Why translating Chinese food names into English is ‘an impossible task’ By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN 8 minute read Updated 9:42 AM EDT, Tue April 29, 2025 Link Copied! For foreign ...

Fuchsia Dunlop, a British food writer who has specialized in Chinese cuisine for over two decades, says much of the problem stems from the fact certain words don’t even exist in English ...

Here, we take a look at some other puzzling dish names you might come across during your next visit to a Chinese restaurant and clear up some popular misunderstandings about certain foods. All the ...

Fuchsia Dunlop, a British food writer who has specialized ... with stuffings that are nothing like an English dumpling, and all have their own names in Chinese,” says Dunlop.

Here, we take a look at some other puzzling dish names you might come across during your next visit to a Chinese restaurant and clear up some popular misunderstandings about certain foods. All the ...