2021-02

China: Part 8: Sichuan‘s Vegetarian Buddhist Cuisine

Anyone hoping to understand the range of Sichuan cooking should plan to dine at a Buddhist monastery restaurant. In these establishments, monks prepare elaborate vegetarian fare, much of it designed to mimic Sichuan classics like twice-fried pork. The Baoguang Temple in Xindu serves a meatless lunch of artful dishes that fool the eye and offer more proof of the Sichuan penchant for healthful eating.
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China: Part 19: Tripe at Beijing’s Dong Xing Shun Restaurant

Even Beijing residents who can afford luxury maintain a soft spot for humble fare, such as tripe and other innards. Most Chinese diners appreciate chewy texture more than Westerners do, so tripe may be cooked in a way that preserves that quality. At Dong Xing Shun, near the waterfront, we will sample tripe as the locals like it.
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China: Part 23: Tofu Dishes of Beijing’s Da Ming Fu Restaurant

Da Ming Fu Restaurant of Beijing, specializes in house-made tofu. K. F. Seetoh explains the various dishes and flavors made by the restaurant’s chef.
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China: Part 17: The Traditional Dishes of Yue Shen Zhai Restaurant

K. F. Seetoh takes us on a tour of the dishes of Beijing’s Yue Shen Zhai Restaurant, including beef flavored with star-anise that shows the region’s Muslim culinary influences.
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China: Part 25: The Food Markets of Hong Kong

The Cantonese care deeply about the freshness of their produce and seafood. Fuchsia Dunlop takes us through an open-air Hong Kong market to show us the live seafood and fresh produce that play a key role in Cantonese cuisine.
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China: Part 22: Sweet and Sour Fried Fish Demonstration at Beijing’s Da Ming Fu Restaurant

The chefs at Beijing’s Da Ming Fu restaurant demonstrate how to make sweet-and-sour whole fish using an amazing frying technique.
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China: Part 29: Steamed Fish at Hong Kong’s One Harbor Road Restaurant

For more insight into Cantonese cooking techniques, Fuchsia Dunlop visits the kitchens of One Harbor Road, a fine-dining restaurant in the Hyatt Hong Kong hotel. Here they receive a private cooking class with the hotel’s world-class chefs: How to expertly steam a whole fish.
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Spring Rolls in Chengdu

Visiting Chengdu in April is the perfect time for a spring street food snack, the spring roll. See how it's freshly made to order for each customer.
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