Meanings
plural black-bean sauces
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of black bean sauce.
Try spicy dumplings, fried sea bass with black-bean sauce or the seafood congee.
2016 February 17, Elizabeth Chang, “Where to find Washington’s new Chinatown, Little Ethiopia, etc.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 20162 more examples
If you’re not in a spicy mood, this restaurant also does a great job with dim sum small plates like translucent “crystal shrimp dumplings” (har gow, a Cantonese dim sum favorite), pan-seared turnip cakes with sweet cured sausage and dried shrimp, or miniature steamed spare ribs in black-bean sauce.
2022 October 8–14, Robin Goldstein, “Chinese flavors in the Valley: What to order and where to order it if you want the real thing”, in The Pioneer Valley’s Binge Worthy (Daily Hampshire Gazette), Northampton, Mass., page C2, column 2Aroma started out serving Cantonese-style crowdpleasers – sticky, black-bean sauces, piles of chow mein and battered pork in sunset-orange sweet-and-sour – but these days it calls itself pan-Asian, shape-shifting in line with the modern British palate.
2022 October 14, Grace Dent, “Aroma Buffet, London W12: ‘Delivering joy though dark times’ – restaurant review”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022
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