If you want a dish or food item translated from English to Chinese, ask here.
if anyone would like to try delicus chinese food, but don't the english name please ask me.
Reply to this Would you post some recommendations of what to eat for those foreigners who are currently in Beijing. Descriptions and maybe the English and Chinese names so they can maybe print them and show the restaruant what they want to choose. 😊
mel
Reply to this sorry, I will post one by one, I am new for this forum, can anyone tell me how to upload the picture? thanks.
1. 牛腩煲 Braised Beef Brisket en Casserole
description: Beef brisket cocked with lettuce, Chinese date, Ginger, Garlic, Chinese cinnamon, oyster oil, soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine, salt, and shallot. 牛脯300克,生菜250克,红枣l0颗,腐竹25克,姜数片，蒜末一茶匙,桂皮一块,蚝油、生抽、糖、酒、盐、葱各适量。 ①牛脯切片,用开水煮5分钟捞起漓干水份。生菜洗净,切块； ②锅内放油二勺爆姜蒜末,加入牛脯及生菜、腐竹搅匀,铲起放入煲内加水四杯,煲滚后,慢火烧至牛腩熟,约三十分钟放调味,再放上葱段即可。
Reply to this 黑椒牛柳 Sautéed Beef Filet with Black Pepper
description: Beef cooked with onion, cooking wine, soya sauce, corn flour, shallot, ginger, black pepper, green pepper.
原料：
牛里脊肉200克，洋葱1个，青椒1个、料酒,生抽,少量淀粉,葱花姜末。
做法：
1.牛肉切厚片，用刀背拍松，制成牛柳，加入料酒、油及水淀粉，拌匀后腌15分钟。
2.洋葱剥净，青椒洗净去蒂及子，均切大小相仿的片。
3.烧热3勺油，放入牛柳炒至七成熟，放入黑胡椒粉、蚝油及白糖、盐、味精炒匀，放入洋葱和青椒翻炒至牛肉熟。
Reply to this Hello Beijingspectator
This could be a very popular thread.
I doubt this is a tradition dish, but what is chinese for sausage and chips? 😉
Could solve any home sick problems i might have ha ha.
Reply to this There is probably a Pizza Hut in Beijing too Simon, to help you with your home sickness. I at least saw one in Shanghai when I was there. :D
Mel
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People thought I was joking when I wrote this list in my Pingyao blog...
But I was not joking. Id still love to know if this list was edible.
Marital affair with fragrant bull penis
Whole cock & bird nest blue soup with fried egg
Testicle lambs nuts with garlic knotweed
Donkey colon hotpot & dumplings with fried egg
Intestinal pig noodles with pac choy rice
And there is a Pizza Hut in Beijing also in Shanghai, Luoyang all serving rice and noodles with your pizza. And McDonalds, KFC, etc.....
Reply to this Hi, a few of our favourites in pinyin
tie ban niu rou (sounds: ti yeh ban kneeyuh roe) its skillet beef and onions with black pepper, our favourite dish
suan la tudou si (sounds: swan la too doh suh) fried potato sticks with chilis, reminded me of hickory sticks kind of...
niu rou mien is a good standby - beef noodle bowl
that's all for now gotta run!
Reply to this I will write them in Chinese:
1，火锅。
2，水煮鱼。
3，兰州拉面。
4，煎饼卷大葱
5，高碑店豆腐丝
6，西安肉夹馍
7，郑州烩面 or just 烩面 is ok
8，烧烤， there are many, you can try: 板筋 茄子 鱿鱼 and so on
9，炖盅 （this is Yue food popular in Southern China including Hong kong）
10，腊肉
11，梅菜扣肉
12，东北大拉皮
and many many, I am always on biz trip at national level, so I have tried some, if you are interested, you can contact me:
Reply to this Hello Chinaprofile 😊
Would you also post the English for them.
Mel
Reply to this 褡裢火烧 Dalian Baked Wheat Cake
Description:
Dalian Baked Wheat Cake has a long history, and unique flavour, it has always been a favourite snack of Beijing local people. “Dalian” is known as old time people’s belt, so people name it for this Wheat Cake. It has a golden colour, fresh and delicious.
It comes with beef mince, plain flour, fine chopped shallout, fine chopped ginger, 1~2 eggs, soya sauce, yellow bean paste, salt, sugar, cooking wine, and sesame oil.
提起褡裢火烧，“老北京”没有不知道的。它不仅历史悠久，而且风味独特，因而一直是人们爱吃的小吃之一，也常被人们作为早点。褡裢火烧因制作成形后，酷似旧时人们腰带上的“褡裢”，因而得名。它是一种油煎食品，色泽金黄，焦香四溢，鲜美可口。
牛肉餡，大量的蔥末，少量姜末，雞蛋1-2個，黃醬，少許醬油，鹽，少許糖, 料酒, 香油.
Reply to this I don't know everyone likes this topic or not, if Ok, I will put one or more meal everyday.
Reply to this 褡裢火烧 Dalian Baked Wheat Cake is normally for breakfast.
Reply to this After six months traveling all around China I found myself ordering one dish every single night: Chao qie zi. It just means fried eggplant and it changes from city to city but I never found a bad one anywhere. It's nothing like eggplant back home, it's simply the greatest food in the world.
For the truly adventurous, head to Shangrao, they cook it the best, along with the best non-veggie Chinese dish.
Reply to this Yu Xiang Qie Zi (You shee ong chee eh zeh) is another good eggplant dish, its in a thick sauce, a little sweet and a little spicy.
La zi qie zi - spicy eggplant!
If all else fails, just ask for qie zi, they will name off a few, just agree to one...its 99% of the time a safe bet.
Reply to this Chao qie zi
Is that the one in the black sauce. It is so delicious. I had that one time in China. I didnt understand any Chinese so the food they brought in the restaurants was generally a surprise. I am a vegetarian and had that written in Chinese to show the restaurant people. They then brought me whatever vegetarian food they had. 😊
Reply to this Here are the details for "Chao qie zi"
酱烧茄子 Braised Eggplant with Soy Bean Paste
Description:
This is zhejiang Cuisine, it combines eggplant, cooking oil, sweet paste, sugar, soya sauce, salt, corn flour, ginger, shallots, garlic.
原料
茄子500克、植物油500克、(实耗75)克甜面酱25克、白糖10克、酱油10克、精盐1克、味精1克、水淀粉25克、葱、姜、蒜共50克。
制作过程
1、将茄子削去皮，切成2厘米见方的，表面切十字花刀、葱、姜、蒜切片待用。
2、将油下锅烧热后，下入茄子炸成金黄色捞出。
3、将锅中油倒出，留少许底油，把葱姜，蒜和甜面酱一同下锅煸炒，待出香味时放入适量清水，随时把茄子、白糖、精盐、味精、酱油一同放入，烧开、移至小火，待茄子烧透，勾入水淀粉烧开即成。
Reply to this no worries man, if you are not a vegetarian, you can try this (also with eggplant):
Braised Cat Fish with Eggplant 鲶鱼烧茄子
Description:
It combines Cat fish, eggplant, 50g port, caraway, salt, vinegar, pepper powder, shallots, ginger, sesame oil, and port demi-glace.
【主料】：
鲇鱼400克，嫩茄子400克。
【配料】：
猪五花肉50克，香菜10克。
【调料】：
碘盐10克，味精5克，醋5克，料酒3克，胡椒粉5克，葱姜丝各3克，香油5克，汤500克。
【制作】：
（1）茄子去蒂洗净去皮，用手撒成条，香菜切段，五花肉切片。
（2）将鲇鱼收拾整理干净后，放入沸水中略烫，捞出放入凉水中浸凉，取出用筷子刮去表面粘液。大个鲇鱼改6-7厘米的段，小个整条即可。
（3）勺内放少许油，放入茄条煸炒，变软倒入碗内备用。
（4）勺内放汤、鲇鱼、肉片、茄条、葱丝、姜丝，烧开撇沫，加盐、料酒用小火炖20分钟左右，捡出五花肉，倒入碗内。
Reply to this Hi, Mell,
I think much chinese food has got no english name, if some has english name, I think the waiter can't follow you, I am always on business trip in China, and I found many high-end entertainment venues or restaurants can not provide original chinese food, if you wanna taste chinese food, you must go to muture residential area, there are many small restaurants locate all around, they cook delicious food, but price is low, and many of them can not provide you invoice as the cost is so little. and I think you can go to Haidian District in Beijing, there are many first-class universtities, students are from every corner from China mainland and some from Hong Kong, many local flavor serve them, the better is, many students there can make basic communication in English, if you are luck, you may come across a very warm-hearted student who can also speak beautiful english, he/she can help you. Now I am in Dongguan located at the middle of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, I have just eaten delicious food in a large residential area, the flavor is Chaoshan (潮汕) , many are only named in chinese, so I advise you invited a city guide in differernt city, he/she can help you.
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