Pinyin: dòu bàn jūn gū chǒu xiā rén We started eating fava beans around 6000 B.C. and over time they spread around the world and most cultures use them in one fashion or another. The beans don’t climb like most other beans and they can stay in the ground over winter. Fava beans are thought [...]
Pinyin: XO jiàng cǎo xiā The 1980’s brought us some unfortunate music and interesting hair styles, but also brought us XO sauce. XO sauce was developed in Hong Kong using a mixture of dried seafood and a variety of spices including a supple supply of spicy peppers. Originally it XO sauce was only available at [...]
Pinyin: xiān xiā jì cài cháng fěn I was a little bit surprised to learn that Shepherd’s purse, a fairly common weed in Oregon if I remember things right, is a regular vegetable in a Shanghai kitchen. I felt it tasted a bit dirtier than I prefer most of my vegetables, but it wasn’t bad [...]
Pinyin: chòu dòu fǔ zhēng sān xiān I was alone for dinner so I knew I could get just one dish and I wanted something that was different. I decided upon this dish of steamed ham and stinky tofu. Stinky tofu is simply tofu that has been soaked in a marinade and fermented for several [...]
Pinyin: Shuǐ Jīng Xiā Rén Generally speaking the words prawn and shrimp can be used interchangeably. More recently though, prawns have come to refer to fresh water species and shrimp refer to salt water species. Currently, China and Thailand produce over 75% of the worlds farmed prawn and shrimp supply. In 2003, 280,000 tons [...]
Pinyin: shí kǎo xiā Pure ecstasy on a stick. Nice large whole tiger prawns that have been roasted on a stick while being bathed in sweet and sour sauce composed of tomatoes, pineapples and various other delicious spices in a very Yunnan food style makes my mouth water just thinking about it. The waiter brought [...]
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