tokyo_girl Posted April 4, 2004 at 11:28 PM Report Posted April 4, 2004 at 11:28 PM Do (Northern?) Chinese eat Burdock Root - or what is know in Japan as gobo. It is a long thin root vegetable - the best part of a metre long - and about as thick as a thumb and a half at the top? What is it (Burdock Root/ gobo) called in Chinese? How about the Chinese name for what Japanese call Kombu - a seaweed that is used commonly to make soup stock? Quote
Quest Posted April 5, 2004 at 12:21 AM Report Posted April 5, 2004 at 12:21 AM gobo is called 牛蒡 - niubang (gobo sounds closer to Cantonese ngoupong) kombu is 昆布 - kunbu Quote
skylee Posted April 5, 2004 at 12:35 AM Report Posted April 5, 2004 at 12:35 AM Isn't kombu 昆布 (kunbu) called 海帶 (haidai) in Chinese? Quote
Quest Posted April 5, 2004 at 12:38 AM Report Posted April 5, 2004 at 12:38 AM no, skylee. 昆布 is 昆布, but 昆布 and 海帶 are both 海草类 I believe。 I like 昆布海草瘦肉汤！ Quote
tokyo_girl Posted April 5, 2004 at 01:07 AM Author Report Posted April 5, 2004 at 01:07 AM Thanks very much Here is a link, if you scroll down you'll get to a pretty limp gobo and some standard looking kombu http://www.yale.edu/ycias/pier/resources/lessons/fooddescript.htm How widespread is gobo in China - is it eaten much as food, or mostly as medicine? Quote
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