Pronunciation
English Name

pork w/ preserved egg congee

Cantonese (Traditional)

皮蛋瘦肉粥

Mandarin (Pinyin)

pí dàn shòu ròu zhōu


Yale Romanization

pèih daahn sau yuhk jūk

Character Breakdown

皮蛋 is preserved egg, 瘦肉 is pork ( is pig, and is *meat), and is congee.

pork w/ preserved egg congee
About This Dish

Congee with salty pork and preserved egg, which are eggs that jelly while encased in clay mixture for weeks to months (also known with some exaggeration as centry egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, or millennium egg). This is a standard congee offered during dim sum.

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pèih daahn sau yuhk jūk