Shanghai Cafe

[ulterior epicure]

I believe "rou" (or the sound that would be made by those letters) means pork, so that sounds a lot like New Yeah's "tong-po pork." The description is spot-on (as matched by this picture). I'm glad you mentioned it's on the menu because I came here once earlier and couldn't find it anywhere. I should have just asked for it.

As for how they make money on it, it's probably not Berkshire pork!

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"Rou" means "meat."

FYI, Larry, your photo link sends me into a cyber blackhole.

[ulterior epicure]

re: "Cutting through the fat." If this dish is what I *think* it is, and if by "cutting through," you mean to eliminate the fat altogether, then that is criminal, in Mandarin-speak. Believe it or not, Chinese people DO eat the fat. In fact, as Sneakeater seems to understand, the fat IS the point of the dish.

That being said, I eat it the fat with heavy (pun intended) moderation. That is, I allow myself one piece. Otherwise, I have too much of a guilty conscience for the rest of the week to bear, knowing I could have had a bucketful of ice cream instead.

[JWangSDC]

Shanghai cafe has the best XLB. It's been that way for 5 years now. Their crab XLB is especially standout since everywhere else seems to get them wrong.

[alwang]

I believe "rou" (or the sound that would be made by those letters) means pork, so that sounds a lot like New Yeah's "tong-po pork." The description is spot-on (as matched by this picture). I'm glad you mentioned it's on the menu because I came here once earlier and couldn't find it anywhere. I should have just asked for it.

As for how they make money on it, it's probably not Berkshire pork!

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"Rou" means "meat."

FYI, Larry, your photo link sends me into a cyber blackhole.

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"Rou" means "meat", but "rou" without any modifiers (i.e., "chicken meat", "cow meat", "lamb meat", etc.) almost always means pork.

[ulterior epicure]

I believe "rou" (or the sound that would be made by those letters) means pork, so that sounds a lot like New Yeah's "tong-po pork." The description is spot-on (as matched by this picture). I'm glad you mentioned it's on the menu because I came here once earlier and couldn't find it anywhere. I should have just asked for it.

As for how they make money on it, it's probably not Berkshire pork!

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"Rou" means "meat."

FYI, Larry, your photo link sends me into a cyber blackhole.

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"Rou" means "meat", but "rou" without any modifiers (i.e., "chicken meat", "cow meat", "lamb meat", etc.) almost always means pork.

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Good point. But, I was just pointing out to larrylee that "rou" simply means meat, although, as you point out, without a modifier, it *usually* means pork.