文、译/孙晔
征服美国胃的中国美食
Popular Chinese Dishes in the US
文、译/孙晔
说起中国对美国的文化输出，你会想起什幺？
李小龙？大熊猫？还是中国功夫？
毫无疑问，这些文化符号都是非常成功的中华文化输出，但目前还有另一种形式的中国文化也风靡全美，那就是中国美食。
深受中国人喜爱的多种当地小吃现在已经攻陷了美国的大街小巷。其中有些为了适应美国人口味做了调整，而还有一些则完全保留了其原汁原味。
下面是几种在美国很热门的中国小吃。
What comes to mind when we speak of cultural exports from China to the United States?
Bruce Lee, the giant panda, or kung fu?
Without a doubt, these cultural symbols are successful exports of Chinese culture, but another form of Chinese culture widely known in the US is Chinese cuisine.
Many types of local snacks, all deeply loved in China, are taking over the streets of America. Some were modified to suit to Americans’ tastes, while others retain the traditional taste of China.
Here are just some of them.
拍黄瓜
Pai huang gua (smashed cucumbers)
In a report titled Smashed cucumber salad takes Manhattan, The New York Times praised the method of smashing cucumbers in making salads as a completely new way to eat a cucumber.
As the latest trend in New York this summer, smashed cucumbers and “their craggy edges and rough surfaces absorb flavors and form relationships in seconds,” as opposed to sliced cucumbers, which tend to “shrug” off the dressing.“It’s cool how just changing the way you break down an ingredient completely changes the way it feels and tastes.”said Danny Bowien, the chef at Mission Chinese Food on the Lower East Side.
The traditional Chinese cucumber salad, or pai huang gua, is dressed with a vinaigrette of soy sauce, rice or black vinegar, chopped garlic, sugar and sesame oil. In North and West China, where spicy foods are preferred, chili oil or Sichuan peppercorns are added for that extra kick.
Smashed cucumbers have long been found in Chinese restaurants in New York, but they have branched into other types of cuisine this summer. At Mr. Bowien’s Mexican-influenced restaurant Mission Cantina, they are served with an intensely flavored dressing of lime, cumin and oreganoflavored sesame paste. At the Japanese restaurant Untitled,they are served with buckwheat noodles, baby turnips and tuna tartare.
一篇名为《拍黄瓜沙拉》的报道攻占了曼哈顿，《纽约时报》也对其大加赞赏，对这种吃黄瓜的新方式赞不绝口。
作为纽约今夏的最新风潮，拍黄瓜“凹凸的棱角以及粗糙的表面能快速地吸收调料味道并能在数秒内和调料融为一体，”和“油盐不进”的黄瓜片恰好相反。
丹尼·鲍温是曼哈顿下东区龙山小馆的主厨，他表示：“你添加调料的方法不同，会导致食物的口感和味道也不同，这非常奇妙。”
传统的中式黄瓜沙拉，或者说拍黄瓜，表面都裹着一层沙拉汁，由酱油、白醋或黑醋、蒜蓉、糖和芝麻油调制而成。中国北部和西部的人民嗜辣，所以有时会加辣椒油或者朝天椒来调味。
拍黄瓜在纽约中餐馆里的历史其实已经不短了，但这道菜在这个夏天发展成好几种美味。在鲍温的另一家具有墨西哥风情的小馆Mission Cantina，拍黄瓜搭配的调料味道很强烈，有酸橙、茴香和牛至叶粉口味的芝麻酱。而在日本料理店“无题”内，和拍黄瓜一起端上桌的还有荞麦面、嫩芜菁和金枪鱼鞑靼。
在“上等汉堡”店内，厨师将拍黄瓜与气味扑鼻的酸奶和墨西哥胡椒蜂蜜混合，再撒上掰碎的长棍芝麻面包，创造出这种与中餐截然不同的小吃。
“上等汉堡”店的助理厨师茱莉亚·哥德堡和主厨兼老板布鲁克斯·黑德利一起研发了这道菜谱，她表示：“拍黄瓜的棱角、形状和大小的多样性都让人非常满意。”
At Superiority Burgers, the cucumbers are mixed with tangy yogurt and jalapeno honey and sprinkled with crushed sesame breadsticks, a form that the traditional Chinese dish has never taken before.
“There’s something about the roughness, and the variety of shapes and sizes, that you get with smashing that is incredibly satisfying.” said Julia Goldberg, a sous-chef who created the recipe alongside Brooks Headley, chef and owner of Superiority Burger.
煎饼
Jian bing (grilled savory crepe)
Jian bing, a form of grilled savory crepe with stuffing, is a popular dish in North China. The mung-beanand-millet crepe is often made on a well-heated pan. Freshly scrambled egg, pickled vegetables, scallions, cilantro, black bean paste, chili sauce and a crispy fried crackers (the secret that adds a crunch to the crepe) are added on the crepe and rolled up. Often sold by street vendors, Jian bing is a popular choice for breakfast for on-the-go commuters.
Alisa Grandy, the owner of Bing Mi!, fell in love with the snack when she returned to Portland from her trip in China.
“When she got back from China, that’s all she would talk about.” says her husband Neal. Grandy spent months perfecting the right mix of ingredients to recreate the exact taste she enjoyed in China. Six months later, the couple opened a store. Business is good, as they’ve already got two crepe-makers on back order.
Bing Mi! sells a piece of jian bing for $6. In fact, it is the only item that they sell. According to Grandy’s husband, Chinese customers nostalgic for the taste of home have given their compliments.
煎饼，是一种包有内馅儿的咸味煎薄饼，它在中国北方广受欢迎。在烧得滚热的平底锅上，摊开绿豆和小米面糊烙成面饼，在面饼上打一个鸡蛋，撒上泡菜、大葱、香菜，涂上豆瓣酱、辣椒酱，然后放上一块薄脆(让煎饼酥脆的秘密)，再卷起来。煎饼通常是大街小巷的小贩在卖，它是许多赶着上班的通勤族最爱的早餐。
艾丽莎·格兰迪是Bing Mi的店主，在她从中国旅游回到波特兰以后，她对煎饼的爱就一发不可收拾。
她的丈夫尼尔称“自打她从中国回来以后，她成天都在谈论煎饼”。后来格兰迪花了好几个月，专门研究煎饼的原料和配方，以复制她在中国尝过的那种味道。6个月后，夫妇俩开了家店。生意非常红火，两个煎饼师傅都忙不过来。
Bing Mi的煎饼每个售价6美元。事实上，他们只卖煎饼。格兰迪的丈夫称，因思乡而来品尝故乡味道的中国顾客称赞了他们做的煎饼。
肉夹馍
Rou jia mo (Chinese hamburger)
肉夹馍，翻译过来就是“夹了肉的小圆面包”，它和汉堡的配方类似，就是在小圆面包里夹入肉糜。
充满嚼劲儿的馍馍通常是在土灶内烤制或平底锅上煎制而成，然后在里面加入让人垂涎欲滴的风味烤肉——这道小吃不仅火遍中国大街小巷，在海外吃货的嘴里，也是赞不绝口。
谢云峰在纽约的哥伦比亚大学前卖肉夹馍，他在2013年还火了一把，他称他一天能卖100多个肉夹馍。
在一则比较肉夹馍和汉堡的报告下有一则评论，一位网友如此说道：“不管是东方还是西方，人们都爱把肉夹在面包或馒头里吃。”
Rou jia mo, which translates as “meat placed between bun”, has a similar recipe to hamburgers, consisting of chopped meat inside a bun.
The chewy bun baked in a clay oven or fried in a pan and with a mouthwatering meat filling stewed in a variety of spices — is not only popular in China’s streets and alleys but also with foodies overseas.
Xie Yunfeng, a Chinese vendor selling rou jia mo in front of Columbia University in New York, became an online sensation in 2013. Xie said he could sell more than 100 rou jia mo a day.
Commenting on the reported comparison between rou jia mo and hamburgers, one Internet user said, “People like eating meat by sandwiching it between buns, whether they are in the East or the West.”
左宗棠鸡
General Tao’s Chicken
名字虽然来源于左宗棠将军，他曾在清朝居住在现今的湖南省境内，但这道菜其实和他并没多大关系。
这道菜，你不仅在湖南省会长沙找不到，在他的出生地湘阴也找不到。如今他的后人仍生活在湘阴，他们表示从未听说过此道菜。
但是这道菜在美国境内的中餐馆里可到处都是。
“左宗棠鸡”的做法是将鸡块先捶打，后油炸，再浇上一层浓郁的酸甜酱汁。这种酱汁由酱油、米酒、白醋、糖、玉米粉和干辣椒制成。
Though name of the dish comes from general Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), who lived during the Qing dynasty in today’s Hunan province, the general himself carries little relation to the dish.
The dish General Tao’s Chicken is neither served in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, nor in Xiangyin, the birthplace of the general. The generals’ descendants, who still live in Xiangyin, said they have never heard of such a dish.
General Tao’s Chicken can be found almost ubiquitously in Chinese restaurants in the US. The chicken chunks, battered and deep fried, are often covered with a thick sweet and sour sauce seasoned with soy sauce, rice wine, rice wine vinegar, sugar, cornstarch and dried red chili peppers.
蛋卷
Egg rolls
在中国，蛋卷一词通常指的是炸春卷的变体，只不过表皮变厚了一些，体积大了一点，和鸡蛋并没有太大关系。
中国春卷的做法一般是用大米粉制成春卷皮，裹住馅料再下油锅炸，馅儿通常由蔬菜丝和肉组成。而蛋卷皮是用面粉制成的，所以比大米粉做的春卷皮更厚。
蛋卷在美国通常是作为开胃菜，就像中国的春卷一样。
The term egg roll often refers to a variation of fried spring rolls in China, only the wrap is thicker, the entire form bigger, and it doesn’t have much to do with eggs.
The typical spring rolls in China are made with rice dough, wrapped around fillings which often consists of julienned vegetables and sometimes meat, and then deep fried. The egg roll, however, is made with flour dough, which gives it a thicker texture as opposed to the rice wrap.
Egg rolls are often served as appetizers in the US, just as spring rolls are in China.
北京环球影城开建 投资500亿
50 Billion Yuan Invested in Universal Studios Beijing
北京环球主题公园及度假区（亦称“环球影城”）近日举行基础工程建设启动仪式，标志着这项总投资超过500亿元的全球最大环球主题公园进入基础工程建设阶段。根据规划，京哈高速和东六环将新建两座立交桥直通园区。环球影城预计于2020年建成开园。这将是环球影城在全球的第6个、亚洲第3个主题公园。
The groundbreaking ceremony for Beijing’s Universal Studios was held recently. 50 billion Yuan has been invested in the construction of the world’s largest theme park. The park is expected to open in 2020, and will be located between Jingha Highway and the East Sixth Ring Road.The theme park will be the third Universal Studios in Asia.
施密特:谷歌想回中国提供服务
Alphabet Chairman: Google is Set to Return to China
Alphabet（谷歌母公司，以下均以谷歌代指）执行主席施密特近日透露，谷歌一直希望能给中国提供服务。谈及谷歌2012年初退出中国一事时，施密特说：“谷歌在香港、台湾都有办事处，谷歌的服务器也还在香港。”施密特说：“实际上我们希望能给中国提供服务，我们也继续跟政府保持这样的沟通。”施密特说，现在中国有滴滴、优步，还有亚马逊，移动支付有支付宝、微信支付等，10年前这些是大家都没有想到的业务领域。
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet/Google revealed that Google hopes to provide services in China.“The interesting thing is that Google never left China.” Schmidt said of the company’s 2012 withdrawal from the Mainland. He added that Google still has servers in Hong Kong and offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan.“In fact, we hope to provide service in China, and we continue to communicate with the Chinese government.” he said. China now has Didi, Uber, Amazon, and other successful courier services. Alipay and WeChat Wallet have also taken the market by storm. 10 years ago, these kinds of businesses were not even on the radar in China.
蒂姆·库克：苹果加大在华投资 加快在华开设零售店
Tim Cook: Apple to Increase Investments, Open More Stores in China
苹果CEO蒂姆·库克近日表示：“现在在中国有150多万的开发者在iOS当中开发应用程序，我们鼓励更多的人开发应用程序。” 目前，中国区应用总数量达到23万，中国的开发者从App Store已赚到了40亿美元。苹果为中国区提供了总共440万工作机会，其中与软件有关的140万，与生产制造有关的300万，苹果在中国的员工数量达到1万人。中国目前是苹果在美国以外的最大业务市场，据预计，到明年年中，苹果在中国的零售店数量将达到40家。
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that there currently are 1.5 million developers in China and that Apple is working to encourage more people to develop apps for iOS.Chinese developers have earned a total of $4 billion from 230,000 iOS apps. Apple executives have previously said that China has downloaded the most apps globally from the Apple store.Apple has created 4.4 million jobs in China: 1.4 million in software development, and 3 million in production. Apple also employs 10,000 corporate employees within China.China is now Apple’s biggest market outside the U.S., and the company hopes to reach 40 stores in China by the middle of next year.
