Asian Desserts...

[tapestrybabe]

i dont know any particular asian desserts.. i mean, when i go out and eat at a korean restaurant... its always an orange... i get at the end of a meal... nothing wrong with that.. but still...

just curious if anyone knows any other particular asian desserts...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Jan 30 2003, 06:22 PM
i dont know any particular asian desserts.. i mean, when i go out and eat at a korean restaurant... its always an orange... i get at the end of a meal... nothing wrong with that.. but still...

just curious if anyone knows any other particular asian desserts...
oh there is a wide variety of chinese desserts. you can get some of them when you go have dim sum. i wish HH was here, she'd know.

[applehead]

i can't think of any korean dishes that can be considered a dessert.
maybe these...

soo jung gwa-cinnamon, dried persimmon drink
shik hae-rice drink
ghool dduk-rice cake with honey/melted sugar inside
gogoomah tang-candied yams
yak gwah- various rice crackers

that's all i can think of...

usually koreans will just have fresh fruit.

[snuffles]

my chinese stinks so i'm just going to describe the ones i know, no names...

- almond tofu (with fruit usually)
- the plain tofu with sweet syrup (served warm OR chilled)
- sesame balls with dark, sweet paste inside
- shaved ice with toppings shtuff (the different beans, tapioca pearls, fruit, etc)
- mochi! :)
- the rice balls with sweet insides (sesame, peanut, etc) served as a hot sweet soup
- sweet milky soup consisting of taro and small tapioca balls
- tempura ice cream (is this an american invention?)
- then the "asian flavored" ice cream - like green tea, red bean, taro, etc. (this might also be an american invention?)

man, i'm hungry now.... gotta stop thinking about food... :P

[moschikat]

Thai desserts . . . OMG.

Too many to name . . . too many are too fattening and high in cholestorol.

From foi tong, to tong yod, to bua loy, to kanom chan.

oh?! lord?! coconut milk and eggs - oh my!? :rolleyes:

[Hanuman]

Originally posted by moschikat@Jan 30 2003, 07:05 PM
Thai desserts . . . OMG.

Too many to name . . . too many are too fattening and high in cholestorol.

From foi tong, to tong yod, to bua loy, to kanom chan.

oh?! lord?! coconut milk and eggs - oh my!? :rolleyes:
I love thai desserts!

My favorite is the little green noodles in the coconut milk sauce, the purple rice, the sweet sticky rice served with mango, tong yip (yeah I know a thai dessert by name!)

[bigwong235]

what about the greenish "joong" that you eat w/sugar? i'm not quite sure what that is.

[kasia]

Originally posted by bigwong235@Jan 30 2003, 05:23 PM
what about the greenish "joong" that you eat w/sugar? i'm not quite sure what that is.
gaan-suer jung. i don't know what they call it that. gaan-suer = soap water, no?

[BeTheReds]

My favorite Korean desserts

red bean icecream

Papingsoo (shaved ice with red beans and fruits and other good stuff)

Orion Choco Pie

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by kasia@Jan 30 2003, 08:25 PM
gaan-suer jung.  i don't know what they call it that.  gaan-suer = soap water, no?
eh if I'm remembering correctly it's written with the "gaan" pronounced in Mandarin as jian3, as in chemistry term jian3 shi4 yan2 meaning basic salt (eh sorry, there is really no other simpler word I can think of offhand). The character "jian3" itself means "soda" (e.g. of baking soda) or "base" (as in alkaline). Chinese BIG5 ÆP¤ôºê or if you can't see that check zhongwen.com's entry (http://zhongwen.com/cgi-bin/zipu.cgi?b5=ÆP).

In cantonese that word is pronounced the same as "soap" though ... hehe ... soapy water zhong ... sounds delicious

[kasia]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@Jan 30 2003, 06:08 PM
eh if I'm remembering correctly it's written with the "gaan" pronounced in Mandarin as jian3, as in chemistry term jian3 shi4 yan2 meaning basic salt (eh sorry, there is really no other simpler word I can think of offhand). The character "jian3" itself means "soda" (e.g. of baking soda) or "base" (as in alkaline). Chinese BIG5 ÆP¤ôºê or if you can't see that check zhongwen.com's entry (http://zhongwen.com/cgi-bin/zipu.cgi?b5=ÆP).

In cantonese that word is pronounced the same as "soap" though ... hehe ... soapy water zhong ... sounds delicious
abc's are very creative :)

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@Jan 30 2003, 09:08 PM
eh if I'm remembering correctly it's written with the "gaan" pronounced in Mandarin as jian3, as in chemistry term jian3 shi4 yan2 meaning basic salt (eh sorry, there is really no other simpler word I can think of offhand). The character "jian3" itself means "soda" (e.g. of baking soda) or "base" (as in alkaline). Chinese BIG5 ÆP¤ôºê or if you can't see that check zhongwen.com's entry (http://zhongwen.com/cgi-bin/zipu.cgi?b5=ÆP).

In cantonese that word is pronounced the same as "soap" though ... hehe ... soapy water zhong ... sounds delicious
man i love zhongwen.com.
especially because it has tang poetry on it. not that i'd know what the hell most of them were really talking about though.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

eh actually, maybe it does mean soapy water zongzi, sorta ... see this website (http://www.chinalane.org/life006/challenge/00000249.html) or read my rough translation:

Kids, have you eaten jian shui zong? jian shui is just like the soap you use in the bath, it has a bit of a bitter flavor. But how come after you mix it with with sticky rice, the flavor becomes sweet? Originally, jian shui is just natural baking soda, the important components of it are sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate. The appropriate baking soda can cause the sticky rice, when heated, to "fall apart" (¤À¸Ñ), absorb the liquid, and achieve a good sticky springiness. jian shui also can be used for "preventing spoilage" (¨¾»G), which neutralizes the sticky rice's acidic-like function. The method for making jian shui zong is: first take the sticky rice and mix it with jian shui, then wrap in bamboo leaves, afterwards steam it. Once it has been steamed completely, the insides of the zong will be filled with a clear fragrance. After they have cooled, place them in the refrigerator. When you eat them you can moisten it with sugar or honey so the flavor will be more sweet.

nerdy chinese linguistics note: at first I thought that the "gaan" character they keep using above was unrelated to "soap" but i guess since the cantonese "gaan" is just a colloquial word and no one is taught to write it in school, they just make up a word for it.... I saw it printed in an ad with a tree on the left and "jian4" (to see) on the right, even though the real root of the cantonese word for soap came from that same ÆP which now only survives in standard Chinese as a fairly technical/specific word.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by moschikat@Jan 30 2003, 04:05 PM
Thai desserts . . . OMG.

Too many to name . . . too many are too fattening and high in cholestorol.

From foi tong, to tong yod, to bua loy, to kanom chan.

oh?! lord?! coconut milk and eggs - oh my!? :rolleyes:
Ditto with Filipino desserts. Lechuflan rules. Are ensemadas considered a dessert? Any Filipinos here that can help me out. Anyways

[Adaon]

loving the red bean shtuffs, and tapioca desserts -grins-, and egg custards, and sesame balls with the red bean or the yellow sweet shtuffs.....-drools- aight I need to sleep, no more think of food....eidt more later :-)

[kayla]

oo..I love thai desserts. yummy....

I love mango pudding and almond jello and shaved ice with the pink and white springy pastey thingy made of flour.

Makes me want to drive out to san gabriel to get dessert now. :P

[ism]

Ensaimadas are not exactly desserts that you have at the end of the meal. They are more for merienda (snack) or meal. You might be thinking of empanaditas, which are a dessert. Basically mini-ensaimadas, with a pastry shell.

Filipino desserts I can remember:
Ube (boiled ube/purple yam cake-like dessert, very yummy!)
Puto (rice muffins, yum! a real crowd-pleaser among whites, I noticed, especially when you toss some food dye in them)
Turon (bananas (the sweet kind) wrapped in lumpia wrappers, and fried!)
Halo-Halo (assorted beans, coconut jelly, etc., with shaved ice and milk, great for those hot days)
Kutsinta (flour, brown sugar, and lye muffins, kinda gelatinous)
Leche Flan (literally Milk Flan, a sweet milk custard)
Fruit Salad (traditionally has buko (young coconut), kaong, nata de coco, jackfruit, etc.)
Monggo (sweet mung bean soup-like thingy, personally I can't stand it)
Manggang Hilaw at Bagoong (raw/green mango and fermented shrimp or fish paste, i know it might sound nasty but you have no idea how good this is)
Bibingka (a sweet rice cake, yummy!)
Avocado Shake (avacado milkshake, very easy to make)
Gulaman at Sago (gelatin and tapioca balls, a dessert drink)
Bilo-Bilo (glutinous riceball dessert soup with tapioca)

Merienda:
Pulvoron (basically a block of mixed flour, butter, milk, and sugar)
Yema (hardish milk and egg candy)
Palitaw (rice cakes with coconut)

[Napoleon Chynamite]

No no, I know what ensemadas are :P My Filipino friend's mom brings them home all the time. I wasn't sure whether they were desserts because they weren't super sweet but sweet enough to be really good 'cause i love sweet things.

[ism]

You're right, I had a brain fart. It's the light sweet bread with grated cheese on top, and empenadas are totally different. They can be dessert, but it's usually a snack. I find Pilipino food extremely sweet, which is kind of odd because dessert is just as sweet as the main course. Hard to find commercial desserts/snacks that are good. Goldilocks is the old standby and kinda boring to me actually, but in Jersey City we have the Philippine Bread House. I got some kutsinta the other day from them and damn, they used too much lye. Nothing beats home cooking!

[teaz0r]

Originally posted by kayla@Feb 1 2003, 09:16 AM
oo..I love thai desserts. yummy....

I love mango pudding and almond jello and shaved ice with the pink and white springy pastey thingy made of flour.

Makes me want to drive out to san gabriel to get dessert now. :P
the pink and white thingy is called : Tubthim Grob literally translated to Ruby Crunchies. :>

i like 'em too :>

[teaz0r]

Originally posted by Tawee@Jan 31 2003, 08:20 AM
Originally posted by moschikat@Jan 30 2003, 07:05 PM
Thai desserts . . . OMG.

Too many to name . . . too many are too fattening and high in cholestorol.

From foi tong, to tong yod, to bua loy, to kanom chan.

oh?! lord?! coconut milk and eggs - oh my!?  :rolleyes:
I love thai desserts!

My favorite is the little green noodles in the coconut milk sauce, the purple rice, the sweet sticky rice served with mango, tong yip (yeah I know a thai dessert by name!)
little green noodles in the coconut milk sauce = lod chong
the purple rice= kao niew dum
rice served with mango= kao niew mamuang

i like sah koo piak = tapioca in coconut milk

[luv]

I'm so deprived! Only have had (some) Chinese Desserts (egg tarts, anything tapioca, almond tofu, "tofu-fa", steam variety cakes, "chung"....).

Most exotic other Asian dessert probably mochi ice cream, red/black rice pudding, and fried bananas...

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Yea the problem with exotic desserts is after you eat like 50 million of them, they're not that exotic anymore :lol:

[purezero]

I love sesame paste, almond paste, "dow fu fa" (that tofu in sweet syrup), and sesame balls. Anyone ever had the peanut paste?

Green tea ice cream is good... not necessarily Asian created, right? I'm not sure.

[ChinaLama]

how about ba bao fan, the "8 treasure rice" we eat during new year's.

hmm what's "nian gao" in English? that's sometimes sweet, too.

and then there's the sweet soup they serve in Chinese restaurants at the end of meals.

[yoMAMA]

My favorite Chinese dessert is Sa Qi Ma, the Chinese equivelent of the rice crispys-or did they copied it from us? :D

It was introduced to China by the Manchurian warriors when they conquered China in the 17th century.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by yoMAMA@Mar 1 2003, 02:06 PM
My favorite Chinese dessert is Sa Qi Ma, the Chinese equivelent of the rice crispys-or did they copied it from us? :D

It was introduced to China by the Manchurian warriors when they conquered China in the 17th century.
Yea, the only good thing that the Manchus ever dealt China as far as I'm concerned, *SPIT*

j/k

[yoMAMA]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Mar 1 2003, 04:19 PM
Originally posted by yoMAMA@Mar 1 2003, 02:06 PM
My favorite Chinese dessert is Sa Qi Ma, the Chinese equivelent of the rice crispys-or did they copied it from us? :D

It was introduced to China by the Manchurian warriors when they conquered China in the 17th century.
Yea, the only good thing that the Manchus ever dealt China as far as I'm concerned, *SPIT*

j/k
Dude, you forgot about Manchu Wok! ;)