Hakka Steamed Pork with Preserved Vegetables (Mei Cai Kou Rou / 梅菜扣肉)
Meizhou, Guangdong Province — Huizhou area Hakka tradition
Iconic Hakka dish of pork belly steamed for hours atop a bed of sweet-salty mei cai (Huizhou preserved mustard greens) until the fat is silky and trembling and the preserved vegetable has absorbed all the pork fat. The bowl is inverted at the table so the pork crowns the greens. Different from Mao's Red-Braised Pork — this is steamed, not braised.