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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
If you enjoyed this quiz, you can try Chinese Foods #3, Chinese Foods #4 and Chinese Foods #5
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Last updated: November 8, 2024
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Tofu and minced meat (typically beef) dish with a glossy chilli sauce
Mapo tofu
Soup dumplings (meaning, there is a soup inside of the dumpling)
Xiao long bao
Orange-red sauce with a name describing its two main flavours. It is commonly used on pork and chicken
Sweet and sour
Beverage consumed in China as early as the 10th century BCE; the second most consumed drink globally behind water
Tea
Barbecue pork with a red outer layer
Char siu
Savoury rice and water porridge
Congee
Naturally occurring umami flavouring that is used in Chinese cuisine; its usage is controversial in the West despite no proven negative health effects
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Name any of the Eight Culinary Traditions (i.e. main regional cuisines) of China
Anhui (Hui) | Fujian (Min) | +6 others
Scrambled eggs and this red 'fruit' is a common stir-fried comfort dish
Tomatoes
Staple dark soybean sauce used in Peking duck wraps
Hoisin sauce
Brand of creamy milk sweets wrapped in a thin edible rice paper layer
White Rabbit
Soup comprising beaten eggs in chicken broth
Egg drop soup
Probiotic fermented beverage touted for its health benefits
Kombucha
Stuffed rice cake wrapped in leaves
Zongzi
Street food of folded egg crepes that can be topped with various savoury ingredients
Jianbing
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Answer
Type of orange which shares its name with the dominant Chinese dialect
Mandarin orange
Sliced beef and spring onion dish served on a hot plate in a brown sauce
Sizzling beef
Form that sugar used in Chinese cooking comes in
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
Shaanxi 'belt' noodles that are uniquely wide and thick
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 South East Asian country
Singapore noodles
Ground fish/seafood patties most commonly consumed in East and South East Asian cuisines
Fishcakes
Popular type of beer named after a city formerly under German control
Tsingtao beer
Transparent type of noodle
Glass noodle
Taiwanese shaved ice dessert with various sweet toppings (e.g. syrup, fruits and tapioca balls)
Baobing
Preserved egg that has a creamy texture and dark brown colour due to the length of its preparation
Century egg
1 Comments
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Level 53
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)