Course | Hors d'oeuvre |
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Main ingredients | Meat and seafood |
Pu pu platter | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 寶寶盤 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 宝宝盘 | ||||||||||||
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A pu pu platter is a tray of American Chinese or Hawaiian food[1] consisting of an assortment of small meat and seafood appetizers. The Thrillist called the pu-pu platter "an amalgam of Americanized Chinese food, Hawaiian tradition and bar food."[2]
The pupu platter was probably first introduced to restaurants on the United States mainland by Donn Beach in 1934.[1] It has since become a standard at most Polynesian-themed restaurants such as Don's and Trader Vic's.[3][4] The earliest known print reference to a pupu platter served at a Chinese restaurant is from 1969.[5] Later, other types of restaurants used "pu pu platter" to describe an appetizer combination platter.[n 1]
However, pu pu platters are currently more closely associated with American Chinese restaurants.[6][7] A typical pu pu platter, as found in American Chinese cuisine, includes appetizers such as egg rolls, spare ribs, chicken wings, chicken fingers, beef teriyaki, skewered beef, fried wontons, fried shrimp, or crab rangoons.
35, Sun Ming, Huntington. Cantonese Cuisine. Flaming Pu Pu Platter. Our House Banquet Dinner. Op. 7 days for lunch, din. & cocktails. Private room parties. Free park. Amer. Exp., Din. Club. 2 miles W. of Rte. 110 Jericho Tpke. & Round Swamp Rd.
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