糖醋鲤鱼 (tángcù lǐyú) · sweet and sour carp

Measure Word

一道糖醋鲤鱼 dào

Meanings

1 sweet and sour carp

Made with

About the dish

鲁菜 Shandong · 热菜 Hot dish

A whole carp, scored deeply, deep-fried until crisp and served curled upward under a glossy sweet and sour sauce. Carp has many small bones. A Shandong dish.

Usually contains fish

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

糖醋鲤鱼是山东名菜。

Tángcù lǐyú shì Shāndōng míngcài.

Sweet and sour carp is a famous Shandong dish.

HSK 7-9

这条糖醋鲤鱼摆盘像跳出水面。

Zhè tiáo tángcù lǐyú bǎi pán xiàng tiàochū shuǐmiàn.

This sweet and sour carp is plated as if leaping out of the water.

Tips

culture

Signature Lu cuisine (鲁菜) dish from the Yellow River region. The carp is scored, deep-fried until crisp, then draped in a glossy sweet-sour sauce; the classic presentation has the fish arched upward.