Ah the humble beef ball. Subject of countless dirty jokes, smutty nicknames, and at least one trashy Hong Kong movie that makes liberal use of both. More than their lesser-known pork cousins, beef balls command a cache that makes them culturally iconic. That’s in part because they are scarce, at least the good ones. ProperContinue reading “Chinese beef balls 牛肉丸”
Category Archives: pork
Cooling menu
Sour pickles on a hot summer day
鱼香肉丝 “fish-flavored, but not fish”
Yuxiang 鱼香 literally means “fish taste,” which is a mystery because this style of cooking has neither fish, nor fish taste, nor any other fishy credentials
Sour bamboo shoots and crispy pork belly
Lao style means pickled, and these were hot, sour and very aromatic.
Yunnan rice noodles
I can’t say many good things about my current hotel. It reeks of smoke, and this morning I woke up covered in what I can only hope are mosquito bites. But the breakfast is outstanding. Yesterday I had the rice noodle soup, and again was struck my the smoky taste. This time I had theContinue reading “Yunnan rice noodles”
Bamboo soup with pork ribs and rice cakes
You can buy dried bamboo shoots in any Asian store… but now you have to cook them.
Thomas David DuBois 