1 hour ago, weinoo said:pai gwat?
Pai gwat is the Cantonese. In Mandarin, the main language of both Taiwan and mainland China, 排骨 - pái gú - it just means ribs, not any particular preparation of such..
I missed out one step in my description of her process. First she brought the raw ribs from cold water to a boil, then discarded that water and started again.