More Chinese menu shorthand

From surya: I took this at the Grand Street Skewer Cart in Manhattan. In particular the shorthand is interesting (for example kǎo mántou 考曼头 [lit., "examine long / extended / graceful / etc. head"] instead of kǎo mántou 烤馒头 ["baked steamed bun"] for CRISPY STEAM BUN). Is the dropping of the radicals a systematic practice for quick handwriting? Maybe only if […]