The venerable New Kam Man at 200 Canal St has everything you\u2019d expect in a celebrated marketplace including a complete line of Asian ingredients and kitchenware along with all the necessary cookies and sweets to help us all get through this together. Of course, the sidewalk window displays tempting siu mei (\u71d2\u5473) \u2013 barbecue\/roast meats like roast pork, roast pig, soy sauce chicken, and ducks galore, but since I\u2019ve posted a lot of duck photos recently, here are two treats from the prepared food section worthy of your attention, especially if you\u2019re a vegetarian.<\/p>\n
(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em> I bought a bunch of stuff from New Kam Man for some COVID-19 cooking. Will post photos ASAP. So grateful that they\u2019re there and open for us; please help them continue to thrive! Bean curd skin or tofu skin – what do you call it? Continue reading
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\nBoth are made from bean curd skin. When soymilk is boiled to make tofu, a skin forms on top, it\u2019s skimmed off and dried and when it\u2019s reconstituted, it has dozens of delicious uses from dumpling wrappers to \u201cmock\u201d meats. These two examples are unassuming but tasty. The first simply consists of layers of bean curd sheets, rehydrated with water, soy sauce, and sugar, then pressed together and sliced; it\u2019s as much about the texture as it is about the flavor. The label reads \u201cNKM Stewed Bean Curd Pastry\u201d. It\u2019s a little saltier than
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\nthese rollups which are similar but a bit sweeter. The package was identified as \u201cNKM Braised Gluten Stick\u201d although I don\u2019t think gluten figures into it and I see rolls rather than sticks, mislabeled perhaps. Either way, yum!<\/p>\n
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