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Har gow (Chinese: 蝦餃; pinyin: xiājiǎo; Jyutping: haa1 gaau2; lit. 'shrimp jiao'), also anglicized as ha gow, hau kau, or ha kao, is a traditional Cantonese dumpling served as dim sum. [1] It is made of shrimp meat, and steamed in a flour wrapper.
Map showing major regional cuisines of China. Cantonese or Guangdong cuisine, also known as Yue cuisine (Chinese: 廣東菜 or 粵菜), is the cuisine of Cantonese people, associated with the Guangdong province of China, particularly the provincial capital Guangzhou, and the surrounding regions in the Pearl River Delta including Hong Kong and Macau. [1]
Shrimp toast or prawn toast (Chinese: 蝦多士; Cantonese Yale: haa dō si) is a Cantonese dim sum dish from Hong Kong. It is made from small triangles of bread, coated with a paste made from minced shrimp and cooked by baking or deep frying. It is a common appetizer in Western Chinese cuisine.
Guangdong or Cantonese cuisine (Chinese: 粤菜; pinyin: yuècài) is a regional cuisine that emphasizes the minimal use of sauce which brings out the original taste of food itself. [6] It is known for dim sum, a Cantonese term for small hearty dishes, which became popular in Hong Kong in the early 20th century.
Prawn is the main ingredient, with slices of chicken or pork, egg, kangkung and sambal added as well. Prawn is the main ingredient with slices of chicken or pork, squid and fish cake. Egg, fish cake, fish ball, prawn ball, crab claw meat, cabbage, often with lard, slices of chicken or pork, sometimes oyster and slices of shiitake mushroom.
Hakka-style dish of bitter gourd stuffed with shrimp and fish paste [9] Rice Tangyuan: 汤圆 (tangyuan) Glutinous rice ball [11] Sticky rice with lotus leaf: 荷葉糯米飯 Zong: Zongzi Zongzi: Two types: sweet (Hakka-style) and salty (Cantonese-style); the sweet version is eaten with peanut powder. Wrapped in fatak leaves. [12] Tofu Teofu
Lin Heung Tea House in Hong Kong. Hong Kong cuisine is mainly influenced by Cantonese cuisine, European cuisines (especially British cuisine) and non-Cantonese Chinese cuisines (especially Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien and Shanghainese), as well as Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian cuisines, due to Hong Kong's past as a British colony and a long history of being an international port of commerce.
Nearly all the Cantonese restaurants provide yum cha, dim sum, dishes, and banquets with their business varying between the hour of the day.Some restaurants try to stand out by becoming more specialised (focusing on hot pot dishes or seafood, for example), while others offer dishes from other Chinese cuisines such as Sichuan, Shanghai, Fujian (Teochew cooking, a regional variation of Guangzhou ...