Chi1bao3 week continues!

[muckefuck]

Let's recap, shall we?

• Saturday Tapas at 1492 followed by honest-to-goodness grilled lamb and decadent cake at Fonda Parque de Portaje.
• Sunday Dim sum at 新三喜 (Three Happiness) in South Chinatown.
• Monday Dollar Burger Night at Big Chicks
• Tuesday Dinner at 紅塔山食莊 (Spring World)¹ in Chinatown Square.
• Wednesday Dinner at La Rosetta : Rosebud Theatre District : a Rosebud restaurant² in da Loop.
• Thursday Chinese grilled salmon at Chez Kikuma.
• Friday Lamb with leeks from Mei Shung.
• Saturday Pork chop, eggs, and hashbrowns at brunch with my Dad at Tweet. Dinner at Sabor Peruano, a tremendous dish of cheese-smothered potato over rice called papa a la diabla.
• Sunday Six- or seven-course New Year's banquet at Chez Kikuma.
• Monday Stomach explosion and death.

NOTES:

1. A Yunnanese restaurant I've been to a dozen times--and never once have I been able to get ham! Last time, I forgot the word. This time, it was woodburned in my memory, but the waitress told me, so sorry, but they didn't get their shipment. How have I so offended the Great Pig Gods that they hold me unworthy of the legendary Xuanwei Fire Thigh?
2. Dudes, who do you think you are? Maximum of one subtitle per restaurant, please. Oh, and if you're going to put "Theatre District" into your name you might want to consider, oh, I dunno, figuring out how to cook and serve a meal in just under an hour.

Comments

[that-dang-otter.livejournal.com]

Exactly what is "ham" in Yunnan cuisine?

My Chinese cooking improved significantly when I was in a Chinese grocery and spied a big slab of Virginia ham, and thought, Aha, that's the familiar aroma I couldn't quite identify! I buy Kentucky hams fairly regularly now, and hardly ever make fried rice without it.

So I figure there must be some Chinese equivalent, but I know little about it.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

From The Cook's Thesaurus:

Chinese ham Notes: This category includes the well-regarded Yunnan ham = Xuanwei ham. Chinese hams are dry-cured and resemble American country hams. Substitutes: Smithfield ham (very close substitute) OR fatty prosciutto OR Westphalian ham OR Ardennes ham OR Serrano ham OR Bayonne ham

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