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Title: Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking : 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World by Martin Yan ISBN: 0060084758 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33
Rating: 4
Summary: CHINATOWN FOOD AT HOME! GREAT IDEA!
Comment: This is a great cookbook. The recipes are simple, the execution is easy, and the food is yummy. Every recipe we tried did not disappoint. We have cooked clams, eggplant, and fish using recipes in this book, and they all turned out great. We have been to a couple of the Chinatowns from which Mr. Yan harvested these recipes, and when we cook this food, it is like a trip back...without having to buy a plane ticket. We have now stocked our kitchen with hoisin sauce, fish sauce, five spice chinese powder, and other tools and ingredients so we can be ready to cook Chinatown style! If you want fancy Chinese food for a big Chinese wedding, look elsewhere. If you want great tasting Chinese food that comes close to what you would get on Mott Street in NY, then give this book a try!
Rating: 1
Summary: One lousy cookbook
Comment: What a disappointment. But I should have known. I have two other Martin Yan cookbooks and only the first one did I get something useful out of. This one I was hoping to be able to get some great recipes from because we love going to Chinatown in Boston and eating up a storm. Alas, the food we savor aren't anywhere in this cookbook. What's up with that? It's like the Chinese culture, the kinds of food often ordered by a host we're visiting are usually show dishes that have very little taste or substance but was ordered to show gratitude for the visit or to show off. Granted, we may be a simple Chinese family but I can't help but wonder why there are so many recipes in this cookbook that we would never order because it just doesn't taste very good. One example would be for fish. Either boil or deep fry it. Yuck! Where are the stir-fry recipes for fish, squid, lobster, shrimp? We have created stir-fry dishes for these and my Irish brother-in-law loves them all. There's one thing I learned: Yan can't cook, but he can sure entertain with his knives. My book went into the recycle bin by the curbside along with one other. The first one isn't far behind them. Bad Chinese food is NOT a tradition. I'll never buy another Yan cookbook.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Resource
Comment: This ranks as one of Martin Yan's best, with lots of well written recipes. If you're not yet into Chinese cooking, this is a great place to begin. While I have not tried a large number of the recipes yet, and while a few of them require a really extensive Asian grocery for the ingredients, everything so far has been straightforward and delicious. There is also fascinating material about different Chinatowns and Chinese culture scattered randomly throughout the book.
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Title: Martin Yan's Asian Favorites: From Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand by Martin Yan ISBN: 1580083706 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Martin Yan's Culinary Journey Through China by Martin Yan ISBN: 0912333642 Publisher: Bay Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Dim Sum: The Art of Chinese Tea Lunch by Ellen Leong Blonder ISBN: 0609608878 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Martin Yan's Asia: Favorite Recipes from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Japan by Martin Yan, Geoffrey Nilsen ISBN: 0912333324 Publisher: Bay Books Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Martin Yan's Feast : The Best of Yan Can Cook by Martin Yan, Geoffrey Nilsen ISBN: 0912333316 Publisher: Kqed Pub. Date: 11 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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