A bowl of wheat noodles in broth topped with braised spare ribs on the bone. Around Shanghai the 排骨 is usually a pork chop, pounded, fried and often braised in soy sauce, laid on top.
Xiàbān tài wǎn le, wǒ zài lóuxià miànguǎn chī le wǎn páigǔmiàn.
I got off work too late, so I had a bowl of pork rib noodles at the noodle shop downstairs.
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In Shanghai the 排骨 on a noodle menu is usually a pork chop, pounded thin and deep-fried, served on top or on the side. Elsewhere it is more often braised spare ribs.