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Sunday, February 5, 2012

MAUI Chinese Food is Local Foods Too

Find a local dig that sells Chinese food, or a Chinese restaurant in the islands, and one favorite dish is Kau Yuk. It is really a Chinese style pork pot roast, generally belly pork or the pork butts are used, it is steamed or boiled in salted water to soften, then cut into chunks, and marinated in thick soy sauce with garlic and ginger. And then it is sauteed in oil, and then a red bean curd sauce is made, with brown sugar, white sugar, sherry, soy sauce again, and star anise or Chinese five spice. The aroma is very inviting, it is very simple, and it is a rich dish because of the fat content involved. If one is eating Kau Yuk, and diet is important, stay away from white rice which comes with it and the macaroni salad. 


Kau Yuk in other restaurants may have cooked vegetables along with the pork pieces, it depends, and some chefs may make their Kau Yuk more on the dark brown side instead of the reddish side that is most common. So if you are looking for what locals here in the islands love to eat, look for Kau Yuk, it is a Chinese dish that locals adopted.


Apologies, at this time I haven't cooked a plate of Kau Yuk for a picture taking, and I can't get the rights to rip one off the the websites. Look it up though and you'll find it. Go to www.sinnersfoodgallery.blogspot.com and type in Kau Yuk, you'll see an awesome picture.



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