Sorrowful Rice

Sorrowful Rice
Alternative names
  • Char siu egg rice
Place of originHong Kong
Created byDai Lung
Main ingredientsCooked rice, fried egg, char siu

Sorrowful Rice (Chinese: 黯然销魂饭; pinyin: ànránxiāohún fàn; Cantonese Yale: gam yin siu wan fan), or simply char siu egg rice, is a Hong Kong rice dish popularised by Stephen Chow's 1996 comedy film The God of Cookery.[1] The dish typically consists of cooked rice, char siu, and a fried egg accompanied by vegetables such as choy sum.[2]

  1. ^ Leung, Man Wan. "Tracing the Origin: Hong Kong's Famous Char Siu Egg Rice". Michelin Guide. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ Chan, Bernice (16 September 2018). "The real-life God of Cookery revives char siu rice Stephen Chow made famous in film". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 September 2024.