Eater’s Chinese Food Week
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Dirt Candy is participating in Eater’s first-ever Chinese Food Week. The food blogging site has asked seven of their favorite restaurants to put an item on their menus that’s inspired by Chinese take-out. My contribution: Mushroom Toast with Spicy Mayonnaise and Sweet Plum Sauce. It’s $4 and available anytime from now until Saturday night.
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Shrimp toast was born in Hong Kong, then became an Australian snack favorite and a staple of Tiki-themed menus in Polynesian restaurants across America in the 1960′s. My version has replaced the shrimp with shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts and Chinese chives (along with a bunch of other secret ingredients). The ingredients are chopped fine, spread on triangles of bread, then deep fried and served with three different sauces (a Spicy Mayonnaise, Sweet Plum Sauce and a Cilantro Sauce).
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Here’s the full list of participating restaurants, including The Dutch, Gramercy Tavern and Joseph Leonard.
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