It is said that the dish was invented by a cook named Gou’er (the Chinese word for dog), which the local people called “thong,” hence the name “Thong eel.” Thong eel, which is crisp ...

We asked nutrition experts for some of their healthiest Chinese food dishes, plus their best menu hacks for sneaking in even ...

Typical Chinese New Year foods are a mixture of tradition, superstition and edible puns and homophones. Each dish carries symbolic meaning, and they are eaten with the hopes of increasing the ...

Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year begins on January 29 this year ... which implies having a surplus/prosperity at the beginning of the New Year. The name sounds like "year high," symbolising progress ...

While training at a Chinese restaurant in Chiba Prefecture around 20 years ago, he stopped by a restaurant in China’s Hunan Province. A dish called “rei-shao-jao-chiezu,” whose name ...