Chinese cooking

The secret to good Chinese food? It’s in the sauce: ready-made condiments have the power to transform any dish

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Now I have many of these jars taking up way too much space in my fridge. Some mysteries remain, though. For example, hoisin sauce literally means seafood sauce, but it’s neither made from seafood nor used for seafood. A jar of Lee Kum Kee’s hoisin sauce. It is neither made from seafood nor used for … Read more

Vancouver area’s Chinese food scene gets ‘a new perspective’ as young, French-trained chefs give the cuisine a modern twist in a traditional setting

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On the eight-course menu were dishes such as Loong Kong chicken terrine on a bed of scallion chimichurri; Dungeness crab roe egg ravioli with crab custard; Peking duck spring roll with hawthorn and cucumber; and grilled quail with foie gras in claypot rice. Dessert saw mango-pomelo-sago pudding enveloped in a mille-feuille. Loong Kong chicken with … Read more