Sorrowful Rice

Sorrowful Rice (Chinese: 黯然销魂饭; pinyin: ànránxiāohún fàn; Cantonese Yale: gam yin siu wan fan), or simply char siu egg rice, is a Hong Kong rice dish popularised by Stephen Chow's 1996 comedy film The God of Cookery.^[1] The dish typically consists of cooked rice, char siu, and a fried egg accompanied by vegetables such as choy sum.^[2]

Sorrowful Rice

Alternative names	Char siu egg rice
Place of origin	Hong Kong
Created by	Dai Lung
Main ingredients	Cooked rice, fried egg, char siu
Media: Sorrowful Rice

Origins

In 1992, the creator of the dish, Dai Lung, was head chef at a Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong frequented by Stephen Chow. After getting to know Lung, Chow expressed interest in making a film about chefs and asked him to create this dish for his film, The God of Cookery.^[2] In the film, the protagonist played by Chow creates this simple dish of cooked rice, char siu, and a fried egg, naming it 'Sorrowful Rice'. The dish became popular in Hong Kong in the wake of the film.^[3]

See also

• The God of Cookery