Cantonese - 94 dishes
wife cake
Wife cake is a Cantonese bakery item. Also known as sweetheart cake, it's a round flaky pastry fi...
black sesame soup
A dessert made with black sesame.
Cantonese cuisine
Cantonese cuisine, one of the eight great cuisines of China, is the food of Guangdong province. T...
dim sum
Dim sum are shared small dishes or steamer baskets of dumplings and other typically bite-sized fo...
coconut pudding
Coconut pudding (also known as coconut bar or coconut jelly) is a chilled jelly made with coconut...
salted egg
Salted eggs are usually made from duck eggs, preserved by soaking in brine and then packing in ch...
egg foo young
Egg foo young (or egg foo yung, or egg fu yung...anyway, it's the Cantonese pronunciation) is a c...
steamed fish
Steamed whole fish with ginger and greens all drizzled in soy sauce is a classic Cantonese home-s...
shrimp dumpling
Steamed bonnet-shaped shrimp dumplings, encased in a thin, pleated (typically twelve pleats), tra...
lobster shrimp dumpling
A deluxe version of shrimp dumplings with lobster.
beef meatballs
Steamed meatballs made out of finely ground beef is a [Cantonese dish] and standard dim sum fare.
salted egg w/ minced pork
A classic Cantonese homestyle dish, this is a steamed pork patty with salted egg on top.
New Year cake
New Year cake is a steamed cake made with sticky rice, often served fried or dipped in egg and fr...
lo mein
A staple of Chinese-American eateries, lo mein are originally Cantonese noodles made from egg and...
yi mein
Yi mein are thick, chewy, yellow noodles, also known as long life or longevity noodles and served...
lobster yi mein
Lobster served with yi mein is a classic celebratory dish in Chinese retaurants.
chicken and salted fish noodles
Thin rice noodles stir-fried with chicken and salted fish. Basically the same as chicken with sal...
oyster sauce
Oyster sauce is a thick dark brown sauce, easily confused with hoisin sauce, but made from oyster...