June 4th, 2010 in Mains by Chris
Pinyin: bái jiāo chǎo jī zá
Chicken gizzards and giblets are something I only rarely heard around the kitchen when i was growing up. We would buy whole frozen chickens and sometimes pieces would be stuffed inside the chicken. Typically there was a heart, a neck, a liver, and the giblet. These items [...]
May 31st, 2010 in Mains by Chris
Pinyin: zhī ma niú ròu
Sesame seeds make a nice addition to lots of food. Often found on the top of hamburger buns and as a barely noticed accompaniment to many other dishes, the sesame seed and in particular sesame seed oil play a part in a surprising amount of asian food.
Sesame fruit is harvested [...]
May 27th, 2010 in Mains by Chris
Pinyin: duò jiāo yú tóu
As is often the case at a meal in China you’ll sometimes be served something completely unknown. Fish heads served for dinner often come as a surprise to the uninitiated. There are a few things to make your fish head dining experience an appetizing proposition.
The first thing to know [...]
May 24th, 2010 in Mains by Chris
Pinyin: qīn jiāo dòu fǔ gān
Dried tofu is pretty amazing in it’s resemblance to meat. The drying process gives the tofu a tougher even chewy texture, very similar to rubber. Rubbery food isn’t always desired, but in the case of tofu it’s a nice change. Dried tofu is still fresh, the drying [...]
May 20th, 2010 in Mains by Chris
Pinyin: dòu bàn jūn gū chǒu xiā rén
We started eating fava beans around 6000 B.C. and over time they spread around the world and most cultures use them in one fashion or another. The beans don’t climb like most other beans and they can stay in the ground over winter. Fava beans are [...]
May 17th, 2010 in Appetizer by Chris
Pinyin: suān là huáng guā
Cucumbers are part of the squash family and have been cultivated by man for at least 3,000 years. Botanically speaking a cucumber is a fruit just like a tomato, but basically everyone considers them a vegetable. Many varieties are grown throughout the world and the vast majority of them [...]