Rice noodle roll

A rice noodle roll is a dish from southern China and , commonly served as a variety of dim sum. It is a thin roll made from a wide strip of ''Shahe fen'' , filled with shrimp, pork, vegetables, or other ingredients. Sweet soy sauce is poured over the dish upon serving. The rice noodle is also known as chee cheong fun where ''chee cheong'' means pig intestine, and ''fun'' means noodle; this is because the noodle resembles the small intestine of a pig. A very similar dish to this is the Vietnamese ''bánh cu?n''.

Preparation

The rice noodle sheets are made from a viscous mixture of rice flour and water. This liquid is poured onto a specially-made flat pan in which it is steamed to produce the square rice sheets. ''Chee cheong fun'' can be served with different flavour of sauce.

Regional

Cantonese cuisine

In Cantonese cuisine, rice noodle roll is most often served in dim sum. The most common types offered as part of dim sum cuisine are:
* Rice noodle roll with shrimp
* Rice noodle roll with
* Rice noodle roll with beef
* Rice noodle roll with char siu

Other varieties that may be offered include:
* Rice noodle roll with chicken and bitter melon
* Rice noodle roll with conpoy and pea shoot
* Rice noodle roll with fish
* Rice noodle roll with Youtiao also known as Zhaliang

Vietnamese cuisine

In Vietnamese cuisine, it is called ''bánh cu?n'', and it is mostly eaten for breakfast. It is a crêpe-like roll made from a thin, wide sheet of rice noodle that can be filled with ground pork and other ingredients. Sides for this dish usually consist of ''ch? l?a'' and bean sprouts, while the dipping sauce is called ''n??c ch?m''. Sometimes, a drop of cà cu?ng, which is the essence of a giant water bug, Lethocerus indicus, is added to the n??c ch?m for extra flavor, although this ingredient is scarce and quite expensive.

Southeast Asian cuisine

In and Malaysian cuisine, In Malaysia, many people prefer serving ''chee cheong fun'' with a kind of black sweet sauce called . It is likely a variation of hoisin sauce. The popular Malaysian Penang version uses a shrimp paste called ''hae ko'' which is also black and sweet. Others prefer specially-made chili sauce or mix the two together. ''Chee cheong fun'' is a popular breakfast food in Singapore and Malaysia. ''Chee cheong fun'' is frequently served in kopitiams and Chinese restaurants.

Other variations

There is another kind of food which is similar to ''chee cheong fun'', called ''laicheong'' in Cantonese. This food is popular in Guangzhou.