May 31st, 2010 in Mains by Chris
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 [...]
April 19th, 2010 in Food by Chris
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]