160 Chinese Dish Names, Translated and Explained

A Chinese menu rarely translates word for word: 蚂蚁上树 becomes Ants climbing a tree, 宫保鸡丁 survives as Kung Pao chicken because the sound travels better than the meaning. Search 160 common dishes by Chinese, pinyin or English and see whether the name was translated literally, idiomatically, phonetically or replaced with a description.