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What is Chicken Curry?
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You must be referring to this. Chicken feet. Highly popular.
I've had chicken feet a few times, but to be honest it's not one that particularly moves me -- I even like tripe a lot more. But yes, it's a de rigeur experience in dim sum.
My personal faves are a bit less meat-centric, although they do have meat in them. My two favorite things are turnip cakes:
And crispy fried taro balls:
Actually, they would both probably be just as good vegetarian, although I doubt such a thing is available.
Ah! The turnip cake is a real crowd pleaser. It's called cai tao kuei.
I will recommend you a vegetable dumpling. Not too sure what are the greens used inside, but its really good. And a note of caution, don't eat it the moment its served because its really piping hot inside. The reason is because you're not supposed to chew it into half. Put the whole dang thing in your mouth otherwise the "juice" will seep out, which is exactly what gives it the flavour because it has been steamed for hours on end before it was served to you (if they cook it correctly).
Hope you like it!
I will recommend you a vegetable dumpling. Not too sure what are the greens used inside, but its really good. And a note of caution, don't eat it the moment its served because its really piping hot inside. The reason is because you're not supposed to chew it into half. Put the whole dang thing in your mouth otherwise the "juice" will seep out, which is exactly what gives it the flavour because it has been steamed for hours on end before it was served to you (if they cook it correctly).
Hope you like it!
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Ahh, thanks, I never knew the name! It used to be something we'd always have at dim sum, and then it seems like somehow, either because of different restaurants or over time, it came around less and less frequently, and now it seems like I have to order it if I want it....
I have had those dumplings, I think. Very tasty.
Wrong. Real chinese food taste great and are healthy.
Western "takeaway" chinese food = food with lots of oil and some kind of sweet sauce.
That's the chinese name - Lo buo gao
Cai tao kuei is the dialect name, stemming from the southern provinces like Fujian, Fuzhou and Anxi. That's the Hokkien dialect.
Lo bak gou is the dialect name, stemming from the extreme south estern province of Canton. That's the Cantonese dialect.
Depending on which part of the world you're in, it's known differently. But essentially, the preparation remains the same.
Agreed. I tend to support the argument that people should eat what they like and not be criticized for enjoying it. But hearing someone claim that take-out Chinese is better than real Chinese food which is gross and tasteless is a kick in the crotch to authentic Chinese food.
I like Taco Bell and Rubio's as much as the other person, but I also realize that they're poor representations of authentic Mexican food!
I agree, its all down to personal acceptance and cultural norms.
However, I personally draw the line at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxeCGebZ1tw&feature=related. It's too gory even for the animal that I think I am when it comes to eating. I have eaten quite abit of exotic (to the Western world) stuff because its accepted in my culture, but I don't think I have the courage for this! I've eaten frogs, snakes, birds, bird's eggs, other animals' eggs, horse, turtle, pig's brains. That's just the tip of the ice berg. But I stress that this is not representative of Chinese, or Asian cultural food. It's exotic even to me.
Some claim that this is cruel, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMAV5CQVJc, but the locals claim that octopi have the intelligence of a gnat and in accordance with cold blooded creatures, ain't even know that he's there in the first place. Well...I guess that's what makes the world so interesting. Otherwise it'ld be one great grey monotone color.
EDIT: Oh, has anyone seen a black chicken? It's very, very good for pregnant women. OK enough of freaking people out now hehe.
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Oh god, Japanese style curry (and tonkatsu) is the best food in the world. Ate it all the time when I went there. Dunno why most Japanese restaurants here don't offer any curry!
I've tasted the kinds of curry they serve at some Chinese places here and it's kinda meh. Better stick with the Mongolian beef and go to an Indian joint for the curry.
No, that's pork, possibly chicken. I don't believe I've ever seen fried curry fish in Korea.
If we're playing the exotic food game, I want in. Other than some of the things that have already been mentioned... Near X'ian, I had deep fried black scorpions. Tastes like shrimp. As do most arthropods. I prefer east African locust. Indian rhino beetles taste more like crab.
Also in China, mou tai snake venom. Wow.
I've had monkey a couple times, each time without knowing what it was until after I tried. This is the only food I've tried that I wish I hadn't. Tastes something between beef kidney and pork.
Crocodile is a lot like fish in both taste and texture. Zebra is like horse meat and camel meat is just plain bleh.
And of course, being of east Asian persuasion, I suppose I believe that if it comes out of the ocean, it's edible.
But really, people shouldn't be made to feel little because they're not adventurous eaters. That's their issue, not yours.
Next time, we'll have to use this.
Only if you're from HK.
You can't even say that in Guangdong province anymore. Once there's a big city in China, all the "foreigners" from other parts of China, who can only speak Mandarin or their own dialect, take over. Speak Cantonese in GZ today, and you'd have a hard time travelling around. You're better off speaking Mandarin if you know it. I had trouble there.
Biryani isn't really curry. It's basically Indian / Persian fried rice... and also, my ancestors invented curry. You get the credit for the chopsticks, but curry is as Indian as IT call centers.