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  • The Port. word (attested from 1559) came via Macao; and Rus. chai, Pers. cha, Gk. tsai, Arabic shay and Turk. çay all came overland from the Mandarin form.

    blog – syllable studio 2009

  • The hon tsai tai had a slightly sharp mustard flavor which did hold up well to the sauce.

    Chicken & Spring Green Stir-fry in Coconut Peanut Sauce kat 2008

  • The phonetic rendering from the Guggenheim Museum, where the show opens on Friday and continues through May 28, reads "tsai gwo chang."

    Just Don't Call Them 'Fireworks' 2008

  • I'm in Miami so the local hon tsai tai harvest was last December.

    CSA box #3 kat 2008

  • Ting Yi-tsai, always good, has a great piece on the Hu-Siew political theatre at the Boao forum.... in the Saipan Tribune, a piece on what a great place Taiwan can be for first-time travelers.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • This explains why my CSA hon tsai tai blog post suddenly got 15 hits from Minneapolis.

    CSA box #3 kat 2008

  • I used two greens that were new to me in this, pea vine & hon tsai tai.

    Archive 2008-06-01 kat 2008

  • I used two greens that were new to me in this, pea vine & hon tsai tai.

    Chicken & Spring Green Stir-fry in Coconut Peanut Sauce kat 2008

  • The hon tsai tai had a slightly sharp mustard flavor which did hold up well to the sauce.

    Archive 2008-06-01 kat 2008

  • And I think that Mandarin excitement that DG is looking for is "Woh shing-tsai yow sih luh" I want to die now.

    Hai-ya Hong Kong! e d b m 2007

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