Chinese Cookery Secrets: How to Cook Chinese Restaurant Food at Home

One question I am frequently asked is "Why doesn't the Chinese food I prepare at home taste like restaurant food?" Reproducing your favorite Chinese restaurant dishes at home can be a challenge - restaurant kitchens have specially built gas stoves that can reach the very high temperatures needed for stir-frying, not to mention several cooks!

However, Deh-Ta Hsiung, a well known chef and cookbook author, believes none of these difficulties are insurmountable. In Chinese Cookery Secrets, Hsiung has compiled a cookbook demonstrating that it is possible for home cooked dishes to come extremely close to reproducing the taste and flavor of Chinese restaurant food. My review includes sample recipes for Stir-fried Beef With Oyster Sauce and American Chicken Chop Suey.