Napa cabbage when used as food. The Japanese name for this specific variety of cabbage is hakusai (), a Sino-Japanese reading of the Chinese name "báicài" (), literally "white vegetable". The Korean name for napa cabbage, baechu (), is a nativized word from the Sino-Korean reading, "baekchae", of the same Chinese character sets. Today in Mandarin Chinese, napa cabbage is known as dàbáicài (), literally "big white vegetable", as opposed to the "small white vegetable" that is known in English as bok choy. Outside of Asia, this vegetable is also referred to as Chinese cabbage. Regionally, it is also known as sui
Sam Choy Choy In The Kitchen". Choy has designed Hawaiian-inspired dishes for American Airlines first class passengers to and from Hawaii. Choy is the son of a Chinese father, Hung Sam Choy, and a Hawaiian–German mother, Clairemoana. He is married to Carol, with whom he has two sons, Sam, Jr., and Christopher. Choy lives in Kona District, Hawaii. Sam Choy Sam Choy is a American chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of "Pacific rim cuisine". Choy is an alumnus of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program. One of his first jobs as a chef was at The