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| Course | Hors d'oeuvre |
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| Main ingredients | Meat and seafood |
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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 pu pu platter was probably first introduced to restaurants on the United States mainland by Donn Beach in 1934,[1] and has since become a standard at most Polynesian-themed restaurants such as Don's and Trader Vic's.[3][4] However, pu pu platters are currently more closely associated with American Chinese restaurants.[5][6] The earliest known print reference to a pu pu platter served at a Chinese restaurant is from 1969.[7]
In New England, Italian restaurants have used the term "pu pu platter" to describe an appetizer combination platter since the 1970s.[8]
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.
- ^ a b Hartz, Deborah S. (July 9, 2003). "Carrying a torch for pupu platters". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^ Mancall-Bitel, Nicholas (August 22, 2016). "The Anatomy of a Pu-Pu Platter, the World's Greatest Bar Snack". Thrillist. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
- ^ Reichl, Ruth (September 30, 1994). "Restaurants: Seemingly designed for Eloise (and so convenient), the successor to Trader Vic's". The New York Times. p. C22. ProQuest 109323172. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ Krummert, Bob (November 2002). "Tiki not so tacky". Restaurant Hospitality. Vol. 86, no. 11. p. 15. ISSN 0147-9989. ProQuest 236842977.
- ^ O'Leary, Joanna (March 10, 2014). "A Brief History of the Pu Pu Platter". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
- ^ Yeh, Cedric (September 23, 2010). "Pu pu platters versus birthday cakes". O Say Can You See?. National Museum of American History. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ "Ad for a Chinese restaurant on Long Island and their 'flaming pu pu platter'". The New York Times. July 18, 1969. p. 14. ProQuest 118613566.
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.
- ^ "Tough question served to court on platter". The Boston Globe. April 22, 1975. p. 8. ProQuest 652201056. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.