Youtiao (油条 /yoh-tyaow/ 'oil strip') is a long, golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough.
Youtiaos are usually eaten for breakfast with soy milk.
Zhaliang (/jaa-lyaang/ 'fried two') is made by tightly wrapping a rice sheet around a
youtiao (deep-fried dough stick). Zhaliang is widely eaten in Guangdong and Hong Kong.
It is usually eaten with soy milk.
Shahe noodles (shahefen /shaa-her-fnn/) are a kind of rice noodles which probably originated
from the town of Shahe that is now a part of Guangzhou. They are broad and white in color.
Their texture is elastic and a little chewy. They do not freeze or dry well and are thus generally
(where available) purchased fresh in strips or sheets that may be cut to the desired width. Shahefen
is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan in southern China.
Mapo (/maa-por/) tofu is bean curd served in a chili-and-bean-based sauce — usually a thin, oily,
and bright red suspension — and often topped with minced meat; pork or beef.
Kung Pao Chicken Gongbao Jiding (宫保鸡丁
/gong-baow jee-ding/ 'Palace-Protected Chicken Cubes')
The dish is prepared by frying diced chicken and dry red pepper with golden peanuts. Spicy diced
chicken is more popular among Westerners than its counterpart mapo tofu. This is because it is usually
less spicy, or not at all, when served abroad and outside Sichuan province.
