Chinese Food (中国菜)
Eating 包子 (Baozi)
Oh, Chinese food!
These are my personal favorite: Bāozi (包子） and Beijing Duck (北京烤鸭). These two dishes are relatively unknown overseas, where “Chinese food” is often a synomym of “Fried Rice”, “Chow Mien” and “Egg Foo Yung”… and other dishes that cater to Western taste and are everything but Chinese!
Bāozi (steamed filled buns) can be found in pretty much any restaurant or food stall. It can be filled with vegetable, meat, broth etc. We ate the best bāozi at a restaurant called Goubuli (狗不理包子): the name literally means, “Baozi that dogs ignore”! This is where I took the pictures.
 The Baozi Kitchen |
 Making Baozi |
 Eating Out At Goubuli |
 Two Baskets of Baozi, the Sauce and An Egg Soup |
Duck Kitchen
This is of course Beijing’s most famous dish: Beijing Duck （北京烤鸭）. We ate ours at Quanjude (全聚德）, a famous local restaurant.
The duck was sliced in front of us. We ate the meat with steamed pancakes, onions and plum sauce.
 Tea, Plum Sauce, Ginger and Onion |
 Cutting The Duck |
 Duck Skin and Sugar |
 Some Duck, Sauce, Onion on a Pancake |
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I make a variation on Peking Duck taught to me by an old boy-friend who was chinese. First course is the skin and pancakes dish, second is soup and third is the meat stir-fried with beansprouts. I havent made it for years as I’m too lazy to cook the duck myself and I cant get them here. But looking at your post has made me really hungry for it
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And tofus, spring rolls, dimsums, herbal soups, stir-fried bakchoy and etc.
If you have the chance, you can try Malaysian Chinese food, which is distinct and different from the ones you had!
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Looks good. But it’s true about the western view of Chinese food. I have a Chinese friend who simply shakes her head in disbelief at what passes for Chinese food in the US.
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*Drools* I don’t remember the last time I hate Beijing duck…
Dim Sum is just the best thing in the world!! The steamed buns are really considered the mark of a good cook, they are rated on thier buns LOL! I have even made these filled with pork at home once. One of my best friends is Chinese and we have tried a lot of crazy stuff. Tonight as it would happen we visited one of her friends (also Chinese) and we ate home made fresh won tons.…oh my gosh they were to do for!!!
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