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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12255
    Dominic said:
    I used to live in HK in the 1980s.......many restaurants of all regional varieties although predominantly Cantonese.When coming to UK I was amazed at some of the food being offered in Take-Away and regional "Chinese" restaurants as it was nothing whatsoever like anything I was used to. I had never heard of Chow Mein which seems to be an American invention loosely based on the Hokkien Char Koay Teow that you would see in Malaysia.
     Obviously there is more authenticity in Gerrard Street and in general these days but it is still very different.
    My feeling is that the majority of the UK population would not eat what my mum cooks.

    Steamed fish on the bone?

    Fried Lettuce?

    Perserved cabbage with pork?

    Bitter melon?

    These are the things that is normal to me, there is never anything Sweet & Sour, there are nothing deep fried eaten at home and we don't eat fried rice at home either.  
    When I stayed in the empire in brunei there was food from various regions, from what I saw the chinese people didn't eat courses as such just put savoury and sweet on the same plate.  Is that a thing in parts of china or is it more likely they just were trying food they didn't know?

    I have had fried lettuce which was lovely.
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11807
    munckee said:
    Dominic said:
    I used to live in HK in the 1980s.......many restaurants of all regional varieties although predominantly Cantonese.When coming to UK I was amazed at some of the food being offered in Take-Away and regional "Chinese" restaurants as it was nothing whatsoever like anything I was used to. I had never heard of Chow Mein which seems to be an American invention loosely based on the Hokkien Char Koay Teow that you would see in Malaysia.
     Obviously there is more authenticity in Gerrard Street and in general these days but it is still very different.
    My feeling is that the majority of the UK population would not eat what my mum cooks.

    Steamed fish on the bone?

    Fried Lettuce?

    Perserved cabbage with pork?

    Bitter melon?

    These are the things that is normal to me, there is never anything Sweet & Sour, there are nothing deep fried eaten at home and we don't eat fried rice at home either.  
    When I stayed in the empire in brunei there was food from various regions, from what I saw the chinese people didn't eat courses as such just put savoury and sweet on the same plate.  Is that a thing in parts of china or is it more likely they just were trying food they didn't know?

    I have had fried lettuce which was lovely.
    Chinese people share their food, there usually isn't a starter but just a main meal where everything is placed in front and you dig in and pick pieces are you eat them onto your own bowl.

    When the meal is over normally that is done, desserts at home are usually fresh fruits, if you eat out then there may be desserts but those are usually hot desserts like red bean or something like that.

    Cakes and stuff like that are eaten often on their own, separately from a meal.
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  • quarkyquarky Frets: 2777
    I remember sharing McD fries when in HK.. I knew the people I was sharing with obviously :)
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6595
    @RaymondLin I would definitely eat what your mum cooks. When's dinner?
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  • DominicDominic Frets: 16010
    I think things like fried cabbage ,Gai Lan and Choy Sum are pretty mainstream these days and you don't need to go looking in Wing Yip as you will find them in big Tesco stores but you won't be finding old fashioned winter foods like Wind-dried Duck or Ducks Webs so easily.
    A lot of dishes that few UK people would eat such as Tripe are only things that our grandparents would have found very normal except they wouldn't have had it in Black Bean Sauce yet the staple breakfast in Turkey is Tripe Soup.Have to say I wouldn't fancy that as soon as I open my eyes ! (or any other time ).
     I do like Congee for breakfast when in Asia.

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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6595
    Dominic said:
     I do like Congee for breakfast when in Asia.

    +1. 

    When touring and staying in Westin hotels, there is often a congee counter at the breakfast spread. 
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  • Kitsune said:
    Hunan Red Pork for me. Utterly addictive. I like fairly simple Chinese generally.

    http://www.asiandumplingtips.com/2009/12/-chairman-maos-redcooked-pork-belly-recipe-hong-shao-rou.html

    I can cook quite a lot of Chinese food, but really I'm a Japanese food veteran.

    Red cooked pork is amazing . One of my favourites to cool, too.
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  • GagarynGagaryn Frets: 1553
    Dominic said:
    I used to live in HK in the 1980s.......many restaurants of all regional varieties although predominantly Cantonese.When coming to UK I was amazed at some of the food being offered in Take-Away and regional "Chinese" restaurants as it was nothing whatsoever like anything I was used to. I had never heard of Chow Mein which seems to be an American invention loosely based on the Hokkien Char Koay Teow that you would see in Malaysia.
     Obviously there is more authenticity in Gerrard Street and in general these days but it is still very different.
    My feeling is that the majority of the UK population would not eat what my mum cooks.

    Steamed fish on the bone?

    Fried Lettuce?

    Perserved cabbage with pork?

    Bitter melon?

    These are the things that is normal to me, there is never anything Sweet & Sour, there are nothing deep fried eaten at home and we don't eat fried rice at home either.  

    I'm Scottish. We fry our lettuce too, in batter!
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11807
    Gagaryn said:


    I'm Scottish. We fry our lettuce too, in batter!
    I remember at school and explained what I eat at home to my friends, as expected, children thinks it is strange to fry lettuce, "Ray, it's all water, why would you do that?"

    Kids, or I think most people are not used to the idea of cooking "salads" kind of vegetables.  

    It's hard to explain it is cooked because it's for the taste, cooking changes the flavour to someone when it is a child.
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12255
    Gagaryn said:


    I'm Scottish. We fry our lettuce too, in batter!
    I remember at school and explained what I eat at home to my friends, as expected, children thinks it is strange to fry lettuce, "Ray, it's all water, why would you do that?"

    Kids, or I think most people are not used to the idea of cooking "salads" kind of vegetables.  

    It's hard to explain it is cooked because it's for the taste, cooking changes the flavour to someone when it is a child.
    I do a bit of chinese cooking I've picked up from recipes, a lot of it involves cooking lettuce, spring onions and cucumber.  cucumber in particular I like,  cut into chunks with the seeds removed then left in salt for a while,  rinced and dried before stir frying, gives a lovely crunch in a meal.
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  • DominicDominic Frets: 16010
    Cucumber is a traditional Curry in Sri Lanka
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  • Singapore noodles is my fave. No idea why its called that though as apparently its go no connection to Singapore at all.
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  • MikeSMikeS Frets: 2133
    There was a Chinese in Glasgow where Chinese used to eat with a dish off the Chinese menu which when spoken in Mandarin, sounded along the lines of "Fo Lam Now Lam Fan" in English. It was basically rice with a hot beef and Pak choi stew, topped with cold pork with crackling. I still dream of that dish.



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  • KitsuneKitsune Frets: 292
    Royal China in Parsons Green used to have a braised pork belly with cabbage, served at the table in a hotpot. Utterly pornographic.
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  • quarkyquarky Frets: 2777
    I used to have "soo ap fam" (apologies for butchering Cantonese) or something in HK? Basically roast duck with rice with a sauce. So simple, but so damn good. There was a Chinese on Queensway in London which did it as well when I lived there, but none of the ones where I live now do it, or at least nothing on the menu looks like it.
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  • These are the things that is normal to me, there is never anything Sweet & Sour, there are nothing deep fried eaten at home and we don't eat fried rice at home either.  
    Try drinking 8 pints of Carlsberg first. You’ll be whistling a different tune then!  :)
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  • These are the things that is normal to me, there is never anything Sweet & Sour, there are nothing deep fried eaten at home and we don't eat fried rice at home either.  
    Try drinking 8 pints of Carlsberg first. You’ll be whistling a different tune then!  :)
    I could never manage that much piss in one sitting
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11807
    quarky said:
    I used to have "soo ap fam" (apologies for butchering Cantonese) or something in HK? Basically roast duck with rice with a sauce. So simple, but so damn good. There was a Chinese on Queensway in London which did it as well when I lived there, but none of the ones where I live now do it, or at least nothing on the menu looks like it.
    Shui ap fan

    (well….as close as I can get it in English phonetic).  It literally means Roast Duck Rice, that is the direct literal translation of each word.
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  • Has Phil not commented on this thread yet?
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  • quarkyquarky Frets: 2777
    edited September 2018
    Shui ap fan

    (well….as close as I can get it in English phonetic).  It literally means Roast Duck Rice, that is the direct literal translation of each word.
    I love the eggy buns too, char su bau? Or are those the pork ones? 

    EDIT: Lai wong bau, those were the ones! God, haven't had them for ages..
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