Mó (馍)
The baked bread for roujiamo; crispy outside, layered and soft inside.
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Ménding Ròubǐng (门钉肉饼)
Doornail meat pie; thick, round pan-fried meat pie resembling the studs on old Beijing gates.
McDonald's China (麦当劳)
McDonald's China; localized sandwiches, rice items.
Mǎtí Shāobing (马蹄烧饼)
Horseshoe shaobing; horseshoe-shaped sesame bread.
Mápo Dòufu Hànbǎo (麻婆豆腐汉堡)
A Sichuan braise of soft bean curd in chili-and-bean sauce, thickened firm with cornstarch and loaded inside a soft Western-style burger bun in the cha chaan teng tradition.
Mántou (馒头)
Plain steamed bun; no filling, but often used to sandwich other foods.
Mántou Jiā Ròu (馒头夹肉)
Mantou with meat; plain steamed bun split and filled with meat.
Mántou Jiā Càidàn (馒头夹菜蛋)
Mantou with vegetables and egg.
Mántou (馒头)
Plain steamed bun; base for many sandwiches.
Lǘ Ròu Huǒshāo (驴肉火烧)
The Hebei donkey-meat sandwich: cool chopped braised donkey packed into a hot laminated huǒshāo flatbread, with Baoding running thick-walled and Hejian thin-and-flat.
Liúshā Bāo (流沙包)
The whole bun lives inside a narrow temperature window: cold custard wrapped, briefly steamed, opened within minutes so the salted-yolk centre pours golden rather than setting back into a stiff paste.
Làzhīròu Jiāmó (腊汁肉夹馍)
Almost everything here is in the pot, not on the board. A continuously maintained master stock of star anise and cinnamon braises pork until it shreds, then a crisp wheat bun holds the chop.
Làzhīròu Jiāmó (Pork)
Pork version; the traditional and most common filling. Fatty pork belly and lean meat braised together, then chopped.
Lāmiàn Jiā Ròu (拉面夹肉)
Hand-pulled noodle with meat; sometimes noodles used as wrap.
Làcháng Jiāmó (腊肠夹馍)
Chinese sausage roujiamo; sliced cured sausage in mo.
Kòngròu Bāo (控肉包)
Braised pork belly bun; alternative name for gua bao.
KFC China Sandwiches
KFC China menu; localized items like Dragon Twister (Beijing duck-inspired wrap).
Kǎoyā Bǐng (烤鸭饼)
Duck pancake; the thin wrapper for Peking duck.
Kǎo Ròu Náng (烤肉馕)
Kǎo ròu náng is the half-second a charcoal lamb skewer comes off the iron onto a round of náng: cumin mutton stripped onto Xinjiang flatbread, folded over, eaten at the edge of the smoke.
Jūntiún Guōkuī (军屯锅盔)
Jūntún guōkuī is a Sichuan flaky bread built by counting layers: a Sichuan-pepper oil paste laminated into dough, coiled into a snail, stuffed with pork, pan-fried, then crisped in the oven.
Juǎn Bǐng (卷饼)
Juan bing, 卷饼, is the rolled pancake: a soft wheat wrapper worked elastic and curled into a tube around egg, scallion, and sauce, the everyday descendant of the spring pancake eaten to 'bite spring'.
Jīwěi Bāo (鸡尾包)
Cocktail bun; sweet bun filled with shredded coconut and sugar mixture.
Jiǔcài Xiàn Bǐng (韭菜馅饼)
Chive stuffed flatbread; Chinese chives with egg, sometimes vermicelli.