On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:34 +0000, oliverluNOSPA wrote:

> Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)

Sounds like Korean bulgogi. Typically it's beef, but I could see a fowl
version considering the flavors in the sauce.

> Thanks!

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Brian Macke wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:34 +0000, oliverluNOSPA wrote:
>
> > Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> > pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
>
> Sounds like Korean bulgogi. Typically it's beef, but I could see a fowl
> version considering the flavors in the sauce.

I've had bulgogi many times and never had it wrapped
in lettuce. I would say Vietnamese food. I've had
many, many Vietnamese dishes where you wrap stuff up
in lettuce. One of my favorites is banh xeo which is
a mung bean pancake with chicken and/or shrimp in it
which comes with a plate of lettuce leaves, bean
sprouts, Thai basil, and maybe other stuff. You take
a lettuce leaf, tear off a hunk of the pancake and put
it on the leaf, top with sprouts and basil, etc., then
roll up and dip in nuoc cham.
Kate


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