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Category Archives: Chinese food
This year’s new Asian markets and closed markets that will be missed
From the end of 2019 through to 2020 several Asian markets closed in Philly, but we also gained just as many new markets. Here is a roundup: Continue reading
Delicious grains: millets of China, Mongolia, and Central Asia
The millets of China, Mongolia, and Central Asia are hearty crops that can be sustained in very arid climates. For tens of thousands of years they have served as important staple crops for many of those region’s food cultures (especially … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Central Asia/Uyghur food, Chinese food, Mongolian food
Tagged ᠰᠢᠷᠠ ᠪᠤᠳᠠᠭᠠ, 粟米, 谷米, 黄米, 黍, foxtail, millet, хоног будаа, шар будааа, 小米, سۆك, سۆك ئېشى
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Fragrant and crispy peppers, for snacking on
In recent years an interesting snack seems to be trending all around China: fried “fragrant and crispy” peppers (香脆椒, aka 香辣酥), sometimes translated into English as “fried chile crisp”, or “magic chili”. I don’t recall seeing these in the 90s … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese food, Thai/Lao food
Tagged พริกเบรคแตก, chile, chili, Chinese food, drinking food, 香脆辣椒, 香脆椒, 香辣酥, fried, Sichuan, snack, Szechuan, trendy
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Dough covered meals of the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Mongols
Greetings after a long hiatus! Even though I haven’t been reporting here as much as I’d have liked, since my last post I have been continuing on my journey through culinary traditions on the frontiers of Turkic, Mongolian, and Tibetan … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Central Asia/Uyghur food, Chinese food, Mongolian food
Tagged 焖饼, Монгол, битүү шөл, жаппа, жимбий, jappa, kazakh, lasagne, қазақ, Uyghur, ياپمىسى, ياپما, yapma, yapmisi, جاپپا
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Some reflections on a recent food trip to Xinjiang, China
Great laghman (لەغمەن) is well worth obsessing over. Hand-pulled and perfectly chewy wheat noodles are boiled, drained, and then topped with a hot stir fry of fatty mutton, garlic, tomato, and peppers with any seasonal vegetables. Check out my 2015 … Continue reading
Garlic scapes, fried as a vegetable
We are deep into the season of garlic scapes. Fortunately for those of us in Philly, we are able to find these strong-flavored beauties with fair regularity through springtime in Chinatown and even at area farmer’s markets. These are … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Recipes, Chinese food
Tagged 蒜芯, 蒜苔, 蒜蕊, 蒜薹, garlic, pork, scapes, suantai
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Xi’an’s famous foods in the instant noodle section
In 2014 I wrote a post on the growing popularity of “Xi’an” and “Northwestern Chinese” foods in Philadelphia and beyond. Since then we’ve seen even more restaurants open as Philly’s Xi’an Sizzling Woks added another location in University City and … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Chinese food
Tagged chinese, 陕西, 西安, halal, instant noodles, Lanzhou, liangpi, Qingzhen, Qishan, Shaanxi, Xi'an, 兰州, 凉皮, 岐山, 清真
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Delicious greens: yuchoy
Long leaf vegetables are a key component of most meals at our house, and yuchoy is a vegetable that comes fresh to Philadelphia markets regularly. That is to say it is usually in our fridge. It keeps pretty well for … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Recipes, Chinese food, Thai/Lao food
Tagged ผักกวางตุ้ง, canola plant, choy sum, edible rape, green choy sum, greens, rapeseed plant, yu choy, yuchoy, 油菜
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Lanzhou beef noodles, Lanzhou-style
Three years ago I published my first post on this blog, focusing on a topic that has fascinated me for more than twenty years–Lanzhou hand pulled noodles and “secret” ingredients. Over the past three years that post has been far … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Chinese food
Tagged 牛肉面, 蓬灰, hand drawn, Lanzhou, penghui, pulled noodles, secret ingredients, 兰州, 拉面, 拉条子
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Asian Markets of Philadelphia 