The Chinese 100

I found this list from Lizzie which looked interesting and created by appetideforchina. Thanks guys!. I had a bit a fun going through the list and found I had most of the listed foods (except a few I don’t think should be listed as Chinese). I got several recipes already posted on the blog. Think my score is 90.

1. Almond milk - authentic Chinese almond milk, just bought a can last week
2. Ants Climbing a Tree (poetic, not literal, name) – recipe on my blog
3. Asian pear – got some in my fridge right now
4. Baby bok choy – some in my fridge too
5. Baijiu – got some at home
6. Beef brisket – that is not a dish, it a cut of meat
7. Beggar's Chicken – had some a long time ago, got the recipe will make it sometime
8. Bingtang hulu – syrup coated water chestnuts on a skewer? heard of but not had. Don’t think I like it
9. Bitter melon – had it many many times
10. Bubble tea – had plenty of that in HK. Got the bubble pearls at home. Try it with red bean, posted on my blog
11. Buddha's Delight – make it quite often here is a picture
12. Cantonese roast duck – one of my favourite
13. Century egg, or thousand-year egg – had numerous in the far east, not in UK too expensive
14. Cha siu (Cantonese roast pork) – bought and homemade, recipe posted on the blog
15. Char kway teow – make this regularly, see picture
16. Chicken feet – had it in dim sum restaurant, I also make various chicken feet dishes myself
17. Chinese sausage – had lots in the far east, don’t like those sold in UK
18. Chow mein – my regular noodle stir fry
19. Chrysanthemum tea – have this quite regular
20. Claypot rice – love it especially spare ribs with salted fish claypot rice.
21. Congee – make this quite regular when the weather is getting cold
22. Conpoy (dried scallops) – love it, but don’t have any at the moment, need to stock up when I go to the far east
23. Crab Rangoon – that’s not authentic Chinese, it’s American fusion
24. Dan Dan noodles – recipe on my blog
25. Dragonfruit – don’t like the white flesh, red flesh is lovely
26. Dragon's Beard candy – tried it but don’t fancy it too much
27. Dried cuttlefish – love it with steamed chicken or congee
28. Drunken chicken – love it, might make some soon
29. Dry-fried green beans - authentic Sichuan recipe is lovely
30. Egg drop soup – yes something like sweet corn soup
31. Egg rolls – love all spring rolls of all sorts
32. Egg tart, Cantonese or Macanese – love both
33. Fresh bamboo shoots – nice especially fresh not brined or pickled
34. Fortune cookies – had them and don’t like. A waste IMO, nobody eats them other than getting a silly strip of paper from it
35. Fried milk – made it long time ago
36. Fried rice – had this all the time
37. Gai lan (Chinese broccoli) – love it but quite expensive in UK
38. General Tso's Chicken – have the recipe, but not cook it yet
39. Gobi Manchurian – that is not really Chinese, it’s manchurian
40. Goji berries (Chinese wolfberries) – love it and got lots at home
41. Grass jelly – love it with chendol (green noodles) and coconut milk, Malaysian dessert
42. Hainan chicken rice – love it
43. Hand-pulled noodles – love it
44. Har gau (steamed shrimp dumplings in translucent wrappers) – made it not too long ago, see my blog
45. Haw flakes – love it when I was a kid
46. Hibiscus tea – guess you are talking about Jamaican flower, if it is I won’t classify this as Chinese, had it once or twice, ok
47. Hong Kong-style Milk Tea – si mut naai cha? Yes love it
48. Hot and sour soup posted on my blog
49. Hot Coca-Cola with Ginger – nice when having a cold
50. Hot Pot – which type? But I love it all
51. Iron Goddess tea (Tieguanyin) – one of my favourite Chinese tea
52. Jellyfish – love it
53. Kosher Chinese food what has Chinese food got to do with kosher?
    
54. Kung Pao Chicken – love it
55. Lamb skewers (yangrou chua'r) – not had the real thing in China, but normal lamb skewer yes.
56. Lion's Head meatballs – love it
57. Lomo Saltado ?? That’s not chinese
58. Longan fruit – love it
59. Lychee – love it too
60. Macaroni in soup with Spam – nice for a quick breakfast
61. Malatang – love it especially malatang steamboat
62. Mantou, especially if fried and dipped in sweetened condensed milk
63. Mapo Tofu – recipe on my blog
64. Mock meat – Chinese seitan is lovely braised with a nice sauce
65. Mooncake (bonus points for the snow-skin variety) – going to make some this weekend
66. Nor mai gai (chicken and sticky rice in lotus leaf) – love this too
67. Pan-fried jiaozi – love it
68. Peking duck – my top list of favourite dish
69. Pineapple bun - recipe on my blog
70. Prawn crackers – nice if made with real prawn not msg
71. Pu'er tea – used to drink it everyday
72. Rambutan – love it
73. Red bean in dessert form – several posted on my blog
74. Red bayberry yangmei, chinese strawberry, had some in HK and China, very nice
75. Red cooked pork – recipe on my blog
76. Roast pigeon – very nice especially those in HK
77. Rose tea
78. Roujiamo – had similar
79. Scallion pancake – it’s been a while since I last made this
80. Shaved ice dessert – love it especially Malaysian style shave ice with all the bits and evaporated milk pour on top, made a red bean shave it dessert on my blog
81. Sesame chicken - nice
82. Sichuan pepper in any dish – kung po chicken, mala chicken, Sichuan boiled beef etc…..
83. Sichuan preserved vegetable (zhacai) – nice
84. Silken tofu – love it, made some tofu myself, see blog
85. Soy milk, freshly made – I like homemade
86. Steamed egg custard – love it sweet or savoury
87. Stinky tofu – come close to having it, still the smell puts me off it
88. Sugar cane juice – nice if freshly pressed
89. Sweet and sour pork, chicken, or shrimp love it
90. Taro love it
91. Tea eggs not had any for years
92. Tea-smoked duck - nice
93. Turnip cake (law bok gau) – it’s been a while since I last made some of this
94. Twice-cooked pork - lovely
95. Water chestnut cake (mati gau) – nice if fried
96. Wonton noodle soup – see my blog
97. Wood ear - love it, use it in various recipes on my blog
98. Xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) – yum!!!!
99. Yuanyang (half coffee, half tea, Hong Kong style) – quite like it
100. Yunnan goat cheese probably the only one I don't know which is chinese