cotyledon of a bean (i.e. either of the halves of a bean seed that can be split apart after removing the seed coat) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4 ban4 jiang4])
to stir-fry then cook with sauce and water / to boil food briefly then dress with soy etc / to choke / to irritate (throat etc)
喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
油盐酱醋
yóu yán jiàng cù
(lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
龟甲万
Guī jiǎ wàn
Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc
XO sauce, a spicy seafood sauce invented in Hong Kong in the 1980s
筒子米糕
tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
卤蛋
lǔ dàn
peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
铁蛋
tiě dàn
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
zhàn