Hong Kong Recipe: Flowering Cabbage with Oyster Sauce Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

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This member of the flowering cabbage family has small yellow flowers and medium-green leaves and stems. Simple to prepare, and a typical end to a dim sum meal, but the key is freshness of the greens.

Ingredients:

1 bunch choy sum
salt
sugar
sesame oil
oyster sauce (optional)

Directions:

Wash and chop the choy sum into sections about 7 inches long. Steam, stir-fry or boil. Season with salt, a pinch of sugar, and a few drops of sesame oil. Serve as a side dish topped with oyster sauce that has been mixed with a pinch of sugar.

Servings: Serving size varies.

—Adapted from Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food (1998); published by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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