Chinese Buffet Style Donuts. CantoDict: an Online Collaborative Chinese (Cantonese) Dictionary. The Chinese legend is that the two strips of dough combined represents the husband (named Qin Hui) and his wife who plotted to kill a revered general named Yue Fei. “Ham” in Cantonese means salty, “Chim” means fried and “Peng” means dough or often referred to as bread or doughnut. 國: 油條 / 油条 : This word has been viewed 3162 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 07:44 and last edited on 27th Sep 2013 00:39 Youtiao , is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough commonly eaten in China and (by a variety of other names) in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Some have fruit or cream fillings, while others are simply sugared dough. Ham Chim Peng or Chinese five spice doughnuts is a very popular Cantonese street food in Malaysia and Singapore.
Randomly last week I had a strong craving for Chinese doughnuts, the ones that seem to be in the dessert section of every Chinese-American buffet. For some reason, often by the fried wontons, you are going to find these donuts. These donuts are delicious and very easy to make.
These donuts can usually be found at Chinese restaurants, especially all-you-can-eat buffets. Chinese Buffets are known for a standard set of dishes. They’re usually shaped like small, puffy cylinders. To punish their behaviour they boiled these strips of dough in oil and that’s why the Chinese call it “yàuh ja gwái” in Cantonese. Youtiao are normally eaten at breakfast as an accompaniment for rice congee , soy milk or regular milk blended with sugar.
Conventionally, youtiao are lightly salted and made so they can be torn lengthwise in two. Process of making soy milk. I have no idea just how traditional or authentic these are to actual Chinese culture, but it was the only reason my brother and I were willing to make so many family trips to Chinese buffets as kids. You are always going to see fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, and even a great shrimp crab casserole. A Chinese donut is a ball of dough that has been deep fried and then rolled in white, granulated sugar while still warm. Level: 2 Google Frequency: 785,000 This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.