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东坡肉

東坡肉
dōngpōròu
noun

Measure Word

一块东坡肉 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 Dongpo pork
  2. 2 red-braised pork belly (Hangzhou-style)

Examples

到杭州必尝一块东坡肉。
Dào Hángzhōu bì cháng yí kuài dōngpōròu.
In Hangzhou you must try a cube of Dongpo pork.
东坡肉讲究肥而不腻，酥而不烂。
Dōngpōròu jiǎngjiu féi ér bú nì, sū ér bú làn.
Dongpo pork aims to be fatty but not greasy, tender but not falling apart.

Tips

history
Named for Northern Song poet Su Shi 苏轼 (Su Dongpo 苏东坡). Exiled to Huangzhou 黄州 (1080), he wrote 《猪肉颂》 praising slow-cooked pork ('慢著火，少著水，火候足时它自美'). Later, as governor of Hangzhou (1089), he supervised the dredging of West Lake and rewarded labourers with braised pork — the Hangzhou version is the one that bears his name today.

In Pop Culture

苏东坡 《猪肉颂》 Sū Dōngpō «Zhūròu Sòng»
Su Dongpo, 'Ode to Pork'
The poem (c. 1080, Huangzhou exile) in which Su Shi describes slow-braising pork and which gave the dish its name.

Stroke Order

东 dōng
坡 pō
肉 ròu