牛百叶 (niúbǎiyè) · beef omasum

Measure Word

一盘牛百叶 pán

Meanings

1 beef omasum
2 "book tripe" (the third stomach of a cow, served in hot pot and Cantonese dim sum)

About the ingredient

The thin, leaf-like folds of a cow's third stomach, layered like the pages of a book, sold dark brown or bleached white. It is cooked very briefly to stay crunchy: a few seconds in hot pot, or blanched and dressed with chili oil.

Also called 千层肚

Used in 1 dish

爆肚 bàodǔ

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

涮火锅最爱点一盘毛肚和牛百叶。

Shuàn huǒguō zuì ài diǎn yì pán máodǔ hé niúbǎiyè.

My favorite hot-pot orders are tripe and beef omasum.

HSK 7-9

广东早茶的姜葱牛百叶特别爽口。

Guǎngdōng zǎochá de jiāng cōng niúbǎiyè tèbié shuǎngkǒu.

The ginger-and-scallion beef omasum at Cantonese morning tea is delightfully crunchy.

Tips

memory

百叶 literally means 'hundred leaves' - the omasum's interior is lined with hundreds of thin folds that look exactly like the pages of a book. Dipped in boiling hot-pot broth for 5-10 seconds, it turns crunchy-springy. Distinct from 毛肚 (hairy tripe / rumen) and 牛肚 (tripe in general).