asian dish name?

[NuclearFusi0n]

pork wrapped in sticky rice wrapped in a bay leaf

had it at this dim sum place in so cal, it was amazingly good

Any links on asian style cooking will be appreciated!

 

[KEV1N]

Do you mean a lotus leaf?

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: KEV1N
Do you mean a lotus leaf?

it was a leaf of some kind, dont remember. a bay leaf is probably too small hehe

 

[dighn]

yeah i know that... had it plenty of times. don't know its english name though

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: dighn
was the pork grounded up or in chunks?

i do not remember, hell i dont even know if it was pork, i'm just guessing. it was REALLY good though

i'll take a st@b at it and say chunks

this was over a year ago i believe....

 

[KEV1N]

Is it possibly something like this?

http://www.khmerkromrecipes.com/recipes/recipe317.html

 

[Amorphus]

If it was triangular and a little smaller than your fist, it was probably a "zong zi".

 

[KEV1N]

OR http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=lotus+leaf+sticky+rice+pork&btnG=Google+Search

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: KEV1N
Is it possibly something like this?

http://www.khmerkromrecipes.com/recipes/recipe317.html

Thats the only thing I can think of too. Unusual to be eaten for Dim Sum, but new years is coming up.

 

[dighn]

i think you are talking about "lo mai kai" (sticky rice chicken, though it's really pork. why they named it chicken i dunno...)

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: dighn
i think you are talking about "lo mai kai" (sticky rice chicken, though it's really pork. why they named it chicken i dunno...)

Is that mandarin?

I suppose I could go ask someone who might know, but I don't really want to get up.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: dighn
i think you are talking about "lo mai kai" (sticky rice chicken, though it's really pork. why they named it chicken i dunno...)

Is that mandarin?

I suppose I could go ask someone who might know, but I don't really want to get up.

cantonese. because it's a cantonese dish afaik.

mandarin would be nuo mi ji

 

[0roo0roo]

its pretty common and well atleast iknow what ur talking about. i have no idea what the english name would be. but at dim sum restaurants..its pretty standard. that description only describes that lo mai gai? my bad cantonese pronounciation

http://www.khmerkromrecipes.com/recipes/recipe317.html

no, thats not it. close, but not it. lo mai gai is small, well sometimes big. but its square. the leaves are ussually wetter, greasier. theres beef, mushrooms, sausage, and other stuff inside and the rice is very flavourful. what u posted looks a lot like a differnet kind... not ussually sold as dim sum. i've had some before, no idea what the name is, but those contain beans and stuff wrapped in rice. taste...eh, its like oatmeal i guess. semi good for u but not really tasty.

 

[0roo0roo]

omg, my cantonese translation to english 0wnz! it worked on google!
http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blmenutransdimsum.htm

theres a lotta stuff on that site hmm. ah well names.. doesn't matter u see. cuz all u do is point at what u want anyways when the cart comes over

 

[jacob0401]

Originally posted by: Amorphus
If it was triangular and a little smaller than your fist, it was probably a "zong zi".

i concur that it probably is a "zong zi"

 

[slydecix]

Originally posted by: Amorphus
If it was triangular and a little smaller than your fist, it was probably a "zong zi".

Yep that's what I was thinking too...

(on a side note, post #1000 woohoo! :beer:'s on me)

 

[0roo0roo]

your wrong, look a post above yours

 

[iliopsoas]

that dish is called

"mouse and sticky rice in banana leaf"

 

[DaWhim]

Lo Mai Gai
Sticky rice and meats (often including Chinese sausage) wrapped in lotus leaves

possibly this

 

[0roo0roo]

? well atleast the thing with the string around it. what its surrounded by i have no idea.

 

[shopbruin]

i'm not sure what to call it in english either... so i just wound up calling them asian tamales.

but lo mai gai? it sounds more like "jung" (gosh my cantonese to english blows) that he had since he didn't mention the rice color or the chinese sausage

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: freesia39
i'm not sure what to call it in english either... so i just wound up calling them asian tamales.

but lo mai gai? it sounds more like "jung" (gosh my cantonese to english blows) that he had since he didn't mention the rice color or the chinese sausage

i think lo mai gai is more common as dim sum. and it doesn't have to have sausage.

 

[0roo0roo]

ah joung... atleast thats how it sounds to me. thats the health food variety that tastes bleh. greenish yellow beans wrapped in rice... icky. heh. not normally served at dim sum. cuz it isn't its not what i would consider white friendly heh... food u feed to white people and they go iew!

its lo mai gai

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
ah joung... atleast thats how it sounds to me. thats the health food variety that tastes bleh. greenish yellow beans wrapped in rice... icky. heh. not normally served at dim sum. cuz it isn't

its lo mai gai

the "joung" (whatever it's called in cantonese) doesn't have a set filling. there are many varieties. some of the ones i've had were pretty unhealthy heh (big chunk of fatty pork with preserved duck egg yolk)

 

[0roo0roo]

yea i know... but even those don't taste good. well not really they all contain that base joung taste.. maybe its the beans. i've just never heard lo mai gai described as a joung.