Cha siu baau are Cantonese barbecue pork buns (baozi). The buns are filled with barbecue-flavoured char siu pork. They are served as a type of dim sum during yum cha and are sometimes sold in Chinese bakeries.

Samples of the weirdest Chinese food selections include: Shredded documents with Hoisin sauce, Squished Eel delight, Peking Daffy duck, aromatic Octopus on wheels, Force Fed Shrimp, Roast Pork Puppy Chow, Sweet & Salmonella soup,Barbecued Bear Ribs, Vegetables with Tingling Horse Flavor, Eggplant prepared under mysterious circumstances,

Coming soon to China: A taste of the taikonaut life. Dishes like roast pork and stewed duck specially concocted for taikonauts - the Chinese term for astronauts - will be sold in supermarkets by the end of the year, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.