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pickled mustard greens with beef
A homestyle Cantonese dish (a recipe is listed in the book Chinese Soul Food), picked mustard gre...
daikon brisket stew
Slices of brisket and chunks of daikon.
beef tendon
Beef tendon slow-cooked until it's gelatinous.
beef jerky
Chinese beef jerky is marinaded with soy sauce and sugar, sometimes honey and other sauces, and n...
braised beef shin
Beef shin (otherwise known as beef shank) braised then sliced and served cold.
beer
Chinese beer has been around for nine thousand years, but restaurants have the modern stuff.
bok choy
Bok choy is aleafy green vegetable similar to chinese broccoli.
bok choy with mushrooms
Bok choy stir-fried with mushrooms.
Taiwanese cabbage
Taiwanese cabbage are large and somewhat flat, so they are also listed as flat cabbage.
sesame candy
Sesame mixed into wafers with melted sugar.
Hong Kong cafe
Hong Kong style cafes, known as cha chaan teng, arising from the hustle and bustle of post-WWII H...
breakfast
Traditional Chinese breakfasts tend to be simple, featuring congee, rice rolls, and dumplings, bu...
fried cuttlefish ball
Deep-fried cuttlefish balls.
french fries
Hong Kong cafes serve sandwiches, so why not french fries?
mango chicken
Mango chicken is a Malaysian dish, chicken stir-fried with mango slivers.
orange chicken
Orange chicken, battered fried chicken coated in an orange sauce, is most known in the US as a Ch...
sesame chicken
Battered fried chicken coated in a sweet sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds. This is a Chinese...
lemon chicken
Battered fried chicken coated in a sweet lemon sauce. This is a Chinese-American (or Chinese-Can...