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蚕豆炒莴笋

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link

my saliva glands hurt

if anyone would like to continue you can go here

http://www.meishij.net/chufang/diy/jiangchangcaipu/

and click the little numbers at the bottom to go to the next page, or hit the button that says 下一页

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link

莴笋 is another example of a chinese vegetable that is very hard or impossible to find in the states. my parents tried very hard to grow some last year and were only able to harvest enough for half a meal. : (

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link

it's available in vancouver... locally grown, too, as i understand it. there's a hunan restaurant here that has a dish of 炒 eel, bacon (super smoky eerie white hunan bacon) and wosun.

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link

sounds like I should move to vancouver

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link

richmond is like china if all the poor people were gone

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link

rip chinas poor people

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link

hey, let's not end on a bummer

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link

Let's go west for Baked Bun Soaked in Mutton Soup:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/3121995269_7995caf5e2.jpg

The white doughy pieces are actually torn up bits of these pancakes/buns:
http://www.tourschina.com/travel-xian/images/food/yangroupaomo1.jpg

When you're served this, they come intact like that picture, and you're supposed to break them up and toss them into the stew.

Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link

thanks.

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link

i truly hate you for this thread, dayo

horseshoe, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link

coming out of retirement because reading about chinese bacon made me crave this

http://i.imgur.com/ycCgP.jpg

腊肉

if you think chinese food is salty you haven't tried this!!

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link

lol horseshoe you won't after watching this

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAwMzI0MzI0.html

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link

but yeah dylannnnnnnnnnnnnnn is otm when he says

man, vancouver is 90% chinese but the food will never live up to the shittiest mainland china backwater, i think.

and this is why NYC can never have great chinese food. even in flushing. THE END.

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link

http://jingtheory.com/blog/2010/11/taste-of-chengdu/

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link

LOOK at that

dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link

think I told this story before on ILX but the spiciest, hottest food I ever had was in chengdu - some 特辣 chicken wings that had me on a vision quest, for reals. and normally I don't back down from spicy food. I think they used a ghost pepper or the chinese equivalent.

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link

I remember sweating profusely, my vision getting dizzy, stumbling across a city square during a very cold winter day with a starbucks frappuchino in one hand, a bottle of water in the other, double fisting. took about 20 minutes for the spiciness to wear off. jesus.

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link

that blog post about chengdu is otm though - as china's people get wealthier the food is getting shittier. I had more disappointments in my most recent trip to beijing (this past winter) than I did in all the previous times I had been back. china should look to hong kong as a warning to what happens when your city gets overrun with franchises.

otoh taiwan is still great and they are pretty rich! taiwan has the best street food in the world.

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link

in fact taiwan may have the highest concentration of great chinese food in all of the world. love taiwan.

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link

I mean, I get it! when you become middle class you don't have time to worry about food. you are staring at a computer screen all day. and you can actually afford a house and to create a good environment for your kid to live in. but it still makes me sad, a little bit. china makes me sad, sometimes. godspeed

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Um_rXMBXAs

good intro to xiao long bao making skills at 3:38

chef dude is a DUDE

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link

if i wanted to be reminded of stupid shit i said years ago, i'd get married

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Saturday, September 3, 2011 12:00 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

dayo, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link

http://i56.tinypic.com/15s39lg.jpg

los blue jeans, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link

http://images.travelpod.com/users/aniemi/1.1301652070.fish-tank-in-dim-sum-restaurant.jpg

no idea wtf that thing is that's looming in the top left booth

Gary Numan, or Gary Fletcher (ken c), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link

errr.. that was the wrong pic
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1274/4669499606_7561ebd551.jpg

Gary Numan, or Gary Fletcher (ken c), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link

http://theinput.net/2008/02/14/beagle_wins_westminster.jpg

õ_Ò (Pillbox), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link

it looks like a picture from a dog show or something

dylannn, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link

http://i56.tinypic.com/6zopid.jpg

los blue jeans, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link

aaaah damn sorry

los blue jeans, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link

oh, wait, i just got it

dylannn, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link

你这个死美国佬胖怪物,回去把自己的小鸡鸡切了算了.

dylannn, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link

回去把自己的小鸡鸡切了算了.
http://www.foodnut.com/i/Saigon-Seafood-Harbor-Sunnyvale/Saigon-Seafood-Harbor-Steamed-Chicken.jpg

Gary Numan, or Gary Fletcher (ken c), Thursday, 8 September 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link

I’ve been so obsessed with Szechuan cuisine lately it’s redic.

Aerosol, Thursday, 8 September 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_stock

dayo, Thursday, 8 September 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link

Apparently I did not take any pictures of the amazing food I had in Chengdu :(

lukas, Thursday, 8 September 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link


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