Cōngyóubǐng Jiā Ròu (葱油饼夹肉)
Cong you bing jia rou is all about the carrier: dough painted with lard and scallion, coiled and flattened so it bakes into dozens of fat-separated leaves, then split hot to hold braised pork.
Cong you bing jia rou is all about the carrier: dough painted with lard and scallion, coiled and flattened so it bakes into dozens of fat-separated leaves, then split hot to hold braised pork.
Scallion pancake with egg; egg fried onto the pancake.
Rice ball; sticky rice formed around fillings, often yóutiáo.
Fried rice cake; compressed rice, fried until crispy, sometimes used in sandwiches.
Sticky rice wrap; glutinous rice wrapped around yóutiáo (fried dough), sometimes with pickles, pork floss, or egg. Breakfast staple.
Spring roll wrapper; thin, for wrapping.
Tea egg with plain bun; simple breakfast.
Char siu comes off the hook already candied, too sweet to pile in plain, so it is diced into a savoury gravy and sealed in a sweet dome that splits open in the steamer. A dim sum Heavenly King.
Open char siu bao; char siu (BBQ pork) served in split steamed bun rather than enclosed.
BBQ pork bun; sweet roasted pork (char siu) in fluffy steamed bun. Dim sum classic.
Cha chaan teng sandwich; Hong Kong diner-style sandwiches.
Cài bāozi is the vegetable-filled steamed bun: greens wrung dry, bound with mushroom, glass noodle, and tofu, pleated shut and steamed soft. The everyday and temple-kitchen vegetarian bao.
Pineapple bun with butter; hot pineapple bun with thick cold butter slab inside. Hong Kong cha chaan teng classic.
Pineapple bun; sweet bun with crispy sugary top (no actual pineapple). Often split and filled with butter.
General term for flatbread; many varieties.
The Beijing kaoya juan is the afterlife of a banquet: the lacquered duck a Ming court ate, now a hand parcel where a thin pancake, sweet sauce, scallion, and carved slices stand in for the ceremony.
Steamed filled bun; leavened dough wrapped around various fillings, pleated on top, steamed. While typically enclosed, some styles are se...
The Baoding donkey burger is the round, hot-meat school of huoshao: a thick wheat bun packed with warm braised donkey and aspic, against Hejian's flat cold rectangle.
Thin pancake wrapper; for Peking duck and wraps.
The bread itself; round, flat, baked in clay oven or on griddle. Crispy exterior, soft layered interior. Split to form pocket.