sherman

Pen Cai was invented when Mongol troops invaded Song China. To feed the fleeing Emperor who escaped to Guangdong, the locals collected all their best food available. After cooking it, they put it in wooden washing basins as there wasn’t a bowl big enough for the army. Most would attribute the popularity of the dish to the Hakkas, who contributed root vegetables like yam and tapioca to the dish. What are the actual ingredients that go into it, there are really no hard and fast rules....