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| Place of origin | Hong Kong |
| Created by | Dai Lung |
| Main ingredients | Cooked rice,fried egg,char siu |
Sorrowful Rice (Chinese:黯然銷魂飯;pinyin:ànránxiāohún fàn;Cantonese Yale:gam yin siu wan fan), or simplychar siu egg rice, is a Hong Kong rice dish popularised byStephen Chow's 1996 comedy filmThe God of Cookery.[1] The dish typically consists ofcooked rice,char siu, and afried egg accompanied by vegetables such aschoy sum.[2]
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]
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