本帮菜

本幫菜

běnbāngcài

noun

Meanings

1 Shanghai cuisine
2 Benbang cuisine
3 Shanghainese food

Characters

group; school (of cooking)

dishes; cuisine

Examples

HSK 5

红烧肉是本帮菜的代表。

Hóngshāoròu shì běnbāngcài de dàibiǎo.

Red-braised pork is the signature dish of Shanghai cuisine.

HSK 7-9

本帮菜用油多，酱油也放得多，口味偏甜。

Běnbāngcài yòng yóu duō, jiàngyóu yě fàng de duō, kǒuwèi piān tián.

Shanghai cooking uses plenty of oil and soy sauce, and leans sweet.

Tips

culture

本帮 means 'the local school': the cooking of Shanghai's own cooks, as against the styles that cooks from Suzhou, Ningbo and elsewhere brought to the city. Its style is summed up as 浓油赤酱 'thick oil and red sauce'. Classic dishes include 红烧肉, 腌笃鲜 and 油爆虾. The same 帮 appears in 杭帮菜 'Hangzhou cuisine'.

Stroke Order

本 běn

帮 bāng

菜 cài