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Change log entry 87741
Processed by: richwarm (2024-12-25 04:42:13 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 80767 - submitted by 'mdbg' >>
Wiktionary describes it as "the slightly seared flavour imparted to food that has been traditionally cooked in a seasoned wok".

Cantonese 鑊氣 / 镬气 (wok6 hei3).

Commonly known in English as "wok hei".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wok_hei
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E9%91%8A%E6%B0%A3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1pS4KmYU2A
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Editor:
大火快炒鴨肉與脆筍絲,高人氣的鴨肉羹鑊氣十足。

葉怡蘭指出,專業的炒飯在家裡絕對料理不出來,「除了乾鬆又粒粒分明的飯粒,油而不膩又吃得出旺火鐵鍋的鑊氣,那是外面吃才有的熱鬧。」
Diff:
# 鑊氣 镬气 [[huo4qi4]] /intense smoky aroma from high-heat wok cooking/
+ 鑊氣 镬气 [[huo4qi4]] /"wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese "wok6 hei3")/
By MDBG 2025
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