April 2023

Overview Chinese Name: 腌笃鲜 English Name: Yan Du Xian; Pickled Pork Category: Hui Cuisine徽菜 Main Ingredients: Pork Yan Du Xian Yan Du Xian腌笃鲜 is a traditional famous dish that originated in Huizhou徽州 in Southern Anhui皖南. It belongs to Huizhou cuisine徽菜 among the eight major cuisines. This dish tastes salty and fresh, the soup is white and the juice […]

Overview Chinese Name: 手抓羊肉 English Name: Boiled Mutton; Grasping Mutton; Hand-held Mutton Category: Ningxia Cuisine宁夏菜 Main Ingredients: Mutton Boiled mutton Boiled Mutton手抓羊肉 is a medicated diet made of mutton waist and coriander. In addition, hand grasping mutton is also a traditional food loved by Mongolian蒙古族, Tibetan藏族, Hui回族, Kazak哈萨克族, Uyghur维吾尔族, and other nationalities in Northwest China. It is said to

There are many delicious Chinese dishes, which is your Favourate Chinese Vegetables? When in Rome, do as the Romans do. You can’t avoid eating Chinese vegetables because they are essential for Chinese food. Here we list and explain you the most common ones. Next time when you  eat with Chinese friends, you can even have

Overview Chinese Name: 罗宋汤 English Name: Borscht; Red Vegetable Soup; Luosong Soup Category: Soup汤 Main Ingredients: Beef; Tomato; Onion; Carrot Borscht Borscht罗宋汤, also known as Red Vegetable Soup红菜汤, is a dish from Eastern Europe and later spread to China. In history, the raw materials of Luosong soup have changed a lot, including Niufangfeng牛防风, Gevas格瓦斯, Oxalis, cabbage, etc. Later, it

Overview Chinese Name: 干炒牛河 English Name: Beef Chow Fun; Dry Dried Niuhe; Beef Fried Powder; Fried Beef River Category: Cantonese Cuisine粤菜 Main Ingredients: Hefen河粉 Beef chow fun Beef Chow Fun干炒牛河 is a special snack in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, belonging to the Guangdong cuisine department. Hefen河粉, also known as Shahe Fen沙河粉, originates from Shahe Town沙河镇, Guangzhou. Dry fried Niuhe is

Overview Chinese Name: 烤包子 English Name: Roasted Samsas; Baked Bun; Baked Bun Category: Snack小吃 Main Ingredients: Flour Roasted Samsas Roasted Samsas烤包子 (called “Samusa萨木萨” in Uyghur) and thin-skinned steamed stuffed bun (called “GOx Garda” in Uyghur) are one of the favorite foods of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang新疆. Fresh mutton should be used when baking steamed stuffed buns. It’s best

Overview Chinese Name: 馕 English Name: Naan; Nang Category: Staple主食 Main Ingredients: Flour Naan Naan馕 is a Persian phonetic translation, which means bread. It is a traditional staple food of Uygur维吾尔族, Kazak哈萨克族, Uzbek乌孜别克族, Tatar塔塔尔族, and other ethnic groups. It is popular in Xinjiang新疆 and other places. The outer skin of Nang is golden yellow, with flour as the main raw material. It is

Overview Chinese Name: 煎饼果子 English Name: Tianjin-style Jianbing; Fried Pancakes with Eggs; Pancake Fruit Category: Snack小吃 Main Ingredients: Flour Tianjin-style jianbing Tianjin-style Jianbing煎饼果子 is a famous snack in Tianjin天津, China. People in Tianjin take it as breakfast. “Fruit果子” is fried food. Fried pancakes with eggs are wrapped with fried dough sticks (called fruit in Tianjin), so it is called

Overview Chinese Name: 蚵仔煎 English Name: Oyster Omelet Category: Snack小吃 Main Ingredients: Oyster; Egg Oyster omelet Oyster Omelet蚵仔煎 is a classic traditional snack that originated in coastal areas of Fujian, Taiwan, and Chaoshan. Fried oyster with sauce There is an interesting story about its origin. Folklore says that in 1661, Dutch荷兰 troops occupied Tainan台湾. Quanzhou Nan ‘an Zheng Chenggong郑成功 led

Overview Chinese Name: 肉夹馍 English Name: Roujiamo; Marinated meat in baked bun; Chinese hamburger Category: Snack小吃 Main Ingredients: Flour; Pork Roujiamo Roujiamo肉夹馍 is one of the traditional characteristics of Shaanxi Province陕西省 in China. The name means “sandwiched mo with meat”. Shaanxi region has the use of Baiji mo白吉馍 “meat sauce steamed bun腊汁肉夹馍”, Baoji west Fu宝鸡西府 “meat saozi steamed