"found in other kinds of tea. Lapsang souchong is noted for its rich aromas and flavors which include pine resin, woodsmoke, smoked paprika, hints of dried longan, and the evocation of peated whiskey. It is common for even rather strongly brewed Lapsang Souchong tea to lack the bitterness common with other tea varieties. Lapsang souchong has a high reputation outside China; it is viewed as ""tea for Westerners"" inside China. It was drunk by Winston Churchill and Gary Snyder, who referred to it in ""Mountains and Rivers Without End"". Lapsang souchong Lapsang souchong (; ), sometimes referred to as smoked"
"a marketable product from these less desirable leaves. The leaves are roasted in a bamboo basket called a hōnglóng (), which is heated over burning firewood, which contributes to the dried longan aroma and smoky flavour. Pinewood is used as the firewood for lapsang souchong and imparts the characteristic resiny aroma and taste. The aroma of lapsang souchong is derived from a variety of chemical compounds. The two most abundant constituents of the aroma are longifolene and α-terpineol. Many of the compounds making up the aroma of lapsang souchong, including longifolene, originate only in the pine smoke and are not"
"lap chung, lop chong) are dried pork sausages that look and feel like pepperoni, but are much sweeter. In southwestern China, sausages are flavored with salt, red pepper and wild pepper. People often cure sausages by smoking and air drying. Although Japan is not traditionally known for beef, pork, venison, or even blood sausages, the Japanese do consume a fish-based log called kamaboko, which could be considered a type of sausage. Kamaboko is made with cured ground fish paste called surimi. It is usually shaped into half-moons on top of a small plank of wood and the outside dyed pink."
"Soup soy sauce Guk-ganjang () or soup soy sauce is a type of Korean soy sauce (""ganjang"") made entirely of fermented soybean (""meju"") and brine. It is also a byproduct of ""doenjang"" production. Both lighter in colour and saltier than other Korean ""ganjang"" varieties, soup soy sauce is used mainly in ""guk"" (soup) and ""namul"" (a seasoned vegetable dish) in modern Korean cuisine. Soup soy sauce is referred to by many different names. In the English-speaking world, it is most commonly known as ""soup soy sauce"", which is a direct translation of ""guk-ganjang"" (). The name ""soup soy sauce"" is"
"Leptochloa chinensis Leptochloa chinensis, commonly known as red sprangletop, Asian sprangletop, or Chinese sprangletop, is a grass species. It is native to regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Places it is found include Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, West Africa, Fiji and Samoa. It is known to be a pasture grass and is a livestock grazing feed grass specialty, but in some cases it is a common rice weed. The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia’ records that it is ""an excellent pasture grass, much relished by stock ; it has tender panicles,"
"of ""gochutgaru"" (chili powder) and chili oil in ""jjamppong"" began in the 1960s. In some restaurants, ""Samsun jjampong"" (삼선짬뽕) refers to a more expensive option with additional varieties of seafood. ""Gul jjampong"" (굴짬뽕) contains oysters and is usually served with a spicy white broth, also called ""Sacheon Tangmyeon"" (사천탕면). ""Gochu jjampong"" refers to a ""jjampong"" with additional spiciness using Cheongyang chili pepper. A panfried variety of ""jjampong"" is also served at some restaurants. In ""jjampong bap"" (짬뽕밥), rice is used in the place of noodles. Jjamppong Jjamppong () is a Korean noodle soup with red, spicy seafood- or pork-based broth"
"Lusheng The lusheng (, ; also spelled lu sheng; spelled ghengx in standard Hmong and qeej in Laotian RPA Hmong) is a Hmong musical instrument with multiple bamboo pipes, each fitted with a free reed, which are fitted into a long blowing tube made of hardwood. It most often has five or six pipes of different pitches, and is thus a polyphonic instrument. It comes in sizes ranging from very small to several meters in length. The ""lusheng"" is used primarily in the rural regions of southwestern China (e.g. Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan) and in nearby countries such as Laos"
"from the turpentine of this pine (""Pinus massoniana"") and slash pine (""P. elliottii""). Logs are mainly used to make pulp for paper industry. Leaves are used to give special smoke flavor to a local black tea, such as Lapsang souchong of Fujian province. Pinus massoniana Pinus massoniana (English: Masson's pine, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine; Chinese: 馬尾松) is a species of pine, native to Taiwan, and a wide area of central and southern China, including Hong Kong, and northern Vietnam, growing at low to moderate altitudes, mostly below 1,500 m but rarely up to 2,000 m altitude. It is an"
"Jjamppong Jjamppong () is a Korean noodle soup with red, spicy seafood- or pork-based broth flavored with ""gochutgaru"" (chili powder). Common ingredients include onions, garlic, Korean zucchini, carrots, cabbages, squid, mussels, and pork. Although the dish itself derived from Shandong-style ""chǎomǎmiàn"" (), the dish name derived from ""chanpon"", a Japanese Chinese dish derived from Fujian-style ""mènmiàn"" (). During the Japanese forced occupation (1910–1945), the Japanese saw ""chǎomǎmiàn"" in Chinese restaurants in Korea and named it ""chanpon"", as the white soup seemed similar to the soup of ""chanpon"" to their eyes. The Japanese word sounded like ""jjamppong"" to Korean ears. Addition"
"Lao Theung The Lao Theung or Lao Thoeng (Lao: ລາວເທິງ ) is one of the traditional divisions of ethnic groups living in Laos (the others being the Lao Loum and the Lao Soung). It literally indicates the ""midland Lao"", and comprises a variety of different ethnic groups of mostly Austro-Asiatic origin. In 1993, the Lao Theung formed 24% of the country's population. Lao Theung are largely of Mon-Khmer stock, and are believed to be the autochthonous population of mainland Southeast Asia, having migrated south in pre-historical time. Their legendary origin is related in the ""Pumpkin Story"" in James McCarthy's account"
"Chueo-tang Chueo-tang () or loach soup is a ""tang"" (soup) made from pond loach, a freshwater fish. The southwestern Korean city of Namwon is famous for its version of the dish. ""Chueo"" () is a nickname for pond loach, called ""mikkuraji"" () in Korean. ""Tang"" () means soup. As irrigated rice paddies are drained after ""chubun"" (autumnal equinox), chubby pond loaches, ready for hibernation, are easily caught in the ditches dug around paddy fields. ""Chueo-tang"" is often a featured dish in banquets for the elderly. In Hanyang (now Seoul) during the Joseon era, the guild of licensed panhandlers mandated that"
"Artocarpus lacucha Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey fruit, or Monkey Jack or barhar (Hindi:बरहङ), badahar (Nepali:बडहर) or dewa (, ) or bohot () and 'Taat' in Thadou-Kuki language of Northeast India, is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tree is valued for its wood; its fruit is edible and is believed to have medicinal value. In Northeastern Thailand, the wood is used to make pong lang, a local traditional instrument. The stilbenoid oxyresveratrol can be isolated from the heartwood of ""A. lakoocha"" as well as"
"for the greater expense and difficulty of its carriage by this route. Anecdotal evidence had it that during the camel caravan journeys, the teas took on the smoky taste of the campfires. Only the lapsang souchong (if present) in the blend, however, is actually smoke-dried. Some blends use yunnan black tea, together with keemun and lapsang souchong to achieve full bodied, strong copper colored, smokey, and heavy flavored tea with a smooth and mellow aftertaste. Russian Caravan Russian Caravan is a blend of oolong, keemun, and lapsang souchong teas, all produced from ""Camellia sinensis"" the Chinese tea plant. It is"
"Leptolalax sungi Leptolalax sungi (Sung toad or Sang's metacarpal-tubercled toad) is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It is found in Vĩnh Phúc and Lào Cai Provinces in northern Vietnam and in Guangxi in southern China. Its natural habitats are subtropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, and rivers. Its status is insufficiently known. This species was first found along a stream near Tam Đảo village, about 925 meters ASL. ""Leptolalax sungi"" are the largest frogs in the genus ""Leptolalax"": males measure and females in snout-vent length. Their back is granular with distinct tubercles but uniform in colour or"
"and grows from two to three feet high. It is not endemic in Australia but is found in New South Wales and Queensland"" Leptochloa chinensis Leptochloa chinensis, commonly known as red sprangletop, Asian sprangletop, or Chinese sprangletop, is a grass species. It is native to regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Places it is found include Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, West Africa, Fiji and Samoa. It is known to be a pasture grass and is a livestock grazing feed grass specialty, but in some cases it is a common rice weed. The 1889 book"
"Samgye-tang Samgye-tang () or ginseng chicken soup, meaning ginseng (kor. ""sam"") - chicken (kor. ""gye"") - soup (kor. ""tang"") in Korean, consists primarily of a whole young chicken (""poussin"") - filled with garlic, rice, jujube, and ginseng. Samgyetang is a warm soup for hot summer days. It is especially popular to eat this chicken soup on sambok (삼복) days, which are three distinct days of the lunar calendar—""Chobok"" (초복), ""Jungbok"" (중복), and ""Malbok"" (말복)—commonly among the hottest and most sultry summer days in Korea. Eating samgyetang on these days is believed to promote health. Some specialty restaurants in South Korea"
"Gopchang-jeongol Gopchang-jeongol () or beef tripe hot pot is a spicy Korean stew or casserole made by boiling beef tripe, vegetables, and seasonings in beef broth. ""Gopchang"" refers to tripes, while ""jeongol"" refers to a category of stew or casserole in Korean cuisine. Although the dish is mainly based on beef ""gopchang"", other parts of beef tripe are also used to give the dish a richer flavor and chewy texture. To remove any odor and excessive fat in the dish, any white fat adhering to the intestines should be meticulously cleaned out by rubbing them with wheat flour and salt"
"Gopchang-jeongol Gopchang-jeongol () or beef tripe hot pot is a spicy Korean stew or casserole made by boiling beef tripe, vegetables, and seasonings in beef broth. ""Gopchang"" refers to tripes, while ""jeongol"" refers to a category of stew or casserole in Korean cuisine. Although the dish is mainly based on beef ""gopchang"", other parts of beef tripe are also used to give the dish a richer flavor and chewy texture. To remove any odor and excessive fat in the dish, any white fat adhering to the intestines should be meticulously cleaned out by rubbing them with wheat flour and salt"
"Rousong Rousong ( ; ), also known as meat wool, meat floss, pork floss, beef floss, abon, pork sung or yuk sung, is a dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture similar to coarse cotton, originating from China. ""Rousong"" is used as a topping for many foods, such as congee, tofu, and savoury soy milk. It is also used as filling for various buns and pastries, and as a snack food on its own. ""Rousong"" is a very popular food item in Chinese cuisine and Vietnamese cuisine. Rousong is made by stewing cuts of pork or beef in"
"Ssukcha Ssukcha (), also called mugwort tea or wormwood tea, is a traditional Korean tea made from Korean mugwort (called ""ssuk"" () in Korean). It is commonly consumed in both North and South Korea. The preparation involves leaves of mugwort harvested around the ""dano"" month (day 5 of the 5th lunar). This usually takes place around May and June in the Gregorian calendar). The leaves are washed, drained, chopped, and dried in a shaded area for 3‒10 days. Dried mugwort leaves are then roasted in a round-bottomed ""deokkeum-sot"" (cauldron for roasting tea). In a teapot, a handful of mugwort and"
"full oxidation and producing ""Gongfu"" black tea (工夫紅茶). When there was insufficient sun and temperatures were low, the withered leaves would be processed indoors in warmed rooms and allowed to fully oxidize, then smoked dry over pine fires thus producing lapsang souchong. According to oral traditions of the region, the discovery of lapsang souchong processing was due to military troops passing through a Wuyi's tea factory during the last years of the Ming Dynasty, causing delays to tea leaf processing thus resulting in a completely oxidized leaf that the producer salvaged by drying over a fire built from pine branches."
"outside Asia, mostly in a vacuum-packaged form, although some Chinese groceries sell the unpackaged varieties as well. These tend to be made locally; for example, many of the Chinese sausages sold in Canada are produced by a number of manufacturers based in Vancouver and Toronto. ""Lap cheong"" is also a very popular sausage in Hawaii due to large numbers of Chinese in Hawaii who have incorporated it into local cuisine. Chinese sausage Chinese sausage is a generic term referring to the many different types of sausages originating in China. The southern flavor of Chinese sausage is commonly known by its"
"shape rather than as ""sochang"", which literally means ""small intestines"". It is the counterpart of ""daechang"", meaning ""large intestines"". Compared to other cuts of meat, ""gopchang"" is high in iron and vitamins. It is relatively inexpensive and has a characteristic flavor and a chewy yet palatable texture, so it is used in many Korean dishes such as ""gui"" (grilled dishes) or ""bokkeum"" (stir-fried dishes). The broth for the dish can be either a mixture of two broths, made from beef tripe and brisket, respectively, or ""gomtang"", a thin soup with a rich flavor made by simmering beef bones for a"
"Seolleongtang Seolleongtang () or ox bone soup is a Korean broth tang (soup) made from ox bones (mostly leg bones), brisket and other cuts. Seasoning is generally done at the table according to personal taste by adding salt, ground black pepper, red pepper, minced garlic, or chopped spring onions. It is a local dish of Seoul. ""Seolleongtang"" is typically simmered over a low flame over a period of several hours to an entire day, to allow the flavor to be gradually extracted from the bones. It has a milky off-white, cloudy appearance and is normally eaten together with rice and"
"Translation: King of Jjajangmyun) and Matchampong (Hangul: 맛짬뽕; Etymology: Portmanteau of a Korean adjective ""mat"" (taste) and ""Champong"" (spicy seafood noodle soup); Translation: tasty champong noodle soup). There are varieties of snack products including Shrimp Cracker (Hangul: 새우깡; Romanization: Saewookkang; 1971), the first commercialized snack in South Korea and Onion Rings (Hangul: 양파링; Romanization: Yangpa Ring; 1983), which is famous for its sliced-onion-ring shape. Since 2012, Nongshim is producing its own bottled water called Baeksan Mountain Water, which is slowly filtered by Baekdu Mountain volcanic rock. Nongshim Nongshim Co., Ltd. (Hangul: 농심; Hanja: 農心; Revised Romanization: Nongsim; Translation: Farmer's Heart)"
"""tojangguk"" (토장국), and naengguk (냉국). ""Malgeun jangguk"" literally means ""clear (""malgeun"", 맑은) soup (""guk"", 국) seasoned with a condiment (""jang"", 장),"" such as ""doenjang"" (soy bean paste) or ""ganjang"", and is served in a ""bansang"" (반상, regular meal table). The main ingredients for ""malgeun jangguk"" are meat, fish, vegetables, and seafoods. ""Gomguk"", also called ""gomtang"", refers to either a soup type made by boiling various beef parts such as rib, oxtail, brisket, head, and so forth for a long time, or made with ox bone by the same method. The broth of ""gomguk"" tends to have a milky color and"
"include mung bean sprouts, Asian royal fern, scallions, napa cabbages, and mustard greens. The soup is often served with ground chopi peppercorns, along with Korean mint leaves (in Yeongnam region) or perilla powder (in Honam region). Chueo-tang Chueo-tang () or loach soup is a ""tang"" (soup) made from pond loach, a freshwater fish. The southwestern Korean city of Namwon is famous for its version of the dish. ""Chueo"" () is a nickname for pond loach, called ""mikkuraji"" () in Korean. ""Tang"" () means soup. As irrigated rice paddies are drained after ""chubun"" (autumnal equinox), chubby pond loaches, ready for hibernation,"
"Lychee Lychee ( ; ""Litchi chinensis""; ) is the sole member of the genus ""Litchi"" in the soapberry family, ""Sapindaceae"". It is a tropical tree native to the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of China, where cultivation is documented from 1059 AD. China is the main producer of lychees, followed by India, other countries in Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and South Africa. A tall evergreen tree, the lychee bears small fleshy fruits. The outside of the fruit is pink-red, roughly textured and inedible, covering sweet flesh eaten in many different dessert dishes. Since the perfume-like flavour is lost in the"
"Longan Dimocarpus longan, commonly known as the longan (), is a tropical tree species that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), to which the lychee, rambutan, guarana, korlan, pitomba, Genip and ackee also belong. The fruit of the longan are similar to that of the lychee, but less aromatic in taste. It is native to Southern Asia. The longan (from Cantonese ""lùhng-ngáahn"" , literally ""dragon eye""), is so named because it resembles an eyeball when its fruit is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris)."
"blowing hole found at the bottom of the instrument and pitch is controlled via five finger holes on the top and one finger hole located on the bottom. Traditionally only the palendag was commonly played but because of the difficult nature of playing the palendag, both the tumpong and the suling have come to replace the palendag as the Maguindanaon’s most common aerophones. Also called suling by the Tausug, Yakan, B'laan, and Tiruray. Other names for the suling include the lantey (Ata), kinsi (Bukidnon), dagoyong (Higanon) and a babarak (Palawan) Suling A suling or Seruling is a Southeast Asian bamboo"
"Gopchang Gopchang () can refer to the small intestines of cattle (or pig) or to a ""gui"" (grilled dish) made of the small intestines. The latter is also called gopchang-gui (; ""grilled beef small intestines""). The tube-shaped offal is chewy with rich elastic fibers. In Korean cuisine, it is stewed in a hot pot (""gopchang-jeongol""), grilled over a barbecue (""gopchang-gui""), boiled in soup with other intestines (""naejang-tang""), or made into a sausage (""sundae""). In the past, ""gopchang"" was a popular, nutritious, and cheap dish for the general public. Rich in iron and vitamins, it was served as a health supplement"
"made into ""sungnyung"" (infusion) in case of unseasoned rice dishes. In the former case ""dolsot"" can be brushed with sesame oil beforehand to facilitate scraping. To make ""sungnyung"", the unscorched part of rice is scooped and transferred into another serving bowl right after served, and hot water or tea (usually mild grain teas such as barley tea or corn tea) is poured into the ""dolsot"" when it is still blistering. The infusion with loosened chunks of scorched rice remains warm til the end of the meal, when it is typically savoured. Dolsot A dolsot () or gopdolsot () is a"
"Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species, including maple, ackee, horse chestnut and lychee. Sapindaceae species occur in temperate to tropical regions, many in laurel forest habitat, throughout the world. Many are laticiferous, i.e. they contain latex, a milky sap, and many contain mildly toxic saponins with soap-like qualities in either the foliage and/or the seeds, or roots. The largest genera are ""Serjania"", ""Paullinia"", ""Acer"" and ""Allophylus"". The largely temperate genera formerly separated in the families Aceraceae (""Acer"", ""Dipteronia"") and Hippocastanaceae"