<p>It's difficult to translate names of Chinese dishes into English, because of the huge differences between Chinese and Western cuisine. </p>

<p>The dish featured on the page is called: </p>

<p><strong>凉拌贡菜</strong> (liangban gongcai), 
character by character: </p>

<ul>
<li><p>凉 cold</p></li>
<li><p>拌 to toss (salad)</p></li>
<li><p>贡 to tribute</p></li>
<li><p>菜 dish</p></li>
</ul>

<p>So it's basically a salad that is served cold. </p>

<p>The main ingredient is known as <strong>贡菜</strong> (gong cai) in Chinese, which is sometimes also written as 'gong choi' or 'yamakurage' (Japanese name). </p>

<p>If I am wrong, do correct me.</p>

<p>EDIT: There are some nice photos out there on the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoosvanrobin/6662196739/" rel="nofollow">dish</a> (gongcai salad) and on the <a href="http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/gongcai,magnoliopsida/Interesting" rel="nofollow">cultivation of gongcai</a>, as well. </p>

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@Sasha I must warn you, that you should double check if yamakurage really is the thing in the image and as for the 'Chinese asparagus', I am not sure about that. Wait for other users to contribute to this, see if they have more details.
imrek
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imrek
<p>Can you kindly help me translate and/or identify english name for this plant/dish</p>

<p><a href="http://www.foodreport.cn/nutrition.php?action=view&amp;id=228" rel="nofollow">http://www.foodreport.cn/nutrition.php?action=view&amp;id=228</a>
<a href="http://www.nipic.com/show/1/55/5740675k344c9c09.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nipic.com/show/1/55/5740675k344c9c09.html</a></p>

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2014-12-21T23:31:18.953Z
Try 凉拌贡菜 in baidu.com you will get lots of pretty pics! I don't think it has to be asparagus, any old veggies will do!
Pedroski
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I’m voting to close this question because I don't feel "what is this thing?" is meaningfully about the Chinese language.
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Help me please to identify this Chinese plant/dish?
# Help me please to identify this Chinese plant/dish?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-21)

Can you kindly help me translate and/or identify english name for this plant/dish

<http://www.foodreport.cn/nutrition.php?action=view&id=228>
<http://www.nipic.com/show/1/55/5740675k344c9c09.html>

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Try 凉拌贡菜 in baidu.com you will get lots of pretty pics! I don't think it has to be asparagus, any old veggies will do!  
> **username_2**: I’m voting to close this question because I don't feel "what is this thing?" is meaningfully about the Chinese language.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-12-21. Score: 3

It's difficult to translate names of Chinese dishes into English, because of the huge differences between Chinese and Western cuisine.

The dish featured on the page is called:

**凉拌贡菜** (liangban gongcai),
character by character:

* 凉 cold
* 拌 to toss (salad)
* 贡 to tribute
* 菜 dish

So it's basically a salad that is served cold.

The main ingredient is known as **贡菜** (gong cai) in Chinese, which is sometimes also written as 'gong choi' or 'yamakurage' (Japanese name).

If I am wrong, do correct me.

EDIT: There are some nice photos out there on the [dish](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoosvanrobin/6662196739/) (gongcai salad) and on the [cultivation of gongcai](http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/gongcai,magnoliopsida/Interesting), as well.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: @username_0 I must warn you, that you should double check if yamakurage really is the thing in the image and as for the 'Chinese asparagus', I am not sure about that. Wait for other users to contribute to this, see if they have more details.  

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