Comments on: Distinctive Dumpings and Pork with Douche?? http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/ measuring the Earth with our feet... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Daniel Noll http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-4804 Daniel Noll Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:16:58 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-4804 @Shangnan: Welcome. We're glad to see you here! Thanks for the help and clarification on those mysterious but tasty dumplings. @Shangnan: Welcome. We’re glad to see you here! Thanks for the help and clarification on those mysterious but tasty dumplings.

]]> By: Shangnan Chen http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Shangnan Chen Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:16 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-4701 Actually i think it's 豉汁猪肉，porc meat with black bean sauce. A lot of my Chinese friends mistake 豉 (chi) for 鼓 (gu,meaning drum),maybe the author of the menu also have that problem. love your blogs. :-) Greets from Belgium, Actually i think it’s 豉汁猪肉，porc meat with black bean sauce.
A lot of my Chinese friends mistake 豉 (chi) for 鼓 (gu,meaning drum),maybe the author of the menu also have that problem.

love your blogs. :-)

Greets from Belgium,

]]> By: Audrey Scott http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 Audrey Scott Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:38:58 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-1684 Flo, thanks for the recommendation. We love local food markets - it's more fun and the food is always fresh and cheap! One of our favorite meals in Qingdao was street hot pot - everyone sat together under a tent around a big hot pot. Even though we didn't speak the same language as anyone else, we all had a good time together. Flo, thanks for the recommendation. We love local food markets – it’s more fun and the food is always fresh and cheap! One of our favorite meals in Qingdao was street hot pot – everyone sat together under a tent around a big hot pot. Even though we didn’t speak the same language as anyone else, we all had a good time together.

]]> By: Flo http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-1671 Flo Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:07:16 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-1671 Hi, if you ever visit Qingdao again - i recommend you the food market in central old town for a lunch. Facing the front of "Qingdao International Youth Hostel" at the corner of Jining Rd. / Sifang Rd., just walk eastwards a bit and you cant miss it. Its only open till noon of course. They really got a large variation of all kinds of dishes and groceries. My personal favourite is skewer of roasted fresh cuttlefish, optionally drawned in spicy sauce at the end. I guess just pointing at the stuff would do, but if not you will need dictionaries since there are only locals. Greetings from Germany Hi,
if you ever visit Qingdao again – i recommend you the food market in central old town for a lunch.
Facing the front of “Qingdao International Youth Hostel” at the corner of Jining Rd. / Sifang Rd., just walk eastwards a bit and you cant miss it. Its only open till noon of course.
They really got a large variation of all kinds of dishes and groceries. My personal favourite is skewer of roasted fresh cuttlefish, optionally drawned in spicy sauce at the end.

I guess just pointing at the stuff would do, but if not you will need dictionaries since there are only locals.

Greetings from Germany

]]> By: Daniel Noll http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Daniel Noll Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:47:31 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-361 Hi Don: Good to hear from you. Your bet is a safe one. If the particular dumplings we tasted at Da Yu were any indication, the Pork Douche probably would be pretty tasty as well. We (Audrey, especially) are big fans of dumplings, so we can understand a desire to seek them out...wherever you happen to be. If you find some good ones, let us know. Hi Don: Good to hear from you. Your bet is a safe one. If the particular dumplings we tasted at Da Yu were any indication, the Pork Douche probably would be pretty tasty as well. We (Audrey, especially) are big fans of dumplings, so we can understand a desire to seek them out…wherever you happen to be. If you find some good ones, let us know.

]]> By: Don Fuller http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Don Fuller Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:15:31 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-352 With the appearance of the dumplings in your photo, I am betting the Pork Douche would be just as pretty and delicious. Made me hungry for even a local version. Sarah Kirk, are you from Michigan perchance? With the appearance of the dumplings in your photo, I am betting the Pork Douche would be just as pretty and delicious. Made me hungry for even a local version.

Sarah Kirk, are you from Michigan perchance?

]]> By: Audrey Scott http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Audrey Scott Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:30:40 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-340 Sarah, thanks for lending your linguistic talent! That's pretty funny that the real Chinese translation doesn't help in explaining it either. The intrigue continues - now I wish we had tried it! This dumpling place is near the train station (the one downtown that's closed), right by a local bus terminal (5 bus). It has "dumplings" written in English on the sign outside. Try the pork with douche and let us know how they are! We'll be writing more about food and Qingdao later, but I'm not sure it will be published by the time you go, so here are two more tips. There's another great dumplings place on Yunxiao Road, south of Minjiang, on the right hand side. You can see the women rolling and stuffing them at the back. There street hot pot on Jiahzhou road is fun, tasty and cheap. The Observatory Hostel is nice and fun location. Just bring your ear plugs since the impromptu Tai Chi and exercise seems to start at or before 7 AM. Sarah, thanks for lending your linguistic talent! That’s pretty funny that the real Chinese translation doesn’t help in explaining it either. The intrigue continues – now I wish we had tried it!

This dumpling place is near the train station (the one downtown that’s closed), right by a local bus terminal (5 bus). It has “dumplings” written in English on the sign outside. Try the pork with douche and let us know how they are!

We’ll be writing more about food and Qingdao later, but I’m not sure it will be published by the time you go, so here are two more tips. There’s another great dumplings place on Yunxiao Road, south of Minjiang, on the right hand side. You can see the women rolling and stuffing them at the back. There street hot pot on Jiahzhou road is fun, tasty and cheap.

The Observatory Hostel is nice and fun location. Just bring your ear plugs since the impromptu Tai Chi and exercise seems to start at or before 7 AM.

]]> By: Sarah Kirk http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Sarah Kirk Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:09:54 +0000 http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/12/distinctive-dumpings-pork-with-douche/#comment-339 I hate to say it, but the Chinese version doesn't make much more easily discernable sense. The first character, gu, means drum, or inflated or swelled. The second character zhi means juice. So you've got drum juice and pork, or pork with juice from an inflated bellows, which sounds (eerily) like a douche. Probably some sort of obscure Chinese culinary special sauce? Where's the restaurant? I'm heading to Qingdao in a few weeks. I hate to say it, but the Chinese version doesn’t make much more easily discernable sense. The first character, gu, means drum, or inflated or swelled. The second character zhi means juice. So you’ve got drum juice and pork, or pork with juice from an inflated bellows, which sounds (eerily) like a douche. Probably some sort of obscure Chinese culinary special sauce?

Where’s the restaurant? I’m heading to Qingdao in a few weeks.

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