Name: 蒜泥拍黄瓜 (Suànní Pai Huínggu) or Wai Yee Hong’s Smacked Cucumber Salad
Yield: An Unusual Treat for 2
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 5 tbsp white rice vinegar; 4–5 garlic cloves, smashed and roughly chopped; 1 tbsp.pure sesame oil; 1 large cucumber; chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); small chunk of brown sugar slice (片糖 – Piàn táng) equivalent to 1 tsp brown sugar; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp.light soy sauce; sliced red chilli

Preparation info

An Unusual Treat for
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Salmagundi

By Sally Butcher

Published 2014

About

The world is getting smaller. Modern technology means that you can, at the click of a socially connected button, be friends with someone you’ve never met. It has also enabled my emporium to make friends/swap gossip with other shops. Swear down, the bricks and mortar that comprise my shop have a better social life than I do. One of its best Twitter friends is a jolly, well-stocked Chinese Cash and Carry in Bristol. Owner Joe-Wah and Mummy Wai Yee Hong are very fond of food, so it seemed natu