<p>A hilarious passage.  My edition says 漢巴德牛排 (no comma), if that's correct it's some kind of beefsteak; in the wine list there's a 巴德, could be related, beef steak with a wine based sauce? The article suggests port for 巴德, why not bordeaux? All guesses on my part.</p>

<p>Some of the other dishes also look mangled: 澳洲翠鳥雞 the Australian kingfisher chicken surely should have a comma before chicken. </p>

<p>If you get a complete translation, please put it up here!  </p>

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2015-07-16T10:31:17.273Z
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<p>In the Qing dynasty novel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanchang_Xianxing_Ji" rel="noreferrer">官場現形記</a>, there is <a href="https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E5%AE%98%E5%A0%B4%E7%8F%BE%E5%BD%A2%E8%A8%98/%E7%AC%AC007%E5%9B%9E" rel="noreferrer">this passage</a>:</p>

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  <p>三荷包接過看時，只見上面開的是：清牛湯、炙鰣魚、冰蠶阿、丁灣羊肉、<strong>漢巴德</strong>、牛排、凍豬腳、橙子冰忌廉、澳洲翠鳥雞、龜仔蘆筍、生菜英腿、加利蛋飯、白浪布丁（10300620）、濱格、豬古辣冰忌廉、葡萄乾、香蕉、咖啡。另外幾樣酒是：勃蘭地、魏司格、紅酒、巴德、香檳，外帶甜水、鹹水。</p>
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<p>which is a menu for a Western-style banquet. It seems that many items are based on older styles of transcription, for example 豬古辣冰忌廉 (chocolate ice-cream) would be 巧克力冰激凌 in Mandarin today.</p>

<p>What kind of food is 漢巴德 referring to? It seems vaguely similar to "hamburger", and <a href="http://tastespirit.com/p/23645.html" rel="noreferrer">this article</a> thinks so too - "估计是汉堡", but I'm not sure. Can anyone confirm, or find another source?</p>

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2015-07-16T16:05:33.643Z
白浪布丁 = blancmange 吧!
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What kind of food is 漢巴德? (from 官場現形記)
# What kind of food is 漢巴德? (from 官場現形記)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-16)

In the Qing dynasty novel [官場現形記](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanchang_Xianxing_Ji), there is [this passage](https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E5%AE%98%E5%A0%B4%E7%8F%BE%E5%BD%A2%E8%A8%98/%E7%AC%AC007%E5%9B%9E):

> 三荷包接過看時，只見上面開的是：清牛湯、炙鰣魚、冰蠶阿、丁灣羊肉、**漢巴德**、牛排、凍豬腳、橙子冰忌廉、澳洲翠鳥雞、龜仔蘆筍、生菜英腿、加利蛋飯、白浪布丁（10300620）、濱格、豬古辣冰忌廉、葡萄乾、香蕉、咖啡。另外幾樣酒是：勃蘭地、魏司格、紅酒、巴德、香檳，外帶甜水、鹹水。

which is a menu for a Western-style banquet. It seems that many items are based on older styles of transcription, for example 豬古辣冰忌廉 (chocolate ice-cream) would be 巧克力冰激凌 in Mandarin today.

What kind of food is 漢巴德 referring to? It seems vaguely similar to "hamburger", and [this article](http://tastespirit.com/p/23645.html) thinks so too - "估计是汉堡", but I'm not sure. Can anyone confirm, or find another source?

**Tags:** loanwords, transcription

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 白浪布丁 = blancmange 吧!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-16. Score: 1

A hilarious passage. My edition says 漢巴德牛排 (no comma), if that's correct it's some kind of beefsteak; in the wine list there's a 巴德, could be related, beef steak with a wine based sauce? The article suggests port for 巴德, why not bordeaux? All guesses on my part.

Some of the other dishes also look mangled: 澳洲翠鳥雞 the Australian kingfisher chicken surely should have a comma before chicken.

If you get a complete translation, please put it up here!


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