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// STREET FOOD RATIONS
23 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.
Cochinita Pibil (Yucatecan Achiote Pork in Banana Leaf)
Cochinita pibil is the dish that proves the Yucatán is its own culinary country: pork marinated in recado rojo…
Okonomiyaki, Osaka Mixed Style (関西風お好み焼き)
Okonomiyaki is the cabbage-heavy griddle cake at the centre of Japan's konamono (flour-food) culture: a loose dashi…
Yakitori (焼き鳥) — Charcoal Chicken Skewers, Shio and Tare
Yakitori is chicken cut nose-to-tail, threaded onto short bamboo skewers and grilled over hard binchotan charcoal…
Tokyo-Style Vegetable Tempura (野菜天ぷら)
Tempura is Edo's contribution to fried food: vegetables or seafood in a barely-mixed, ice-cold batter dropped into…
Typhoon Shelter Fried Crab (避風塘炒蟹)
Hong Kong's own crab dish, cooked first in the sampan galleys moored in the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter and later…
Dry-Fried Beef Ho Fun (乾炒牛河)
Wide fresh rice noodles dry-fried over ferocious heat with velveted beef, onion, bean sprouts and yellow chives…
Soy Sauce Chicken (豉油雞)
Soy sauce chicken is the dark, glossy bird hanging alongside the roast meats at every Hong Kong siu mei counter: a…
Chu Hou Braised Beef Brisket (柱侯牛腩)
Chu hou brisket is the great slow braise of Hong Kong's noodle shops and dai pai dong: fatty, tendon-laced beef…
Clay Pot Rice with Cured Meats (臘味煲仔飯)
Lap mei bou zai faan is Hong Kong's cold-weather dish: long-grain rice cooked from raw in a lidded clay pot over a…
Char Siu (叉燒) — Cantonese Barbecued Pork
Char siu is the lacquered, sweet-savoury barbecued pork that hangs in every siu mei window in Hong Kong, sliced to…
Xinjiang Cumin Lamb Skewers (烤羊肉串 / Kawap)
Kawap is the lamb skewer of Uyghur Xinjiang: cubes of shoulder threaded alternately with cubes of fat-tailed sheep…