And MSG.
― nickn, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
Been hooning back a lot of 开胃金针菇 & 热干面 as the weather's gotten colder. Also, so many diff names for 拍青瓜!
Sadly my decision to stick w/ostensible vegetarianism has cut off a bunch of delicious options from me ... OTOH, coming from NZ places where there's generally an effort made for halal options (+ gluten-free etc) the DNGAF attitude of institutional meals is kinda intense; I can see why I'm one of the few 老外 at the canteen here.
I miss having a kitchen/cooking (mainly curries & bean-based things, though I can always go to 小北, I guess) - been trying to make notes of dishes to try and recreate back home but it's a bit haphazard. Need to pick up some local cookbooks for reading practise / inspiration - any recs, dayo?
― etc, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 06:30 (eight years ago) link
really need to find some real chinese food in my neighborhood. maybe by figuring out where local chinese ppl go and order off-menu? not aware of any place that has on-menu stuff
prime exception is the place in a college town about 45 minutes away. love going there and ordering about anything, and watching people picking mixed seafood out of hot pots
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
oh duh! there's a place near me that does dim sum on sundays. that stuff is pretty legit, but it's obviously not larger items. good time to eat some bun and chicken feet though
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
putting this here for posterity http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/search/collection/newman/order/title/page/2
― 龜, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Need to pick up some local cookbooks for reading practise / inspiration - any recs, dayo?
― etc, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 1:30 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark
i'd proably just walkt into a bookstore and go to the cooking section!
last time i was at the bookstore in beijing, they had like 3 aisles of cookbooks, and 2 sections devoted just to congee
I never thought I'd say I Miss Suburban Maryland, but I frequented at least half a dozen places for real Chinese food when I worked there.
I have tried but can't get real Chinese food to happen at home. Ingredients aren't the problem, I don't think. . . but it just doesn't taste like delicious restaurant Chinese food.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, December 7, 2015 8:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
tbh most home cooked chinese food doesn't taste like restaurant chinese food, which is more oily/flavor forward
― 龜, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cjYOwbi.png
am i being too sensitive here or is this a little messed
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
fucked up definitely.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
wait... is he going to eat the child
― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
read a bit further, i guess not. still very strange.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
it is definitely fucked
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
i had real chinese food yesterday, it was amazing
like the best bean curd i have ever eaten
― marcos, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
do they bring out special food at restaurants if you have a chinese child?
but yeah whoa wtf dude
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
i just assumed Fong Chong is a helluva cook
― brownie, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
i mean just imagine this mother's disappointment if she doesn't live up to that pedigree
― home organ, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
The lobster variations (LA edition).
― nickn, Monday, 8 August 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
http://www.culinarybackstreets.com/wp-content/uploads/CYB_final2.jpghttp://culinarybackstreets.com/wp-content/uploads/CYB_final.jpg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 03:31 (seven years ago) link
https://www.foodnut.com/i/Shanghai-Restaurant-Reviews/Yangs-Fry-Dumpling-Shanghai-10.jpg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
http://www.timing-design.com/food/thw9.jpg
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 03:35 (seven years ago) link
Awww man I want those DUMPLINGS!. No one in my area makes them like that, it's all just minced chicken in wonton wrappers.
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 09:49 (seven years ago) link
Weird, I don't think I capitalized DUMPLINGS! but... I do feel strongly about them.
― doeth represent the square of squares squaredly (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 09:50 (seven years ago) link
Okay. Is there an auto replace for that word? Weird.
It's a universal auto-replace. When you say word DUMPLINGS! the universe chimes along with you.
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
ilx has felt that way about DUMPLINGS! for a very long time
― mh, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
you folks really like dumplings huh
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:58 (seven years ago) link
Even the British sense of the word are awesome.
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
those were from Yang's Fry DUMPLINGS! in Shanghai; they're basically soup DUMPLINGS! but w/ a slightly thicker skin maybe and also the bottoms are pan-fried and they are coated w/ sesame seeds
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
DUMPLINGS!
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shengjian_mantou
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2016/chongqings-number-one-noodle-obsessive/
― just sayin, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link
this is cross posted from the cookbooks thread but:
Can anyone recommend a book or coobkook that is as comprehensive of an overview of Chinese cuisines as is possible? I had my eye on "All Under Heaven" by Carolyn Phillips and "China: The Cookbook" by Kei Lum Chan and Diora Fong Chan but idk what else is out there
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
I've been wanting to get a Fuchsia Dunlop cookbook, I don't know if she's written one comprehensive one though.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
thread of missing dayo
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
otm
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
I ordered Every Grain of Rice b/c I've been hankering for a new cookbook
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
Good choice imo
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
Great choice.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
excited to eat some pork with pork sauce
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link