蒜泥百肉 Steamed Pork with Garlic

Pinyin: Suàn Ní Bái Ròu

Meat, my oh my what a tasty site. I have to be thankful for the little pleasures a dish like this brings to me in Shanghai. For you see, this meat is exquisitely flavored, it only has a small bit of fat attached, the garlic, peanuts and cilantro are balanced nicely, and the clincher for me is that this dish is completely bone free.

After so many meals spent chewing around, through and over bones it is refreshing to just simply eat a piece of meat with total disregard.

I highly recommend this dish, not just for the lack of bones, but because of the taste. Served as an appetizer it seemed to set the tone for the entire meal, which turned out to be tasty.