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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good, and simple oriental cooking, 8 Jun 2005
This review is from: The Classic 1000 Chinese Recipes (Paperback)
This is an excellent recipe book for the beginner (such as me) who's just bought a wok and wants to get started.
Although there are 1000 recipes here, many of them make clear just how simple Chinese cookery is because with just a handful of ingredients bought at the Chinese (or any) supermarket, you can create loads of dishes you thought were only available at the take-away.
While you probably won't ever be able to re-create a gourmet Chinese restaurant meal, you CAN create dozens of meals (including lots of vegetarian meals) and tastes that you previously thought were just TOO difficult.
Buy that rice wine, star anise, dark soy and get going - if you love Chinese food you SHOULD learn how to make it and this recipe book shows that it's simple!
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