i go to a restaurant every couple weeks w my mom where all the food looks like this. her & her husband started going bc a food critic friend of theirs (recently died of cancer rip) told them it was the closest to what he had eaten on trips to china. even tho it is insanely good & unlike any other chinese food i was kind of incredulous cause its p salty. but ive eaten at least a few of these there
― Sex Droughts and Rock & Roll (flopson), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/D0QuM.jpg
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
^^ imperative that you use fresh shrimp, preferably from the sea
boy all this image searching is making me tired! I think I'm gonna take a break. btw vegetarians sorry, chinese cuisine can definitely be vegetarian friendly but it's hard and I don't know too much about that! I will try to search for more veg dishes later
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
the tinfoil island makes it
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
before I stop you can all have some DUMPLINGS!
http://i.imgur.com/VFOz1.jpg
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
okay I couldn't stop here is a vegetarian one (sometimes, it usually has ground pork but you can ask them to not put it in or eat around it?)
http://i.imgur.com/RXUdG.jpg
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
oh jeez how do those pictures keep on ending up in my thread http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae301/EarlyMemphis/Smileys/BlushingSmiley.gif
http://i.imgur.com/SkNgc.jpg
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
what is the purple stuff
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
eggplant
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
so, so purple
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
I think the only thing I never could get with with Chinese cooking is the excessivbe amount of dishes glossed up or thickened with that cornflour/water gloop. And the heavy saltiness, yeah.
― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
some of the pictures are a little too 'colorful' but it does look that way irl! one of the criteria chinese chefs are judged on is 'color' (strangely enough)
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
the cornflour/water goop is a sign of cantonese cooking. the shiny stuff you're seeing in these pictures is oil (lol).
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
Oh hahaha :D
― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
what is the first picture on the thread? feel like it could be just about anything
― circles, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
pork belly
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
same dish
http://i.imgur.com/BitdY.jpg
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
ah, okay
― circles, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
pork belly is such a wonderful thing
― Do not go gentle into that good frogbs (silby), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
Serious pavlovian response to this.
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
eggplant is a top 5 food and that looks amazing
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
annotations pls
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, September 5, 2011 7:37 PM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark
1. 红烧肉2。 panda express3。 口水鸡4。 I forget, it just looks pretty5。 刀削面6。 炸酱面7。 兰州拉面8。 松鼠鱼9。 Pangsit Mie Ujung Pandang 10。 干炒牛河11。干锅12。白灼虾13。 水饺14。 鱼香茄子or maybe 红烧茄子15。 红烧肉
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4224921451_68c45e0538.jpg
菜包
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sBv25.jpg
糖醋藕片
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
#5 is going to haunt me
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RfyMh.jpg
西兰花清炒香菇
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
dayo you should send that last one to buff and max's mom
― max, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh whats that steamed bun full of greens? That looks delish.
― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TzaCc.jpg
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rcABG.jpg
炒芥兰菜
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Lf2Ly.jpg
蒜炒豆苗
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, gai lan in oyster sauce, love that stuff.
― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SsOgu.jpg
炒白菜
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9uY58.jpg
西红柿炒蛋
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fjHjV.jpg
蒜蓉
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qra3u.jpg
芝麻汤圆
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ykdcc.jpg
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
YESSSS.
err xpost
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/r5o4Y.jpg
麻团
What...IS...that?
xxxp
― the wheelie-suitcase of the sky plus WITH SPIKED BARBS (Laurel), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
Leee I had no idea you were so excited about the truth
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
btw, let me add another annotation to the Panda Express pic.
Laurel, it's mochi (is it mochi?) filled with sweet sesame seed paste.
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
Knowing that it's sesame seed-based helps...slightly.
― the wheelie-suitcase of the sky plus WITH SPIKED BARBS (Laurel), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
Well dayo I feel that we need to get to the bottom of that plate of sesame buns filled with red bean paste.
Laurel it is a taste explosion.
― Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wQ8w6.jpg
金银馒头
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
well it's made with sticky rice, mochi has a more specific meaning but yeah it's sesame wrapped in sticky rice
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
speaking of
http://i.imgur.com/rrpo5.jpg
炒年糕
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ONwQ6.jpg
奶黄包
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
Need to pick up some local cookbooks for reading practise / inspiration - any recs, dayo?
― etc, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 1:30 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark
i'd proably just walkt into a bookstore and go to the cooking section!
last time i was at the bookstore in beijing, they had like 3 aisles of cookbooks, and 2 sections devoted just to congee
― 龜, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
I never thought I'd say I Miss Suburban Maryland, but I frequented at least half a dozen places for real Chinese food when I worked there.
I have tried but can't get real Chinese food to happen at home. Ingredients aren't the problem, I don't think. . . but it just doesn't taste like delicious restaurant Chinese food.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, December 7, 2015 8:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
tbh most home cooked chinese food doesn't taste like restaurant chinese food, which is more oily/flavor forward
― 龜, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cjYOwbi.png
am i being too sensitive here or is this a little messed
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
fucked up definitely.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
wait... is he going to eat the child
― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
read a bit further, i guess not. still very strange.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
it is definitely fucked
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
i had real chinese food yesterday, it was amazing
like the best bean curd i have ever eaten
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
do they bring out special food at restaurants if you have a chinese child?
but yeah whoa wtf dude
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
i just assumed Fong Chong is a helluva cook
― brownie, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
i mean just imagine this mother's disappointment if she doesn't live up to that pedigree
― home organ, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
The lobster variations (LA edition).
― nickn, Monday, 8 August 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
http://www.culinarybackstreets.com/wp-content/uploads/CYB_final2.jpghttp://culinarybackstreets.com/wp-content/uploads/CYB_final.jpg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 03:31 (seven years ago) link
https://www.foodnut.com/i/Shanghai-Restaurant-Reviews/Yangs-Fry-Dumpling-Shanghai-10.jpg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
http://www.timing-design.com/food/thw9.jpg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 03:35 (seven years ago) link
Awww man I want those DUMPLINGS!. No one in my area makes them like that, it's all just minced chicken in wonton wrappers.
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 09:49 (seven years ago) link
Weird, I don't think I capitalized DUMPLINGS! but... I do feel strongly about them.
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 09:50 (seven years ago) link
Okay. Is there an auto replace for that word? Weird.
It's a universal auto-replace. When you say word DUMPLINGS! the universe chimes along with you.
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
ilx has felt that way about DUMPLINGS! for a very long time
― mh, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
you folks really like dumplings huh
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:58 (seven years ago) link
Even the British sense of the word are awesome.
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
those were from Yang's Fry DUMPLINGS! in Shanghai; they're basically soup DUMPLINGS! but w/ a slightly thicker skin maybe and also the bottoms are pan-fried and they are coated w/ sesame seeds
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
DUMPLINGS!
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shengjian_mantou
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2016/chongqings-number-one-noodle-obsessive/
― just sayin, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link
this is cross posted from the cookbooks thread but:
Can anyone recommend a book or coobkook that is as comprehensive of an overview of Chinese cuisines as is possible? I had my eye on "All Under Heaven" by Carolyn Phillips and "China: The Cookbook" by Kei Lum Chan and Diora Fong Chan but idk what else is out there
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
I've been wanting to get a Fuchsia Dunlop cookbook, I don't know if she's written one comprehensive one though.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
thread of missing dayo
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
otm
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
I ordered Every Grain of Rice b/c I've been hankering for a new cookbook
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
Good choice imo
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
Great choice.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
excited to eat some pork with pork sauce
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link