not sure why radish cake would be rubbery..
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 15 March 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
or there are these thingshttp://img.dwnews.com/houtai/201005/2010052701402690659920.jpg
豬皮凍which i have never tasted.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 15 March 2012 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
^ i assume the above is served cold.. hence "凍"
or pigs bloodhttp://http.cdnlayer.com/smoola/00/00/47/70752eead50a568a_m.jpg
^ f-ing tasty (and apparently good for you)
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 15 March 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
猪皮冻 is like..... pigskin + other stuff in the gelatin from the pig skin, right?
― dylannn, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://fjbak.86516.com/month_0708/20070807_8829271a803cf3223b77MiZ8gEOINzbE.jpg
蛙鱼儿
― dylannn, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
“蛙鱼儿”,江苏应该很多城市都有。只是,我只喜欢徐州的。起初,我并未听过如此的小吃。当朋友说带我去吃“蛙鱼儿”时,以为是一种鱼。当吃的时候才发现,就是用凉粉做的,一小点儿,一小点儿。放入盘中,加点醋,放点糖,再加上一些咸菜,最好再放进冰箱稍加冰冻,一盘可口的“蛙鱼儿”,就“出炉”了。轻轻喝上一口,凉爽入心。午饭或晚饭前喝上一碗,着实给炎热的夏天带去一丝凉意。
― dylannn, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
sorry chinese characters + italics are hard on the eyes
http://a3.att.hudong.com/68/61/01300000280411123780612007947_s.jpg
oh yeah, that's pretty much exactly what it looked like except it was in a shallow, broad rectangular pan, one layer thick, and w/ a sauce the same color as the stuff
that is thick pieces of stewed pig skin? guess my friend wasn't lying.
― the late great, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
I hope I'm not being culturally insensitive, Asian food is yummy and nutritious. I like all of the vegetables in it. But many of the pictures show food that is not attractive in its presentation.
I went to a "real" Chinese restaurant once to have a real Chinese meal...and I was surprised at how few vegetarian items they had! Back to Charlie Chu's or whatever, steaming plate of veggies is fine, whether it's "authentic" or not.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Got Gym (Mount Cleaners), Friday, 16 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
i'm with you, a lot of this stuff looks pretty nasty to me
then again, i grew up eating and loving food that looked dirt, mud and poop, so i'm not one to judge
― the late great, Friday, 16 March 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
On the other hand, lots of Asian restaurants put pictures of the food in the windows...it never looks ugly there! I think it's people's inexperience with digital photography.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Got Gym (Mount Cleaners), Friday, 16 March 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
aw that pains me greatly
otoh I think the dishes you linked to look pretty damn good xp
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's sort of a truism that Chinese cuisines aren't typically vegetarian-friendly, even though it has a lot of great vegetable dishes.
― Johnny Favre (Leee), Saturday, 17 March 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
i think chinese homecooking is a lot less meaty. especially anywhere south of hebei. a table of dishes is going to be mostly vegetables, rice and maybe meat would be the special singular important item, a half of a roast duck picked up at the xiaoqu gate and meant to last for that dinner, next day's lunch, and then another dinner. in my experience. but possibly eating at the home of a family in zhejiang or shandong is not feasible for everyone.
― dylannn, Sunday, 18 March 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
so. if it's a "real" chinese restaurant taht "real" chinese people go to, they might not order a tableful of
http://www.eat4.com/upimg/070724/4_085139.jpghttp://www.5nong.com/article/Img/2011-7/2011717174064252.jpghttp://pic.fuwoo.com/4175/Photo/L_ef0e58b1aaf44b77a894c7ee910317d6.jpg
― dylannn, Sunday, 18 March 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah - when I stayed in this small town/city in guangxi, we would go to this stir-fry place where you'd just go to table with ten or so vegetables laid out and you'd point to three or four and the guy would take them and stir fry them into something really good. if there was meat it was ground meat and used very sparingly
also the place used this weird cooking oil that had the consistency of water, I'm sure it was some illegal or adulterated shit but it wasn't so bad
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
I think a vegetarian's real beef (ha ha) with china is that when you ask for something like tofu, they'll still find a way to put ground beef or pork in it
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
right.
i think also, actual chinese vegetarian restaurants tend to be horrible (especially outside of china).
― dylannn, Sunday, 18 March 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's all this deep fried soy fake meat jizzed with sweet sauce ish
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
dylannn, what are those three delicious-looking dishes?
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Sunday, 18 March 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
炒空心菜 stirfried kongxin cai (semiaquatic, tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable)凉拌莴笋丝 cold salad of wosun strips (cultivar of lettuce grown primarily for its thick stem, used as a vegetable)芝麻酱拌生菜 sesame sauce and lettuce
― dylannn, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
this is one of my favorite threads
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.palacechinese.com.au/images/big/b_Chicken_Feet.JPG
fried hands of small children o_O
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
the realest shit i ever ate
― flag post sitta (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 19 March 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.3qhouse.com/blog/attachment/201107/16/15301_1310807666IDr2.jpg
in dongbei there's this great thing i was reminded of by that picture of lettuce and sesame sauce
when i lived in vancouver, i lived in one room of a vancouver special on no. 2 road and the landlord's elderly parents from haerbin lived in the lower level, tended a garden
they ate 生菜沾酱, which is any green leafy vegetable (lettuce, dandelion greens, whatever), washed and then dipped in a sauce made from pork + fermented soybean paste kinda like this recipe http://www.yihesu.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-973-parenttype-menu so good
― dylannn, Monday, 19 March 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
I bet that 凉拌莴笋丝 has some sichuan peppercorn oil dripped over it
― young drometheus (dayo), Monday, 19 March 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/06/11/cctvs-bite-of-china-takes-off-and-steam-pots-pigs-feet-benefit-too/
― un® (dayo), Saturday, 16 June 2012 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
China would love the Food network, too!
― mh, Saturday, 16 June 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://img5.itiexue.net/1400/14002013.jpg
― dylannn, Saturday, 16 June 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
哦
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/hardlyworthit.jpg
― dylannn, Saturday, 16 June 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
watched the first episode of that 'bite of china' series
mostly about special ingredients used in chinese food and how they're harvested
felt sadness and despair that these rare fungi and fish will be overharvested now that everybody wants them after watching this delicious documentary
― un® (dayo), Sunday, 17 June 2012 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hWwfg.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/09/12/dish_of_the_day_pork_ribs_di_shui_d.php
anybody wanna stop by real quick :(
― dayo, Thursday, 13 September 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
watched some of 'a bite of china' last night; p.good
drunken frog looks...
― skrill xx (cozen), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://images.meishij.net/p/20121012/88f5df59d3531457f73ff6dd61efed58.jpg
http://www.meishij.net/zuofa/suantianpaigu_4.html
― dylannn, Monday, 5 November 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
*dies*
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Monday, 5 November 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link
I don't eat ribs at all but i would tear those up.
― You're a pushy lil bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 5 November 2012 04:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1000/20120919/0019b91ec8ad11c364ef52.jpg
― een, Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
no dude, don't eat the table, the huge cake is right there
― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZkPB4nh.jpg
― 乒乓, Saturday, 23 March 2013 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.0817china.com/cbttmtu/2008/200809/20080918006.jpg
【开水白菜】
在周恩来几次三番的盛邀之下,女客才勉强用小勺舀了些汤,谁知一尝之下立即目瞪口呆,狼吞虎咽之余不忘询问总理:为何白水煮白菜竟然可以这般美味?
boiled cabbage. floating in a clarified broth made from pork, game, jinhua ham, dried scallops. properly made, this is one of the best things you will ever taste.
― dylannn, Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://showshanti.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20100331_Baishi-Cun-family-Zhou-ShowShanti_ShowShanti-5.jpg
― dylannn, Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://showshanti.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/20100322_Chengdu-chili-liangfen-Luodai-Ancient-Town-mung-bean-jelly-ShowShanti-Sichuan-spicy_ShowShanti.jpg
川北凉粉
http://img.blog.voc.com.cn/jpg/200908/12/5988_926e2a934c3ad15.jpg
― dylannn, Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fwsz3Jk.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/2013/05/15/dish_of_the_day_braised_pork_should.php
― 乒乓, Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
I used to really really love bacon. Then I was into ribs. Nowadays, the pork shoulder braise is the highest form of pig I know. I want all of them.
― 0808ɹƃ (silby), Thursday, 23 May 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/null_zpsa0879cd5.jpg
my parents made garlic scapes tonight
― 乒乓, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsT-4oJuqTU
― 乒乓, Saturday, 17 August 2013 12:03 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2013/08/23/consider-the-gua-bao/
― 乒乓, Friday, 23 August 2013 12:35 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, thank you for posting that! I go to Taiwan in February! Gonna eat all the gua baos, had not heard of them before!
― quincie, Friday, 23 August 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/dSU42yX.jpg
― 乒乓, Friday, 6 September 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link