Ingredient
Er cai
Three views of what er cai relates to — by recipe co-occurrence, blended, and aroma chemistry. Scores are cosine similarities in 300-D Metapath2Vec space.
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Relations
Cooks with
Recipe co-occurrenceThings this is cooked with in real recipes — strongest cue for partners on the plate.
- Cured duck0.34
- Water bamboo0.32
- Zha cai0.31
- Eel0.30
- Blood tofu0.30
- Mustard root0.30
- Sword bean0.29
- Water celery0.29
- Fried tofu puff0.29
- Chinese broccoli0.28
- Chinese cured pork0.28
- Fermented black bean0.28
- Chinese toon0.28
- Celtuce0.28
- Snow vegetable0.27
- Oyster0.27
- Bottle gourd0.27
- Egg tofu0.27
- Sour broth0.27
- Crab roe0.27
Blended
Chemistry + recipe contextSimilar in both chemistry and recipe use — the most versatile lens.
- Light soy sauce0.69
- Garlic scape0.68
- Oyster sauce0.67
- Celtuce0.67
- Doubanjiang0.67
- Fried gluten ball0.65
- Shaoxing wine0.65
- Sichuan peppercorn0.65
- Lotus root0.65
- Sesame oil0.64
- Water bamboo0.64
- Chinese cured pork0.64
- Dark soy sauce0.64
- Zha cai0.63
- Dried tofu0.63
- Tofu skin0.63
- Pickled mustard green0.63
- Snow vegetable0.63
- Dried shrimp0.63
- Fermented black bean0.62
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Flavor modes
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Cooks with
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Cooks with
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Cooks with
Chinese savory pantry staples
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Chinese pantry vegetables and umami staples
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Blended
East Asian savory pantry staples
211 ingredients
Blended
East Asian umami fish and mushrooms
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Blended
East Asian vegetables and mushrooms
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Blended
East Asian fermented vegetables and seafood
70 ingredients
Blended
Southeast & East Asian stir-fry ingredients
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Tastes like
East Asian savory pantry staples
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Tastes like
East Asian umami mushrooms and seafood
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Tastes like
East Asian mushrooms and vegetables
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Tastes like
Sichuan and East-Asian fermented aromatics
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Chinese hot pot ingredients
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Tastes like
East Asian seafood and preserved vegetables
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