{"id":2064,"date":"2014-04-30T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T04:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/?guid=adce1cbe851ec069d813ed538cc0a000"},"modified":"2018-08-30T23:34:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T23:34:53","slug":"chayote-may-originally-be-native-to-mexico-but-it039s-relatively-popular-here-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/chayote-may-originally-be-native-to-mexico-but-it039s-relatively-popular-here-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating from Buddha&#8217;s Palm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chayote may originally be native to Mexico, but it&#8217;s relatively popular here in #Hongkong too. It&#8217;s poetically called the \u4f5b\u624b\u74dc or &#8220;Buddha&#8217;s hand gourd&#8221; in Cantonese. Here we have the perfect double boiled soup to counter the humid Spring weather: Chayote, carrots, longan, dried figs, and pork. Rich in vitamin C and amino acids, it helps to nourish and restore a tired body and soul. Our hosts at Little Adventures in Hong Kong have many more splendid recipes and stories to share. Speak to us today at <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littleadventuresinhongkong.com%2F&amp;h=7AQGBYkOV&amp;s=1\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LittleAdventuresInHongKong\/photos\/a.10151945937549410.1073741826.176561039409\/10152354904284410\/?type=1&amp;relevant_count=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xfp1\/t1.0-0\/10172644_10152354904284410_740601652938526187_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chayote may originally be native to Mexico, but it&#8217;s relatively popular here in #Hongkong too. It&#8217;s poetically called the &#20315;&#25163;&#29916; or &#8220;Buddha&#8217;s hand gourd&#8221; in Cantonese. Here we have the perfect double boiled soup to counter the humid Spring weather: Chayote, carrots, longan, dried figs, and pork. Rich in vitamin C and amino acids, it helps to nourish and restore a tired body and soul. Our hosts at Little Adventures in Hong Kong have many more splendid recipes and stories to share. Speak to us today at <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littleadventuresinhongkong.com%2F&amp;h=7AQGBYkOV&amp;s=1\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LittleAdventuresInHongKong\/photos\/a.10151945937549410.1073741826.176561039409\/10152354904284410\/?type=1&amp;relevant_count=1\" title=\"\" target=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xfp1\/t1.0-0\/10172644_10152354904284410_740601652938526187_s.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littleadventuresinhongkong.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}