Braised pork hock

What the Chinese name for this dish is, I still have to discover. Some say it is hong ba or hong ma but it appears that hong ba or hong ma is made with cut pieces of pork belly rather than a whole pork hock. In Chinese restaurants in the Philippines, this dish is known as pata tim. Whatever its original Chinese name may be, it is a dish of pork hock braised in a sweet-salty sauce and slow cooked until the meat is literally falling off the bones. Traditionally served with steamed sweet buns (cua pao), it is also eaten with rice.

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