Thai Cooking Made Easy (Chinese Edition) (Paperback)

by Sukhum Kittivech (Author), Wei-Chuan Publishing (Author)

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Product Description
Famous for its exotic flavors and aromas, Thai cuisine offers culinary delights too numerous to describe. Suffice to say that the blending of the cuisines of the Chinese, Indian, Indonesian and Vietnamese cultures produces the delightful mouthwatering contrasts of sweet, sour, and hot spicy tastes. Master chef, Sukhum Kittivech, the owner of the popular Chan Dara restaurants, has selected 100 authentic and popular Thai dishes that are sure to please the palates of those who partake of the exotic dishes. Among the recipes offered are Pad Thai, Beef Panang, Shrimp & Pineapple Curry, Chicken Coconut Soup to Fried Bananas and more.

Most of the recipes are very easy to follow, with special sections on frequently used ingredients, seasonings, condiments and special sauces. All recipes are accompanied by full color pictures to assist the reader in proper dish presentation. This is an essential addition to Wei-Chuan¡¦s ¡§International Cuisine Series¡¨, and a ¡§must have¡¨ to the amateur as well as serious cooking aficionado.

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Text: Chinese, English

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Wei-Chuan Publishing; Chu ban edition (June 1992)
• Language: English, Chinese
• ISBN-10: 0941676285
• ISBN-13: 978-0941676281
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #270,087 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy for anyone, with great results, October 21, 2001

By	Alan Bryant (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Whether it's a characteristic of the publisher or of the author, the rather unique approach this cookbook takes to presenting ingredient lists and preparation instructions is outstanding. I'd like to think I'm pretty confident in the kitchen, but there's something to be said for simplified instructions, especially when you're in a hurry. But whether you're confident and competent as a cook, or a complete novice who finds toast a bit of a challenge, you'd have a hard time screwing-up a recipe from this one.

All the recipes I've tried have come out perfectly. And for those more experienced, there are plenty of opportunities for improvising where desired, as I have on the second and third times through some of the recipes.

Of particular note is Kittivech's take on sweet and sour pork. Extremely easy, it comes together quickly, and the taste is terrific. (Though I recommend doubling the sauce ingredients so you'll have plenty when served over rice.)

Like much Thai cooking, get ready for fish sauce. If you're not used to it, it's really pretty awful when first put in the wok, but the taste and smell mellow considerably with just a minute of cooking, and it does introduce a unique and intriguing flavor.

Finally, not worth failing to mention here are the beautiful full-color photographs of all the dishes in the book. They'll invite you to try more recipes, and they give excellent cues for preparation (like fancy cuts on vegetables) you may want to try.

Definitely one of the better additions to my cookbook library...

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Thai cookbook I own., April 28, 1999

By A Customer

Easy, tasty, almost impossible to wreck recipes. All ingredients found at local supermarkets (then again live in the SF Bay Area). Get it and try the Thai Toast, you wont be unhappy. The one thing this book dosent have is recipes for the curry pastes, it uses all premade store bought stuff, BUT if youve ever tried to get all the ingredients for your own, and then it didnt come out right any way you wont mind this. Just add more garlic to the sauces and it will be great!! The Green Curry Chicken will forever be my favourite! mmmmmmmm good!

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy, very simple and concise, high quality photos, January 17, 1999

By A Customer

I love this book!!!!!!! Let me count the ways:

1) The recepies are very fast and simple and contain no ingredients that you can't find.

2) The receipies taste correct and are excellent!!!! (given #1 and the fact that even some gourmet recipies I have tried don't taste correct I was shocked to find this!)

3) It comes with a clear plastic book cover that made the thing almost indistructible no matter how much fish sauce I splatter on it.

4) Hi quality, beautiful color photos for every dish make it easy to get the presentation right. It's also great for window shopping if you can't decide what to make for dinner! (every photo will make you drool)

The book is written in both Chinese and English.