She went to every kind of Chinese specialty store and tried chu-hou chiang (fermented bean paste) from Hong Kong and mo-shih chiang (mushroom-flavored soy sauce) and p'ai-ku chiang (spare rib sauce) from Singapore, but the flavor just wasn't right.
他走遍各種華人開的中國店，試過了香港的柱侯醬，新加坡的磨豉醬和排骨醬，味道全不對。