Tofu (bean curd): Pressed soybean curd, from custard-soft (for mapo tofu and soups) to firm (for stir-fries and braises). Fried tofu puffs soak up sauce; tofu skin (yuba) is the sheet lifted off simmering soy milk, rolled and braised or fried as a "vegetarian duck". On this menu as: Stir-fry Smoked Pork w. Bean Curd · Spicy Home-made Bean Curd · Steamed Bean Curd w. Noodle.
Fried rice: Day-old rice stir-fried with egg, scallion and whatever the kitchen adds. Yangzhou (Yang Chow) style means shrimp, char siu and peas, and is the version most menus mean by "house special". Good fried rice is dry and separate-grained, never wet. On this menu as: Changsha Soy Sauce Fried Rice · Egg Fried Rice.
Cumin lamb: Sliced lamb stir-fried (or skewered and grilled) with whole cumin seed, dried chili and onion, the signature seasoning of China's northwest, especially Xinjiang and Xi'an. Also common in Hunan kitchens, where it gets fresh chilies too. On this menu as: Spicy Beef w. Cumin · Spicy Lamb w. Cumin.
Hot and sour soup: A thick soup sharpened with black vinegar and white pepper, with shredded tofu, wood-ear mushroom, bamboo shoot, egg ribbons and pork. The "hot" is pepper heat, not chili; the "sour" is vinegar. Sichuan in origin, universal on American menus. On this menu as: Hot & Sour Chicken Gizzard · Hot & Sour Shredded Potato.
Siu mai: Open-topped steamed dumplings: a thin yellow wrapper cupped around a pork-and-shrimp filling, often finished with a dot of roe, crab or a single pea. Usually sold four to a steamer basket. On this menu as: Changsha Shumai.
Rice noodle rolls: Sheets of freshly steamed rice batter rolled around shrimp, beef, char siu or a fried cruller, then sliced and dressed with a sweetened soy sauce. Slippery, soft and mild, it is a dim sum staple that is also sold plain from street carts. On this menu as: Sweet Sticky Rice Roll.

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Fried ricetypically $13.97 across 254 menus
Hot and sour souptypically $8 across 186 menus
Sweet and sourtypically $15.95 across 172 menus
Cumin lambtypically $18.99 across 91 menus
Siu maitypically $8.75 across 74 menus
Rice noodle rollstypically $7.25 across 40 menus
Red-braised porktypically $17.45 across 37 menus

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