Chinese Foods #2

Based on the descriptions, can you name these Chinese foods and drinks?

If you haven’t already, make sure to attempt Chinese Foods #1. This quiz is probably harder than the first.

The answers do not necessarily have to be of Chinese origin in order to have been developed as Chinese cuisine

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Spicy tofu dish with minced beef and a glossy chilli sauce

Mapo tofu

Soup dumplings (meaning, there is soup inside of the dumpling)

Xiao long bao

Orange-red sauce named after its two main flavours; commonly served on pork or chicken

Sweet and sour

Beverage first consumed in China in the 10th century BCE; second most consumed drink globally behind water

Tea

Barbecued pork with a red outer layer

Char siu

Savoury rice and water porridge

Congee

Naturally occurring umami flavouring often used in Chinese cooking; it has no bad health effects, despite rumours

Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Name any of China's Eight Culinary Traditions (i.e. main regional cuisines)

Anhui (Hui) | Fujian (Min) | +6 others

Scrambled eggs and this red 'fruit' is a common stir-fried comfort dish

Tomatoes

Staple thick, dark soybean sauce used in Peking duck wraps

Hoisin sauce

Creamy milk sweets wrapped in a thin, edible rice paper layer

White Rabbit

Broth soup that contains ribbons of beaten eggs

Egg drop soup

Fermented tea touted for its health benefits

Kombucha

Stuffed sticky rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

Zongzi

Folded egg crepes that can be topped with savoury ingredients

Jianbing

Type of orange which shares its name with the dominant Chinese dialect

Mandarin orange

Hot plate dish of sliced beef and spring onions served in a brown sauce

Sizzling beef

Clumped form of sugar typically used in Chinese cooking

Rock sugar

Hot pot flavoured with spicy 'mala' sauce, with skewers often immersed into the broth

Malatang

Known as the Chinese date

Jujube

Brown spice mix whose name refers to the number of spices it contains

Five spice

Yellow, sweet-filled dessert bun that resembles this fruit

Pineapple bun

Thick, wide Shaanxi 'belt' noodles. The name has the most strokes for a single character in Chinese

Biangbiang noodles

Dessert pastry usually filled with lotus paste that is prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival

Mooncake

Curry-flavoured vermicelli noodle stir fry that is misleadingly named after this Southeast Asian country

Singapore noodles

Common name for ground fish/seafood patties popular across East and Southeast Asian cuisines

Fishcakes

Popular beer named after a port city formerly under German control

Tsingtao beer

Transparent type of noodle with a chewy texture

Glass noodle

Taiwanese shaved ice dessert with various sweet toppings (e.g. syrup, fruits and tapioca balls)

Baobing

Long-preserved egg that has a creamy texture and dark brown colour

Century egg

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Level 56

Jul 25, 2024

For anyone wondering, the full list of the ‘Eight Culinary Traditions’ of China is:

• Anhui (Hui)

• Fujian (Min)

• Guangdong/Cantonese (Yue)

• Hunan (Xiang)

• Jiangsu (Su)

• Shandong (Lu)

• Sichuan (Chuan)

• Zhejiang (Zhe)