Chinese Food Translations

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Tess said:

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Mei means "pan-fried". Fun means "fallopian tube".
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Mei Fun is a thin long noodle.
If you have shrimp Mei Fun, they add shrimp.
Or vegetable Mei Fun, etc.

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Hi, Foodie Folks : )

We have a great Chinese food take-out place nearby, with an extensive

menu.

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I don't know what all the things are, but I'd like to try something
different. I Gooooogled "Chinese food terms", "Chinese food translations",
and "Chinese food glossary" without much success.

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Thanks : )

- Tess

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Hi, Foodie Folks : )

We have a great Chinese food take-out place nearby, with an extensive
menu. I don't know what all the things are, but I'd like to try something
different. I Gooooogled "Chinese food terms", "Chinese food translations",
and "Chinese food glossary" without much success.

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

True story -- a friend moved to USA from Beijing and I took her to a
restaurant. She didn't recognize a single thing on the menu... I laughed
because having lived in Asia I understand that American Chinese food is not
really "Chinese" and it was funny watching Hong-Yu's reaction as she tried
to figure out what this weird food was...

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Hi, Foodie Folks : )

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Thanks : )

- Tess

IIRC it's fried noodles.

David

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Quoted message said:

Hi, Foodie Folks : )

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Thanks : )

- Tess

IIRC it's fried noodles.

David

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:27:01 -0400, "dwacon" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

True story -- a friend moved to USA from Beijing and I took her to a
restaurant. She didn't recognize a single thing on the menu... I laughed
because having lived in Asia I understand that American Chinese food is not
really "Chinese" and it was funny watching Hong-Yu's reaction as she tried
to figure out what this weird food was...

Is there anyone who really thinks the chinese food commonly served in the
US is authentic? Are there places that serve it that claim it's authentic?
I thought it was pretty well understood that it's not at all. 🙂

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On Sun 26 Jun 2005 06:41:43a, Siobhan Perricone wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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dwacon said:

True story -- a friend moved to USA from Beijing and I took her to a
restaurant. She didn't recognize a single thing on the menu... I
laughed because having lived in Asia I understand that American Chinese
food is not really "Chinese" and it was funny watching Hong-Yu's
reaction as she tried to figure out what this weird food was...

Is there anyone who really thinks the chinese food commonly served in
the US is authentic? Are there places that serve it that claim it's
authentic? I thought it was pretty well understood that it's not at all.
🙂

I'm sure the vast majority are not. However...

Some years ago we visited a Chinese restaurants in NYC's Chinatown for dim
sum. Not a single employee spoke English. There were no menus written in
English. We were seated at a huge round table with two Chinese families,
none of whom spoke English. As we looked around the room, we discovered
that we were the only occidentals in this place. We didn't recognize s
single dish that was served. The check was presented in Chinese. We paid
by offering a handfull of bills, most of which were returned to us. The
total bill was less than $25 for two. A tip left on the table was returned
to us before we got out the door.

I would have to think that this place was just a tad authentic, but whadda
I know. :-)

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Sun 26 Jun 2005 06:41:43a, Siobhan Perricone wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:27:01 -0400, "dwacon"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Is there anyone who really thinks the chinese food commonly served in
the US is authentic? Are there places that serve it that claim it's
authentic? I thought it was pretty well understood that it's not at all.
🙂

I'm sure the vast majority are not. However...

Some years ago we visited a Chinese restaurants in NYC's Chinatown for dim
sum. Not a single employee spoke English. There were no menus written in
English. We were seated at a huge round table with two Chinese families,
none of whom spoke English. As we looked around the room, we discovered
that we were the only occidentals in this place. We didn't recognize s
single dish that was served. The check was presented in Chinese. We paid
by offering a handfull of bills, most of which were returned to us. The
total bill was less than $25 for two. A tip left on the table was returned
to us before we got out the door.

I would have to think that this place was just a tad authentic, but whadda
I know. :-)

Same goes for here in South Africa, Wayne. Most places are not authentic
in the least. But we found a little Chinese place (and I mean little!)
that is not far from us, and it is run by a real Chinese family. The
only one who speaks any English is the "Dad" and we have to use a bit of
sign language to talk to him as well! The food is great... They make
everything really fresh, so you have to wait a while for your order, but
it's worth it. The order/receipt is also written in Chinese, although
they do have the menus in "Engrish".... very reasonable prices too.
Cheers
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Tess said:

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Thanks : )

Mei fun is not a dish - it's rice sticks

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Tess said:

We have a great Chinese food take-out place nearby, with an extensive menu.
I don't know what all the things are, but I'd like to try something
different. I Gooooogled "Chinese food terms", "Chinese food translations",
and "Chinese food glossary" without much success.

I am building a Thai Food Glossary:

http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/bin/thai.cgi

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Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Mei Fun is vermicelli rice noodles, also called rice stick, sen mee or sen mii
in Thailand, and mee hoon in Malayasia. These are the noodles:

http://www.quickspice.com/scstore/images/noodle-maifun-dynasty_lg-1115203188.jpg
http://importfood.com/nogl4001.html

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I thought 'fun' was noodles. :-\

AlleyGator said:

Tess said:

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Thanks : )

Mei fun is not a dish - it's rice sticks

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Siobhan Perricone said:

Is there anyone who really thinks the chinese food commonly served in the
US is authentic? Are there places that serve it that claim it's authentic?
I thought it was pretty well understood that it's not at all. 🙂

I'd have to wonder the same, but geez, you'd be surprised sometimes by
what people DO think. ;D On the occasions I'm asked for a Chinese restaurant
recommendation, I usually try to inquire and find out if they're looking for
the real thing, or if they want a place that serves great moo goo gai pan.

In the Midwest outside of big cities and/or cities with a significant
Chinese population, one's chances are fairly slim, but not nonexistent. My
family is always happy when they find a place with lots of Chinese customers,
hand-written signs in Chinese or separate Chinese menus, etc. Even here,
thousands of miles from the ocean, a more authentic Chinese restaurant will
have seafood specials. It's not uncommon to find ginger/scallion lobster,
clams, crab, steamed or deep-fried fish, etc on the menu. The quality may not
be quite up to big city restaurants, but it'll be decent.

Some of the not-so-good signs would be a mostly take-out business serving
mostly non-Chinese with big pictures of dishes like sweet and sour pork or
(sorry, I know some of you guys like this) beef and broccoli. I'm not
saying the food won't be tasty, but authentic? Not in a million years.
Sorry to say, a lot of people I know who "love Chinese food" would
probably turn up their noses at the authentic stuff because it's too
weird for them. Luckily, we dine out with the people we know who
_would_ enjoy it. 😉

Ariane, whose last Chinese meal included whole steamed tilapia scooped
from the tank minutes before, steamed clams with black bean sauce, salt
and pepper squid, cantonese-style noodles, and a claypot dish with bean
curd sheets and beef tendon. Oh, baby! 😉

Ariane Jenkins said:

salt and pepper squid

<slurp> salt and pepper anything is good. I started off with crab
and went on to pork.... don't remember seeing squid, I'll look for it
next time.

Tess said:

Hi, Foodie Folks : )

We have a great Chinese food take-out place nearby, with an extensive menu.
I don't know what all the things are, but I'd like to try something
different. I Gooooogled "Chinese food terms", "Chinese food translations",
and "Chinese food glossary" without much success.

Does anybody know where there's a site like that? How about different
keywords? And, failing that, does anyone have any idea what "Mei Fun" is?

Thanks : )

- Tess

There is a book called 'The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters'. It
provides a rough glossary of menu Chinese.
Otherwise go to your local library and get books out on Chinese cooking.
You'll have some idea of what goes into dishes. Alternatively use the
takeaway menu and look things up with one of the Chinese character
online dictionaries.

Jim Davis said:

I thought 'fun' was noodles. :-\

That's right. Like chow fun, etc. They ARE rice noodles, just
called by a lot of people "rice sticks". Sorry 'bout that.

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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:41:43 GMT, Siobhan Perricone <[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

Is there anyone who really thinks the chinese food commonly served in the
US is authentic? Are there places that serve it that claim it's
authentic?
I thought it was pretty well understood that it's not at all. 🙂

True. I did notice, while living in Europe, yet another style of Chinese.
My favorite was on the island of Corfu where my buddies and I met this Hong
Kong expatriate who took us to his restaurant. All I remember was the food
was extremely spicy and he threw in a lagniappe of frozen custard to cool
our tongues.

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