芝麻牛肉 Fried Beef with Sesame Seeds

芝麻牛肉 Fried Beef with Sesame Seeds

May 31st, 2010 in Mains by Chris 0

Pinyin: zhī ma niú ròu Sesame seeds make a nice addition to lots of food. Often found on the top of hamburger buns and as a barely noticed accompaniment to many other dishes, the sesame seed and in particular sesame seed oil play a part in a surprising amount of asian food. Sesame fruit is [...]

沙茶牛肉 Tea Boiled Beef

沙茶牛肉 Tea Boiled Beef

April 19th, 2010 in Food by Chris 0

Pinyin: shā chá niú ròu Over the weekend, my dinner included some beef, which is actually pretty rare, pork is the meat of choice in China. While eating my dinner I remembered why I avoid beef, it’s tenderized to an almost comical point. The powdered meat tenderizer that you buy in a supermarket is made [...]

Spicy Sliced Beef and Cilantro

干拌牛肉 Spicy Sliced Beef and Cilantro

November 14th, 2007 in Appetizer by Chris 0

Pinyin: gān bàn niú ròu Sorry for the strangely colored picture, the dish looks much better in real life. This is one time where the beef in China isn’t so bad. In general the beef dishes suffer from extremely poor quality beef that has been soaked in far too much tenderizer which I’ve complained about [...]

Egg Flower Soup with Beef

西湖牛肉羹 Egg Flower Soup with Beef

March 14th, 2007 in Food by Chris 0

Pinyin: Xī Hú Niú Ròu Gēng This is pretty much a classic dish that you’ll find on both sides of the pacific. It’s a pretty common dish in China and nearly every American Chinese restaurant in the USA has a similar dish. And by similar I mean pretty damn close to the exact same. You [...]

Spicy Fried Beef Jerky

干煸牛肉丝 Spicy Fried Beef Jerky

November 30th, 2006 in Food by Chris 0

Pinyin: Gān Biān Niú Ròu Sī I love beef jerky and I who doesn’t love fried food, so put them together and it’s a match made in heaven, a Chinese food heaven. Judging by the spicy nature of this dish and the meat involved I’d have to say it’s a Si Chuan dish. Oh yah, [...]