I need some help identifying a vegetable

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Actually 2 Taiwanese veggies

1) ???- Chinese beauty
2) A? - "A vegetable"

Anyone know what these are called in English? They look lettuce-like, but I never know how to explain it to people, especially my Cantonese friends who are like WTF is this?

 

[FleshLight]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai-lan

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai-lan

well...i think his cantonese freind would know what chinese broccoli (sp?) is.

 

[Talon]

Does the first one look like "Napa cabbage"?

 

[Pepsei]

they're both lettuce
iceberg is a ball like lettuce, with the other end of spectrum being leaf lettuce.

1) would be woman from mainland. it looks like a cross between iceberg and left lettuce, i guess it's similar to boston lettuce. it got popular in taiwan for firepot cooking, and due to it being imported from the mainland.... and at the time, there were a lot of mainland hookers getting busted.... it was named that, so the rest is history.
2) leaf lettuce, produced in taiwan.

 

[Oceandevi]

bok choy is better

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
baby bok choy is better

fixed

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
bok choy is better

:thumbsup:

 

[andylawcc]

1) ???- Chinese beauty
2) A? - "A vegetable"

these terms sound like something i'd hear in a Dong Guan karaoke night club.

anyway, I heard of A?, but certianly, not ??? if it is a veggie.

 

[Kaieye]

Are you talking about A-Choy?

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Kaieye
Are you talking about A-Choy?

yes. mainly a Taiwanese dish.

 

[richardycc]

LOL

 

[silverpig]

Sui-Choy?

lo-bak?

 

[Oceandevi]

Originally posted by: joesmoke

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
baby bok choy is better

fixed

nom nom nom

 

[ivan2]

A Choy sounds like A class hooker to me, your Cantonese friend will be impressed with your taste.

 

[threeringbinder]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Actually 2 Taiwanese veggies

1) ???- Chinese beauty
2) A? - "A vegetable"

Anyone know what these are called in English? They look lettuce-like, but I never know how to explain it to people, especially my Cantonese friends who are like WTF is this?

1) dai look mui
2) a choy

....sounds like 1) is a slang. 2) is an actual veggie from taiwan.

 

[compuwiz1]

nm

 

[Baked]

A choy is pretty yummy and expensive, however by looking at both terms, A? is a slang used to describe hot chicks, not veggies.

??? is not a veggie, like somebody said, it's a slang people in used to described girls from China. ?? is also used to describe girls from Beijing. Shanghai, and the northern region of China.

 

[Pepsei]

ok, i guess no one read my post above?

link

??? is a slang and was later used also as a slang for this particular type of imported lettuce from china.

at anyrate, some people think it is racist....

link (chinese)

 

[NoShangriLa]

I can't read Chinese bu the links may give you a better idea.

http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1306.htm

http://images.google.ca/images...ble&btnG=Search+Images