Patrick FarrellTonight's Selection: Cantonese FOOD!!
July 17th 2008 07:14
Tonight I shall head to a place in Shanghai that is a great place to enjoy a delicious Cantonese meal. The region of Canton is actually known as Guangdong, the southern province that borders with Hong Kong, Canton is simply the old English name that still applies to the region today. Cantonese translated is "Guangdong hua" (Guangdong language) so you can see where the language comes from and also the food. Cantonese is also spoken in Hong Kong as well and similar food is also eaten there as in Guangdong.
This restaurant "Heng Shan" that I shall be dining at tonight offers a wide range of Cantonese food, from "char siu" (a delicious barbecued pork) to tongues and other insides of animals that you might not usually eat. You would be surprised of the amount of dishes that are available on menus here in China, sometimes it takes ten minutes just to look through each page; some menus have more than fifteen or twenty pages. In China, the communal eating spirit still exists so there must be a reasonable amount of options so everyone can choose something they will enjoy. If you have a party of ten people there might be twenty diffferent items ordered....or MORE! I have never eaten so many different dishes at one dinner before I moved to China, now I can enjoy ten or twenty or maybe even more meals at once.
So, tonight at "Heng Shan" I will order some typical Cantonese food for your viewing (not eating) pleasure. I will try and show the best that this restaurant has to offer, but the decision is always difficult when you have twenty pages worth of food to choose from. I think the best choices are a mix between the more famous and some obscure choices such as the char siu I mentioned above, goose, wonton soup, soy chicken, and a large variety of steamed vegetables (cold or hot).
One thing I find that helps in making a decision is simply choosing something you have never heard of and giving it a chance. I always try to taste something new every time I dine at the same place, especially since there is such a large selection.
I just wanted to let you know what would be next, I will update tonight and let you know how the restaurant was and of course.....THE FOOD!!!
This restaurant "Heng Shan" that I shall be dining at tonight offers a wide range of Cantonese food, from "char siu" (a delicious barbecued pork) to tongues and other insides of animals that you might not usually eat. You would be surprised of the amount of dishes that are available on menus here in China, sometimes it takes ten minutes just to look through each page; some menus have more than fifteen or twenty pages. In China, the communal eating spirit still exists so there must be a reasonable amount of options so everyone can choose something they will enjoy. If you have a party of ten people there might be twenty diffferent items ordered....or MORE! I have never eaten so many different dishes at one dinner before I moved to China, now I can enjoy ten or twenty or maybe even more meals at once.
So, tonight at "Heng Shan" I will order some typical Cantonese food for your viewing (not eating) pleasure. I will try and show the best that this restaurant has to offer, but the decision is always difficult when you have twenty pages worth of food to choose from. I think the best choices are a mix between the more famous and some obscure choices such as the char siu I mentioned above, goose, wonton soup, soy chicken, and a large variety of steamed vegetables (cold or hot).
One thing I find that helps in making a decision is simply choosing something you have never heard of and giving it a chance. I always try to taste something new every time I dine at the same place, especially since there is such a large selection.
I just wanted to let you know what would be next, I will update tonight and let you know how the restaurant was and of course.....THE FOOD!!!
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