A crêpe or crepe is a dish made from unleavened batter or dough that is cooked on a frying pan or a griddle. Crêpes are usually one of two varieties:sweet crêpes or savoury galettes. They are often served with a wide variety of fillings such as cheese,fruit,vegetables,meats,and a variety of spreads. Crêpes can also be flambéed,such as in crêpes Suzette.
A mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節). The festival is primarily about the harvest while a legend connects it to moon watching,and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is widely regarded as one of the four most important Chinese festivals.
(Chinese:福清;pinyin:Fúqīng;Wade–Giles:Fu2-ch'ing1;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Hok-chhiaⁿ;Foochow Romanized:Hók-chiăng;also romanized as Hokchia) is a county-level city of Fujian Province,China,it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou.
Sibu is a landlocked city located in the central region of Sarawak,Malaysia. It serves as the capital of Sibu District within Sibu Division and is situated on the island of Borneo. Covering an area of 129.5 square kilometres (50.0 sq mi),the city is positioned at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan Rivers,approximately 60 kilometres from the South China Sea and 191.5 kilometres (119 mi) north-east of the state capital,Kuching.
Sarikei is a town,and the capital of Sarikei District in Sarikei Division,Sarawak,Malaysia. It is located on the Rajang River,near where the river empties into the South China Sea. The district population was 56,798.
Hujiao bing or pepper bun is a type of baked bun that originated in city of Fuzhou,the capital of China's Fujian province. It is a street food that has become popular in Taiwan and can be found in night markets or mini food stalls throughout Taiwan. The common ingredients are flour,water,and a leavening agent for the outer dough shell,and a meat protein marinated with sugar,soy sauce,white pepper or black pepper,and scallion for the inside filling.
Qi Jiguang,courtesy name Yuanjing,art names Nantang and Mengzhu,posthumous name Wuyi,was a Chinese military general and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is best known for leading the defense on the coastal regions against wokou pirate activities in the 16th century,as well as for the reinforcement of the Great Wall of China. Qi is also known for writing the military manuals Jixiao Xinshu and Lianbing Shiji or Record of Military Training (練兵實紀),which he based on his experience as a martial educator and defensive planner in the Ming military forces. He is regarded as a hero in Chinese culture.
Eastern Min or Min Dong is a branch of the Min group of the Chinese languages of China. The prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect,the speech of the capital of Fujian.
The Fuzhou language,also Foochow,Hokchew,Hok-chiu,or Fuzhounese,is the prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the Mindong region of Eastern Fujian Province. As it is mutually unintelligible to neighbouring varieties in the province,under a technical linguistic definition Fuzhou is a language and not a dialect. Thus,while Fuzhou may be commonly referred to as a 'dialect' by laypersons,this is colloquial usage and not recognised in academic linguistics. Like many other varieties of Chinese,the Fuzhou dialect is dominated by monosyllabic morphemes that carry lexical tones,and has a mainly analytic syntax. While the Eastern Min branch it belongs to is relatively closer to other branches of Min such as Southern Min or Pu-Xian Min than to other Sinitic branches such as Mandarin,Wu Chinese or Hakka,they are still not mutually intelligible.
A flatbread is bread made usually with flour;water,milk,yogurt,or other liquid;and salt,and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened,although some are leavened,such as pita bread.
Kue are bite-sized snacks or desserts originally from what is now Indonesia but have since spread throughout Southeast Asia. Kue is a fairly broad term in Indonesian to describe a wide variety of snacks including cakes,cookies,fritters,pies,scones,and patisserie. Kue are made from a variety of ingredients in various forms;some are steamed,fried or baked. They are popular snacks in Indonesia,which has the largest variety of kue. Because of the countries' historical colonial ties,Koeé (kue) is also popular in the Netherlands.
Bing is a wheat flour-based Chinese bread with a flattened or disk-like shape. These foods may resemble the flatbreads,pancakes,pies and unleavened dough foods of non-Chinese cuisines. Many of them are similar to the Indian roti,French crêpes,Salvadoran pupusa,or Mexican tortilla,while others are more similar to cakes and cookies.
The Qi Lin Bayin,sometimes translated as Book of Eight Sounds or Book of Eight Tones,is a Chinese rime book of approximately ten thousand characters based on the earlier form of the Fuzhou dialect. First compiled in the 17th century,it is the pioneering work of all written sources for Min languages,and is widely quoted in modern academic research in Chinese phonology.
Fuzhou people,also known as Foochowese,Hokchew,Hokchia,Hokchiu,Fuzhou Shiyi people (福州十邑人),Eastern Min or Mindong are residents of either Fuzhou and Mindong regions and the Gutian and Pingnan counties of Fujian province and Matsu Islands in Taiwan. Fuzhou people are a part of the Min Chinese-speaking group that speaks Eastern Min or specifically Fuzhou dialect. There is also a significant overseas Fuzhou population,particularly distributed in Malaysia,Indonesia,Japan,United States,Singapore and the United Kingdom.
The Fuqing dialect,or Hokchia,is an Eastern Min dialect. It is spoken in the county-level city of Fuqing,China,situated within the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou. It is not completely mutually intelligible with the Fuzhou dialect,although the level of understanding is high enough to be considered so.
Sarawakian cuisine is a regional cuisine of Malaysia. Similar to the rest of Malaysian cuisine,Sarawak food is based on staples such as rice. There is also a great variety of other ingredients and food preparations due to the influence of the state's varied geography and indigenous cultures quite distinct from the regional cuisines of the Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is famous for its multi-ethnic population. As the homeland of many unique communities,Sarawak has a variety of cuisines rarely found elsewhere in Malaysia. The uniqueness of Sarawak well depends on its ethnic groups. Every native group in Sarawak has their own lifestyle,traditions,cultures and also foods. Sarawak cuisine is less spicy and has a subtle in taste. It uses fresh seafood and natural herbs like turmeric,lemongrass,ginger,lime and tapioca leaves. These ingredients are not only easily available,but also add a hint of aroma,texture and freshness to the delicacies. Food is one of the most cultural identities for native groups in Sarawak with each ethnic group having their own delicacies. Among the Iban,popular foods include tubu (stems),tuak and pansuh. The Malay have bubur pedas (porridge) and kek lapis Sarawak;the Bidayuh have asam siok and sup ponas Bidayuh. The Melanau make tebaloi,sagu and umai and the Orang Ulu are known for garam barrio,kikid (broth),tengayen,and urum giruq (pudding).
Malay sponge cake is a popular dessert cake in Guangdong and in Hong Kong. It usually can be seen at a traditional teahouse in Guangdong and Hong Kong. The cake is made of lard or butter,flour,and eggs,using a bamboo steamer to develop puffiness. An entire Malay sponge cake is a huge yellow round cake,but is generally sold as slices in teahouses. In Hong Kong,where it is very popular,the cake was listed as the "national cake" by the American news channel CNN.
