Customer Reviews

Martin Yan's China

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Wonderful recipes and the photography is outstanding. I love his take on his sauces, flavored oils and most of his recipes are easy enough for the average home cook. I'm lucky to be in LA so most all the ingredients are readily available if you know where to look.

I love how he takes several of the classic/basic sauces and "kicks them up a notch" adding some extra layers of flavor. I can't wait to try some of his recipes.

Being Cantonese, I mostly only dined on Cantonese Chinese food, so it is great to see the many dishes from other regions of China. For the last 4-5 years, I've been trying out the flavors and foods of the other regions of China in the restaurants of So. Calif.

I also enjoy the tibits of history, etiquette and the gorgeous photography showing off both both classic dishes and modern dishes and plating techniques. This is a cook book that you are really cook out of and use regularly.

Really a Grand Slam home run of a Chinese cook book.

Martin Yan's ideas on preparation of sauces in advance are wonderful, easy, and delicious. His advise on stocking your pantry is essential in preparing his recipes. My family and I have tried several recipes in this book and we find them easy and delicious.

I have most of Martin Yan's books and feel that he has a great style and amazing knowledge of the subject of Chinese Cooking. I have spent most of my life as a Chef and now as a Culinary Arts Instructor and find the concepts in Martin's books to be very thorough and filled with ideas that spark the imagination and a further study of the subject.

I was hoping this book had more about the areas visited than it does. It accompanies the TV program but it isn't as informative as I had hoped. The recipes are there and the pictures are lovely. I just expected more about the cultures he visited.

There is a good variety of recipes, and most of the ingredients are easy to find in regular grocery stores. I recommend the red and gold rice. It's easy and quite satisfiying!

Mr. Yan's book is exactly what any cook needs to learn how to cook chinese simple foods and it is great the way he divided the book and provided sauces sepoaratele from everything else.