煎包 shēngjiānbāo Pan Fried Steamed Pork Buns

Photos by Matt Coleman

 

]]> A fine example of 主食 / zhǔshí / Staple Food

生煎包 shēngjiānbāo Pan Fried Steamed Pork Buns

生煎包 shēngjiānbāo Pan Fried Steamed Pork Buns

生煎包 shēngjiānbāo Pan Fried Steamed Pork Buns

Photos by Matt Coleman

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: effie612]]> truely funny!!

]]> truely funny!!

]]> <![CDATA[By: matt_c]]> @miami_meiguoren @eupnea63355 @martyzcp

Glad you like it :-) Language study can be sooo much fun!

@mikenotinjubei HAHAHA Wow and my friends think I am a bit over the top taking photos of almost every meal, but you are in another class - taking photos of other table's food. 师傅 shīfu Please teach me your skills. :p

]]> @miami_meiguoren @eupnea63355 @martyzcp

Glad you like it :-) Language study can be sooo much fun!

@mikenotinjubei HAHAHA Wow and my friends think I am a bit over the top taking photos of almost every meal, but you are in another class - taking photos of other table's food. 师傅 shīfu Please teach me your skills. :p

]]> <![CDATA[By: sushan]]> Have a quibble with the translation of 鱼香肉丝. It should NEVER have cabbage; green onions are acceptable on top but onions are not an integral part of the dish. (Many restaurants will use onions and cabbage as a cheap way to stretch stir fried dishes; I would be pretty upset to get an order of 鱼香肉丝 containing cabbage!) What is important is the 木耳 、black fungus.

鱼香 could be translated directly as 'fish fragrance'; most people familiar with Chinese food know what this means - a tangy, sweet, funky mix of  ginger, garlic, bean paste, vinegar, and sugar. It's the seasonings usually used for fish (hence '鱼香') applied to other ingredients.

 

]]> Have a quibble with the translation of 鱼香肉丝. It should NEVER have cabbage; green onions are acceptable on top but onions are not an integral part of the dish. (Many restaurants will use onions and cabbage as a cheap way to stretch stir fried dishes; I would be pretty upset to get an order of 鱼香肉丝 containing cabbage!) What is important is the 木耳 、black fungus.

鱼香 could be translated directly as 'fish fragrance'; most people familiar with Chinese food know what this means - a tangy, sweet, funky mix of  ginger, garlic, bean paste, vinegar, and sugar. It's the seasonings usually used for fish (hence '鱼香') applied to other ingredients.

 

]]> <![CDATA[By: pearltowerpete]]> Hi sushan,

This is a tricky phrase. I like your description of the fragrance as "funky."

I had a buddy who was deathly allergic to fish, and so he always avoided this dish on the off chance that it actually included some fish.

Back in my carnivorous days I definitely ran into a good deal of cabbage in supposedly 魚香 dishes. Especially when the price of pork rose more than 50% in a single year, this was a popular way to cut costs.

 

]]> Hi sushan,

This is a tricky phrase. I like your description of the fragrance as "funky."

I had a buddy who was deathly allergic to fish, and so he always avoided this dish on the off chance that it actually included some fish.

Back in my carnivorous days I definitely ran into a good deal of cabbage in supposedly 魚香 dishes. Especially when the price of pork rose more than 50% in a single year, this was a popular way to cut costs.

 

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