白 雲 鳳 爪

PART III -1How pretty names went…boring

chicken claw

鴛 鴦 饅 頭

PART III -1How pretty names went…boring

shanghai buns

雪

哈

紅

蓮

PART III -1How pretty names went…boring

Snow lotus and red date soup

PART III -1How pretty names went…boring

百 年 好 合

Stir-fried asparagus

and lily bulb

Ants up a tree?!?!

PART III -2How perfectly normal names turned weird

螞 蟻 上 樹sautéed vermicelli with spicy minced

pork

Prosperous intestines before dawn?!

PART III -2How perfectly normal names turned weird

五 更 腸 旺Boiled sour and spicy

pig intestines with pickled vegetables

Red burned lion’s head?!?!

PART III -2How perfectly normal names turned weird

紅 燒 獅 子 頭stewed pork ball in brown sauce

1000 year egg?!?!

PART III -2How perfectly normal names turned weird

皮蛋Preserved

egg

Pot stickers?!?!

PART III -2How perfectly normal names turned weird

鍋 貼Fried long dumplings

PART III -2How perfectly normal names turned weird

Spring rolls?!?!

春 捲(We still call it

spring rolls)