I have found it intimidating to even try -- ingredients i have a hard time pronouncing, flavour components i don't have a lot o...  Read More

I have found it intimidating to even try -- ingredients i have a hard time pronouncing, flavour components i don't have a lot of experience with and therefore want to measure everything, and new tools!  Read Less

Fuchsia dunlop has done an amazing job of making very foreign flavours and ingredients seem simple and appealing.

Fuchsia dunlop has done an amazing job of making very foreign flavours and ingredients seem simple and appealing.  Read Less

Buy this, realise how easy it is to cook real chinese food, and you'll never buy any of that sweet and sour slop from your loca...  Read More

Buy this, realise how easy it is to cook real chinese food, and you'll never buy any of that sweet and sour slop from your local chinese takeaway ever again (believe me, the chinese never eat food like that!  Read Less

Don't take this book for what it's not : it isn't a complete chinese cookbook on banquet menus and full authentic recipe.

Don't take this book for what it's not : it isn't a complete chinese cookbook on banquet menus and full authentic recipe.  Read Less

Now first off, i must confess i got this book much cheaper from the book people when they had a post free weekend!

Now first off, i must confess i got this book much cheaper from the book people when they had a post free weekend!  Read Less

I haven't always got a lot of time in the kitchen and many of the recipes are quick and packed with the wonderful flavours we wanted.

I haven't always got a lot of time in the kitchen and many of the recipes are quick and packed with the wonderful flavours we wanted.  Read Less

Cant wait for that to arrive too.

Cant wait for that to arrive too.  Read Less

Packed with photos and uncomplicated recipes, this is a pleasure to use and read.

Packed with photos and uncomplicated recipes, this is a pleasure to use and read.  Read Less

This book is packed full of very achievable, quietly confident recipes that transport you to the homes in which she learned to ...  Read More

This book is packed full of very achievable, quietly confident recipes that transport you to the homes in which she learned to cook and eat these dishes.  Read Less

Fuchsia herself acknowledges that china is vast and variable with regard to the cuisine - differences between regions, between ...  Read More

Fuchsia herself acknowledges that china is vast and variable with regard to the cuisine - differences between regions, between north and south etc.  Read Less

But compared to other chinese cookbooks, yes, there's less steamed stuff and less seafood.

But compared to other chinese cookbooks, yes, there's less steamed stuff and less seafood.  Read Less

Another issue for me is the failure to bring some of the recipes up to date and use a microwave, which is definitely better tha...  Read More

Another issue for me is the failure to bring some of the recipes up to date and use a microwave, which is definitely better than blanching for the recipes involving peas, beans, edamame and broccoli (see harumi kurihara's 'japanese cooking' for modern examples of how it can be done).  Read Less