罗宋汤 (luósòngtāng) · borscht

Measure Word

一碗罗宋汤 wǎn

Meanings

1 borscht

Made with

西红柿 xīhóngshì 卷心菜 juǎnxīncài 土豆 tǔdòu 胡萝卜 húluóbo 牛肉 niúròu 番茄酱 fānqiéjiàng

About the dish

本帮菜 Shanghai · 汤 Soup

A thick, sweet and sour soup of tomato, cabbage, potato, carrot and onion, with beef or red sausage, red from tomato paste rather than beetroot. The Shanghai version of borscht, served in Western-style restaurants and canteens alike.

Characters

罗

luó

Russian (phonetic here)

宋

sòng

Russian (phonetic here)

汤

tāng

soup

Examples

HSK 5

餐厅的罗宋汤里有土豆、牛肉和番茄。

Cāntīng de luósòngtāng lǐ yǒu tǔdòu, niúròu hé fānqié.

The restaurant's borscht has potato, beef and tomato in it.

HSK 6

上海人把罗宋汤做成了自己的味道。

Shànghǎi rén bǎ luósòngtāng zuò chéng le zìjǐ de wèidao.

Shanghainese have turned borscht into something all their own.

Tips

history

罗宋 'Luosong' is an old Chinese transliteration of 'Russian'. Borscht came to China with White Russian émigrés who fled to Shanghai and Harbin after 1917; the Shanghai version drops beetroot for tomato paste and adds beef and potato, creating a distinct local classic.

culture

In Hong Kong and Shanghai 罗宋汤 is a standard item on 西餐 (Western-food) menus, often served as the soup course of a 商务套餐.