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Name: "Mei Cai" - The pork belly slowly cooked in fish sauce
Country: Malaysia
Cuisine: Chinese
Price: 22 RM / 5.50 USD / 6.47 STEEM

Info: "Mei Cai" (this is how the name of the dish is pronounced in Chinese) is a kind of pork stew, which is a real bomb of taste!

Thanks to the fact it is cooked slowly for a long time in fish sauce, it is so delicate that you can eat it with a spoon! Literally! I never had the opportunity to try a piece of meat with such a delicate and creamy texture before.

A characteristic addition is Mui Choy, a kind of Chinese cabbage, which in consistency reminds mushrooms or seaweeds. However, it has a slightly mustard taste and that is very surprising. This was the first time I have tried this vegetable and I think it fits fantastic to the pork.

The whole dish doesn't need many spices because its ingredients have their own, intensive flavors. That’s why it is seasoned only with light and dark soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. You simply have to try this dish and see for yourself what kind of perfection you can bring to preparing "ordinary" pork belly.

And which belly dish you like the most? 😉

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