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why fanchoy is called fanchoy and not charsiewrice?

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both got rice and charsiew and sauce
only difference is fanchoy got a small portion of hard-boiled egg
 
Fanchoy uses glutinuous rice. And char siew rice name probably already used.
 
Fancoy is a bit starchy as in more like congee style of food...
really no leh
i went this place to buy and the fanchoy taste like steamed charsiewrice

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Becos it is put in a bowl... thats why give it a different name... cooking method is the meat and gultten rice are mixed together and steamed to cook.

Ahhh.. talk about charsiew pao is different from Shanghai pao..

Charsiew pao is Cantonese pao.

1. They cook the meat separately and let it cool down.

2. Then put the meat onto the flour paste and wrap it...

3. They are then steam for 15 minutes to cook the flour only.

And let it cool down then put in plastic bags of 6 pieces and delivered....

when ready to serve take the paos put into the steamer to heat up only, between 60C to 80C to warm up the pao... ready to serve.

In Shanghai pao is mixed the mince meat with gralics or veggie first. Then wrap up with the flour paste.

They are cook together and u get the juice inside the pao as meat release juice. It is hot inside the pao because they are cooked together.

The meat shrinks in size and thats why u feel like it has not much meat in it.

This pao is usually serves in shop, no take away becos of the juice will soak the pao become soggy....

Whereas in Cantonese pao, there is no juice inside the pao. Dry type. Meat are cooked separately. This one can sell takaway, and put in the fridge.

Which one u prefer is yr choice...

Hope this helps...

maybe so,anyway just wondering why they don't call it mini charsiewrice
 
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fan choy is a combo meal comprising lice, meat (usually char siew or pork belly or both), egg, sausage, and anything you wish to add if homecooked, that is steamed as one. the steaming of all ingredients together differentiates it from char siew lice as latter is just piling char siew and or siew yoke over steam lice with some sauce while serving.
 
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