A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
Thin sheets or curled strips from the tender layers near the bamboo-shoot tip. They differ from thick pieces of shoot flesh and from the coarse outer husk. Dried forms are softened for cooking.
In the kitchen
Chopped into some pork wonton fillings, or mixed with starch in regional bamboo-layer cakes.
Fresh and dried forms are used. Sunyi is distinct from ordinary fresh bamboo shoots, and not every Huzhou wonton includes it.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有笋衣吗？
Does this dish contain Sunyi bamboo-shoot layers?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
