Chinese cuisine/Catalogs

Under construction: this will be a list of well-known dishes in Chinese cuisine, in alphabetical order.

English Name	Chinese Name	Restaurant Name(s)	Description
Almond Pressed Duck		Mandarin Duck	Duck steamed, shredded, pressed, deep-fried; a labor-intensive dish rarely seen these days
Beijing Duck	Beijing kaoya 北京烤鸭	Peking Duck	Roasted duck served with hoisin sauce and spring onions and eaten by wrapping in thin pancakes.
Baijiu	白酒	Maotai (or Moutai) is the best-known	Distilled spirits made from rice wine.
Steamed dumplings	Jiaozir 饺子	Har Gow, Siu Mai	Pasta-like dough filled with various stuffing and cooked by steaming.
Steamed bread	Mantou 馒头		Yeast-leavened bread cooked by steaming rather than baking.
Steamed buns	Baozir 包子	Cha Siu Baau (for pork)	Yeasted-dough filled with various stuffing such as pork or bean paste and cooked by steaming.