Guangdong Menus translation

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Chinese name	Pinyin	English description
糖醋咕噜肉	tang2 cu4 gu1 lu1 rou4	Sweet and sour pork. A famous dish thanks to Chinese restaurants around the world. In general if you say to a Chinese person: “I love Chinese food and my favourite dish is Sweet and Sour pork” you are done. Everybody will understand you know nothing about Chinese food. However it is a good choice if you are not keen to experiment too much. Fried pork with bamboo shoots than sitr fired again with garilic, chilli, onions, liquor and special sauce (spicy soya sauce – Qipu, with sugar, vinegar, salt and tomato paste). That is the secret of famous sweet and sour taste!
果汁肉脯	guo3 zhi1 rou4 pu2	Pork cooked in a sweet sauce (mix of Qipu, tomatoes, broth, sugar, salt.) with dry shrimps.
花生肉丁	hua1 sheng1 rou4 ding1	Stir-Fried Diced Pork with Peanuts. Pork cut in cubes fried wih peanuts. Liquor Fenji, black soya sauce, sugar and salt.
蜜汁叉烧	mi4 zhi1 cha1 shao1	Caramelized Pork Slices. Pork meat baked in oven and then caramel. Seasoned with soya paste, salt and sugar.
白云猪手	bai2 yun2 zhu1 shou3	Sweet-and-sour pig's feet Front and back pig feet boiled and seasoned with vinegar sauce. The cooked pig's feet also provides ample amounts of calcium for one's health.
豉汁蒸排骨	chi3 zhi1 zheng1 pai2 gu3	Spareribs with black bean sauce. Black bean sauce is made in general of mixing cornstarch Soy sauce, vegetable oil, minced fresh ginger, sesame oil, chicken broth, sugar, hot chili paste, garlic, fermented black beans
烤乳猪	kao3 ru3 zhu1	Roast suckling pig. Roast Suckling Pig is a very famous Cantonese dish for banquet, especially for wedding and birthday, etc.
滑蛋牛肉	hua2 dan4 niu2 rou4	Stir-Fried beef with scrambled eggs. Beef first fried on a medium fire and then stir fried with eggs
蚝油牛肉	hao2 you2 niu2 rou4	Beef with Oyster sauce*. Beef cooked with celery and red peppers in oyster sauce. * It is made from oyster and other ingredients to give you a seafood flavour
花雕鸡	hua1 diao1 ji1	Drunk chicken. Fried with a pork fat and seasoned with Huadiao wine, ginger, onions, honey. Originally this dish is from Zhejiang and is also known as Shaoxing wine chicken.
白切鸡	bai2 qie1 ji1	Plain steamed chicken. (slices of boiled chicken served cold with soy sauce and other condiments) This dish features tender and delicious meat, and original taste and juice.
广州文昌鸡	guang3 zhou1 wen2 chang1 ji1	Steamed chicken from Wenchang. Boneless pieces of chicken and chicken livers cooked in a spicy sauce. Sliced and delicately steamed chicken is the most common way to prepare chicken meat in Guangzhou
椰奶炖鸡	ye1 nai3 dun4 ji1	Coconut stuffed with chicken and milk. Coconut stuffed with boiled chicken, ham and pork. Sauce is made of coconut milk.
清蒸滑鸡	qing1 zheng1 hua2 ji1	Sliced steamed chicken. Sliced and delicately steamed chicken is the most common way to prepare chicken meat in Guangzhou. As such, this is a very popular dim sum dish and the meat prepared this way maintains its succulence and flavour. Meat is prepared in this way has its skin brushed with peanut oil and the cooked chicken is usually accompanied by a ginger and shredded onion sauce.
蚝油滑鸡条	hao2 you2 hua2 ji1 tiao2	Chicken with oyster sauce
鸡肉烩鱼丝	ji1 rou4 hui4 yu2 si1	Chicken first steamed and then fried with a special sauce. Sauce is made of sea fish meat and eggs.
上汤香鸡扎	shang4 tang1 xiang1 ji1 zha2	Chicken soup with ham and mushrooms.
东江锅烧鸭	dong1 jiang1 guo1 shao1 ya1	Dong jiang duck. Braised duck stuffed with different ingredients (ham, mushrooms etc.) and glutinous rice
糯米酥鸭	nuo4 mi3 su1 ya1	Chaozhou Stewed Duck. Can be served with Chaozhou sauce (Chaozhou soy paste with onion and flour)
蚝油鸭脚	hao2 you2 ya1 jiao3	Duck feet with oyster sauce. Braised duck feet with oyster sauce
潮州烧雁鹅	chao2 zhou1 shao1 yan4 e2	Deep fried goose
黄埔炒蛋	huang2 pu3 chao3 dan4	Scrambled eggs
滑蛋虾仁	hua2 dan4 xia1 ren2	Scrambled eggs with shrimps. Good for a dim sum tea time
清蒸桂鱼	qing1 zheng1 gui4 yu2	Steamed Mandarin fish. Steamed whole fish in a soy sauce
碧绿三拼鲈	bi4 lü4 san1 pin1 lu2	Perch with bamboo shoots and slices of ham
蒸鲳鱼	zheng1 chang1 yu2	Fried halibut with sweet and sour sauce
清炖白鳝	qing1 dun4 bai2 shan4	Stewed eel
干煎虾碌	gan1 jian1 xia1 lu4	Prawns fried in a tomato sauce and Qi Pu sauce.
干炸虾筒	gan1 zha2 xia1 tong3	Fried rolls made of prawns, ham and mushrooms
油泡虾球	you2 pao4 xia1 qiu2	Pan-fried prawns
生菜龙虾	sheng1 cai4 long2 xia1	Lobster with Chinese lettuce
白炸鱿鱼虾	bai2 zha2 you2 yu2 xia1	Prawns with squid
蒸大红羔蟹	zheng1 da4 hong2 gao1 xie4	Steamed red crabs
香汁炒蟹	xiang1 zhi1 chao3 xie4	Stir fried crab
蟹肉扒鲜菇	xie4 rou4 pa2 xian1 gu1	Stir - fried crab meat with mushroom
生炒明蚝	sheng1 chao3 ming2 hao2	Stir-fried oyster with ginger & scallions
蟹黄生翅	xie4 huang2 sheng1 chi4	Shark fin soup with crab eggs
红炖鱼翅	hong2 dun4 yu2 chi4	Stewed shark fins in a soy sauce
虾子扒海参	xia1 zi5 pa2 hai3 shen1	Fried and simmered sea cucumber with shrimps roe
红焖海参	hong2 men4 hai3 shen1	Stewed sea cucumber