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Fast Food

For over five millennia, food has been at the heart of China’s culture

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Malatang
Sep 4, 2020 (WiC 509)

What is it? Malatang is sometimes described as a forerunner of hotpot (see WiC47). The popular street food is effectively a hotpot being served in a fast food style. Its raw ingredients are ...

Luosifen
Mar 27, 2020 (WiC 488)

What is it? A famous snack from Liuzhou in Guangxi province, called luosifen – also known as river ‘snail rice noodle’ in English – is notorious for its pungent odour. ...

Meicai Kourou (梅菜扣肉)
Jun 14, 2019 (WiC 456)

What is it? A dish said to come from Meizhou in Guangdong, Meicai Kourou is popular amongst the Hakka people, an ethnic sub-group of the Han Chinese known for their nomadic history. The ...

Shui Jian Bao
May 31, 2019 (WiC 454)

You might have heard of sheng jian bao, the most popular breakfast food in Shanghai. Shui jian bao (水煎包) is a similar type of fried bun that is popular across China. Shui jian bao, which translates literally as ‘water-fried bun’ is a ...

Tian Shui Mian
Aug 31, 2018 (WiC 422)

There’s more to Sichuan cuisine than its spicy tofu and spicy sesame noodle. A lesser-known member of the noodle brethren is tian shui mian, literally translated as “sweet water noodles”, a street snack that can be eaten at any ...

Hoisin sauce
Jun 1, 2018 (WiC 411)

The best-known sauce in the Cantonese cuisine of southern China also happens to be a misnomer. Hoisin sauce, which means “seafood sauce” in Cantonese dialect, does not actually contain any seafood. It is also more typically used when ...

Gold Coin Chicken (Jin qian ji)
May 18, 2018 (WiC 409)

This auspicious-sounding dish from China’s south is savoured by some and dreaded by others. Some have called it an artery clogger or a cholesterol sandwich, for its deceptively dainty appearance belies the fatty, meaty filling within. Gold Coin ...

Xin tai ruan
Feb 2, 2018 (WiC 396)

Arguably the next most iconic Shanghainese dish after steamed buns and hairy crabs, xin tai ruan, or mochi-filled red dates, is a snack favoured by many for its sticky sweet taste and its whimsical name. Literally “heart too ...

Squirrel Fish
Jan 26, 2018 (WiC 395)

Four major cuisines Huaiyang cuisine from eastern Jiangsu province is considered one of the four traditional gastronomic schools of China along with Guangdong, Sichuan and Shandong cuisines. Huaiyang recipes were a cornerstone ...

Braised pomelo pith
Dec 8, 2017 (WiC 391)

Long before ‘sustainable cooking’ became a buzz term, the culinary practices of not wasting a single part of any ingredient were commonplace among the Cantonese in southern China. The rule applies not only to animal innards and offcuts but ...

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Fast Food

For over five millennia, food has been at the heart of China’s culture

Malatang Sep 4, 2020 (WiC 509) What is it? Malatang is sometimes described as a forerunner of hotpot (see WiC47). The popular street food is effectively a hotpot being served in a fast food style. Its raw ingredients are ...

Luosifen Mar 27, 2020 (WiC 488) What is it? A famous snack from Liuzhou in Guangxi province, called luosifen – also known as river ‘snail rice noodle’ in English – is notorious for its pungent odour. ...

Meicai Kourou (梅菜扣肉) Jun 14, 2019 (WiC 456) What is it? A dish said to come from Meizhou in Guangdong, Meicai Kourou is popular amongst the Hakka people, an ethnic sub-group of the Han Chinese known for their nomadic history. The ...

Shui Jian Bao May 31, 2019 (WiC 454) You might have heard of sheng jian bao, the most popular breakfast food in Shanghai. Shui jian bao (水煎包) is a similar type of fried bun that is popular across China. Shui jian bao, which translates literally as ‘water-fried bun’ is a ...

Tian Shui Mian Aug 31, 2018 (WiC 422) There’s more to Sichuan cuisine than its spicy tofu and spicy sesame noodle. A lesser-known member of the noodle brethren is tian shui mian, literally translated as “sweet water noodles”, a street snack that can be eaten at any ...

Hoisin sauce Jun 1, 2018 (WiC 411) The best-known sauce in the Cantonese cuisine of southern China also happens to be a misnomer. Hoisin sauce, which means “seafood sauce” in Cantonese dialect, does not actually contain any seafood. It is also more typically used when ...

Xin tai ruan Feb 2, 2018 (WiC 396) Arguably the next most iconic Shanghainese dish after steamed buns and hairy crabs, xin tai ruan, or mochi-filled red dates, is a snack favoured by many for its sticky sweet taste and its whimsical name. Literally “heart too ...

Squirrel Fish Jan 26, 2018 (WiC 395) Four major cuisines Huaiyang cuisine from eastern Jiangsu province is considered one of the four traditional gastronomic schools of China along with Guangdong, Sichuan and Shandong cuisines. Huaiyang recipes were a cornerstone ...

Braised pomelo pith Dec 8, 2017 (WiC 391) Long before ‘sustainable cooking’ became a buzz term, the culinary practices of not wasting a single part of any ingredient were commonplace among the Cantonese in southern China. The rule applies not only to animal innards and offcuts but ...