MOP 55, approx US$6.83 I rarely had Choy Sum ( 菜心 ) in America. The Chinese characters literally translates as “Veggie Heart”, which kinds of tell people what to expect from it in terms of taste and texture. Yes, it’s supposed to have a tender crisp texture, flavorful with a sweet tone. It wasn’t that commonly used a veggie even in the Chinese restaurants that I patronized back home, which often cooked Chinese broccoli, spinach or baby bak choy. But I always had Choy Sum whenever I visited Southern China. Choy Sum looks like Chinese broccoli, but it has a very different texture, different taste and different color of flowers. The flowers of Choy Sum are yellow. When I was a kid, I always picked the flower parts to eat because I think it was fun, and it just tasted a lot more tender than the rest of the veggie. I still remember that very first Choy Sum that I had many years ago when I was about 4 years old, at a very ugly and run down restaurant tugged away in the mid