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  • Order a regular plate of char siu, which is a tad more expensive, but you get the best cut, and a rice bowl.

    Hong Kong: The Sky Unlimited 2011

  • "I have thought over that passage for hours, I have given you all my reasons and have let you speak, Aristarchus, but I maintain my opinion, and whoever denies it does Homer an injustice; in this place 'siu' must be read instead of 'iu'."

    The Sisters — Volume 2 Georg Ebers 1867

  • "I have thought over that passage for hours, I have given you all my reasons and have let you speak, Aristarchus, but I maintain my opinion, and whoever denies it does Homer an injustice; in this place 'siu' must be read instead of 'iu'."

    The Sisters — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • "I have thought over that passage for hours, I have given you all my reasons and have let you speak, Aristarchus, but I maintain my opinion, and whoever denies it does Homer an injustice; in this place 'siu' must be read instead of 'iu'."

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • "I have thought over that passage for hours, I have given you all my reasons and have let you speak, Aristarchus, but I maintain my opinion, and whoever denies it does Homer an injustice; in this place 'siu' must be read instead of 'iu'."

    The Sisters — Volume 2 Georg Ebers 1867

  • "I have thought over that passage for hours, I have given you all my reasons and have let you speak, Aristarchus, but I maintain my opinion, and whoever denies it does Homer an injustice; in this place 'siu' must be read instead of 'iu'."

    The Sisters — Volume 2 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Today's chefs learn to make the core dim-sum pieces, such as siu mai (pork dumplings), cheung fan (rice-flour rolls), cha xiu bao, gnau yok yuen (beef meatballs), chuen guen (spring rolls), pai guat (spareribs), feng zao (braised chicken feet) and lo bat gou (turnip cakes).

    The Heart of Dim Sum Amy Ma 2010

  • Cantonese siu mai usually has pork, mushrooms and shrimp.

    Fuji Bakery Is All About The Take Out Dim Sum | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010

  • Choose snowy char siu roast pork buns, chicken feet and shrimp har gow dumplings from the servers milling around with trays, or make direct requests to the kitchen.

    Fishing for Compliments 2011

  • Sosa calls the Sweet Glazed Pork ($9) a deconstruction of a Chinese steamed pork bun (char siu bao).

    Ed Levine: Beyond Banh Mi: The Latest in Asian Sandwich Shops 2010

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