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Best Meat floss in Chicago

“Golden, fluffy, and deeply savory—a dried meat so light it dissolves on your tongue.”

Meat floss

What the real thing tastes like

Meat floss, also known as yuk sung or rousong (Chinese: 肉鬆; pinyin: ròusōng; Jyutping: juk6 sung1 ; Mandarin Chinese: [ɻôʊsʊ́ŋ]), is a dried meat product of Chinese origin, with a light and fluffy texture similar to coarse cotton. It is more commonly known as bak hu (Hokkien: 肉拊, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-hú) in Hokkien-influenced regions, such as Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Meat floss is golden in color with a distinctive flavor and sweet taste that is somewhat comparable to beef jerky.

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Meat floss is a Chinese dried meat product with a texture that defies expectation—light and fluffy like coarse cotton, yet deeply savory. Golden-hued and shredded fine, it carries a distinctive sweet-savory profile that echoes beef jerky but moves in its own direction entirely. Known as rousong in Mandarin regions and bak hu in Hokkien-speaking areas across Southeast Asia and Taiwan, it's a bridge ingredient that appears in both humble bowls and refined compositions.

Order it here when it has

  • light and fluffy texture
  • distinctive flavor
  • golden color
  • sweet taste

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