Andrew Lekashman
Nǎiyóu Bōluó Bāo (奶油菠萝包)
The bo lo yau has no pineapple in it, only a crackled sugar crust that looks like one. A warm Hong Kong sweet bun split around a thick cold slab of butter, with milk tea.
Nǎi Huáng Bāo (奶黄包)
Custard bun; sweet steamed bun with egg custard filling.
Mùxū Ròu Juǎn Bǐng (木须肉卷饼)
Muxu rou is named for its egg, scattered yellow like osmanthus blossom: a Shandong stir-fry of pork, wood ear and daylily that learned to be folded into a thin pancake.
Mó (馍)
The baked bread for roujiamo; crispy outside, layered and soft inside.
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 Cantonese lava bun built so its salted-duck-egg custard is solid when shaped and pours when split, plus the flavour craze that leaked out of the bamboo basket and reshaped a region's snack aisle.
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.
