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I can identify the green lettuce at the bottom, but not the physical matter under the red maraschino cherry. I happened upon this on Open Rice for a popular Western cuisine restaurant in Central, Hong Kong.

  1. What are the gray lumps?

  2. What white dressing is this?

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    The American food that looks most like that is either macaroni salad or potato salad. And the thing on top could be a cherry tomato rather than a cherry. But if you want to know what's actually shown in the photo, you'd have to visit the restaurant or find a detailed menu online. – The Photon Aug 05 '20 at 02:35
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    Clicking through to the restaurant's menu, and assuming this is the "deluxe club sandwich", apparently that is what they call french fries. – The Photon Aug 05 '20 at 02:40

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This is potato salad, cubes of cooked (boiled) potato in a dressing of mayonnaise. If you are looking to replicate this, the typical cha chaan teng (茶餐廳) style potato salad might have some sweetened condensed milk, something like a 4:1 ratio of mayonnaise to condensed milk. Also, the garnish appears to be half of a cherry tomato, rather than a maraschino cherry.

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  • The shape of the lumps is quite unlike a regular potato salad - the pieces are strangely curved. – Stephie Aug 05 '20 at 07:22
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    @Stephie potatoes are round, so the curved pieces are from the side of the potatoes. – Max Aug 05 '20 at 12:10
  • @Max of course, but some (multiple) pieces seem to be curved twice - like a fat ‘C’ or celery stalks. (But without the ridges.) – Stephie Aug 05 '20 at 12:13
  • @Stephie Possibly pear or apple (coated in mayonnaise)? – Debbie M. Aug 05 '20 at 16:41
  • @DebbieM. I never knew you can put mayonnaise or dressing on fruits??? –  Aug 09 '20 at 04:04
  • @Vast In the US at least, there are many fruit salads that use mayonnaise, sour cream or the like. Waldorf salad is one of the more famous ones. – Debbie M. Aug 09 '20 at 16:33