Gastronomy

You tiao
Youtiao is a long, golden-brown, deep fried strip of dough in Chinese cuisine and other East and Southeast Asian cuisines and is usually eaten for breakfast. Conventionally, youtiao are lightly salted and made so they can be torn lengthwise in two. Youtiao are normally eaten as an accompaniment for rice congee or soy milk.

Soy Milk

soy milk always eat with Youtiao

Soy milk (also called soya milk, soymilk, soybean milk, or soy juice) and sometimes referred to as soy drink/beverage is a beverage made from soybeans. A stable emulsion of oil, water, and protein, it is produced by soaking dry soybeans and grinding them with water. Soy milk contains about the same proportion of protein as cow's milk: around 3.5%; also 2% fat, 2.9% carbohydrate, and 0.5% ash. 

The coagulated protein from soy milk can be made into tofu, just as dairy milk can be made into cheese.

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Cí fàn tuán (糍飯糰) is a kind of food in Chinese cuisine, originated in Shanghai. It is made by tightly wrapping a piece of youtiao (fried dough) with glutinous rice. It is usually eaten as breakfast together with sweetened or savory soy milk in Eastern China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In Hong Kong, it is usually known as ci faan (秶飯). In Shanghai, the equivalent term cifan means compressed glutinous rice generally, and is used in compound names such as cifan gao, "glutinous rice cake", a toasted cake also made from compressed glutinous rice.
In recent years, there have been innovations on the traditional ci fan tuan, originating from Hong Kong and Taiwan, then reverse-introduced into Shanghai and its vicinity. Today, ci fan tuan is commonly available in two varieties. The "savoury" variety includes ingredients such as zha cai (pickled vegetable), rousong (pork floss) and small pieces of youtiao being wrapped in the rice ball. The "sweet" variety adds sugar and sometimes sesame to the filling.



Xiao Long Bao

A notable Shanghai delicacy is the Xiao Long Bao, sometimes known as Shanghai Dumplings in English-speaking countries  Xiao Long Bao, or "small steamer bun" (literally translated) as mentioned above, is a type of steamed bun that is filled with pork (most commonly found) or minced crab, and soup. Although it appears delicate, a good xiao long bao is able to hold in the soup until the xiao long bao is bitten. They are steamed in bamboo baskets and served with black vinegar and in some places, shredded ginger. A common way of eating the Xiao Long Bao is to bite the top off, suck all the soup, then dipping it in vinegar before eating.

[edit]Sheng Jian Bao ("Sangjibo" - in Shanghainese)

Breakfast is commonly bought from corner stalls which sells pork buns, for the best xiaolongbao (small steamer bun). These stalls also sell other types of buns, such as Shengjian mantou (生煎饅頭, literally "fried bun") and Guo Tie (fried jiaozi),all eaten dipped in black vinegar. And "luo bo si bing" (萝卜丝饼，radish-strips-stuffing pancake) is also delicious. A typical breakfast combination is youtiao, a dough-like food that is deep fried in oil until crisp and is eaten in all parts of China, wrapped in thick pancake, accompanied by soy milk.And you can also tear a loaf of youtiao into pieces and put them into soy milk for eat.

Hong Shao Rou

Hong Shao Rou is typically made with pork belly meat, a cut commonly used for making bacon. It is layered with fat and results in a very tender and flavorful pork dish.

Stewed Pork Ball in Brown Sauce 

The Chinese name of this dish means "Lion Head". The origin of the name is quite simple, the pork ball should be made to look like the head of a stone lion, which can be seen almost everywhere in China. Alhough the main ingredient looks pretty simple and boring, this dish is actually far more than a mere pork ball. The pork to make this dish has to be streaky pork. Then the pork should be sliced then minced into very tiny cubes. The cook will put all these tiny cubes together and using a lot of patting and throwing between both hands to make the tiny cubes into a pork ball. There are a lot of skills here. When you bite and chew the final product, you should find it tender but not soft. For if it is poorld made or if machine minced pork is used, it will only taste soft and just like any other pork balls. 

Chinese pancakes are pancakes found in Chinese cuisine. They may be either savory or sweet, and are generally made with dough rather than batter.

 Spiced Beans ( Wu Xiang Dou)

The spiced beans are made of local green horse beans with fennel, refined salt, sugar, flavourings and cream. It tastes crisp and a little sweet. The delicious taste can linger on the palate a long time. It can also stimulate one's appetite.