Talk:Bah-oân

Edit on circle vs. sphere
Ba-wan in this case is a meat sphere or meat ball. While the character for circle and sphere are the same, in this case, the meaning is sphere and not circle. The food itself is spherical. A similar case where the character for "circle" is used in the name of a food, is tang-yuan's, which are little spherical objects that are glutenous and can be sweet or salty.

Trad. Simp. Pinyin English 圓 圆 yuán circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify ...........

Also as far as tags go, I think it makes more sense to link the object to where it originated from, unless there are significant changes in the food that the other country added that makes that food something different now, or unless it's like the most popular food there or something odd. It doesn't make sense to link that food to a country just because it is found there somewhat....if we did that, wouldn't every country have links to quesadillas? What's the point in separate cuisine sections for each country, if we list everything that can possibly be found there, in every country's cuisine page? It seems to make more sense to link only what is unique about that country, or what foods originated from that country, or something that country specializes in. For example, I would not link Domino's Pizza in the Taiwan section...but I might link Pacman Pizza, because it's curry pizza that's got pineapple and is weird and a unique thing in Taiwan, though the original pizza was from Italy. Kelidimari (talk) 20:27, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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I removed the WPCHINA tag because the Ba-wan originated in Taiwan.-- Jerrch 23:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that's the right thing to do since other cultures have also adopted bawan as part of their cuisine. WP tagging should not be limited to the "origins" of an item. Sjschen (talk) 14:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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