Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Suanla chaoshou is a dish of Szechuan cuisine that consists of a spicy sauce over steamed, meat-filled dumplings. Suanla means \"hot and sour,\" and chaoshou is what these particular large wontons are called in the Chinese province of Sichuan.Chao shou translates literally as \"folded hands\"; in Sichuan dialect this refers to a style of dumpling whose square wrapper is folded into two points, one crossed over the other. According to Peter Hessler (Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker and former Peace Corps teacher), \"In most parts of Sichuan, you can walk into a restaurant and order chaoshou without making a sound. Cross your arms and they will understand exactly what you want.\" One native speaker claims the Sichuan-only name for these dumplings may have originated at one time by a dialectic transposition, i.e. \"chao shou\" was originally \"shou chao\", meaning \"hand-folded\"."@en }
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- Suanla_chaoshou abstract "Suanla chaoshou is a dish of Szechuan cuisine that consists of a spicy sauce over steamed, meat-filled dumplings. Suanla means \"hot and sour,\" and chaoshou is what these particular large wontons are called in the Chinese province of Sichuan.Chao shou translates literally as \"folded hands\"; in Sichuan dialect this refers to a style of dumpling whose square wrapper is folded into two points, one crossed over the other. According to Peter Hessler (Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker and former Peace Corps teacher), \"In most parts of Sichuan, you can walk into a restaurant and order chaoshou without making a sound. Cross your arms and they will understand exactly what you want.\" One native speaker claims the Sichuan-only name for these dumplings may have originated at one time by a dialectic transposition, i.e. \"chao shou\" was originally \"shou chao\", meaning \"hand-folded\".".