Trump(et) king mushrooms

Language Log 2018-04-22

Summary:

Yuanfei Wang, who sent in this photograph of a menu from a Chinese restaurant called Chef Jon's (Chú wáng 厨王) in East Hanover, New Jersey, refers to it as a cèngrè diǎn 蹭热点 ("hot spot"): Chef Jon seems to be very fond of king trumpet mushrooms.  They occur as an ingredient in 3 of his dishes […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=37865

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

04/22/2018, 17:23

Date published:

04/22/2018, 12:00