Deh-Ta Hsiung is an acknowledged expert on Chinese food and cookery - besides being the author of several best-selling books and a food and wine consultant for Chinese restaurants and food manufacturers, he is also a tutor of renown. You can find him online at http://chinese-at-table.com.
This is a very colourful dish, which makes an excellent starter. It is very simple to make, and most of the preparations can be done long before so that it only requires a minimum cooking time. [...]
In the West, tripe is always sold thoroughly cleaned and treated, i. e. 'dressed': which means a lot of time saving both in preparation and cooking for you at home. [...]
After chop suey, chow mein (which means 'fried noodles') must be the next most popular Chinese dish among Westerners apart, perhaps, from sweet and sour pork. [...]
Yangchow, or Yangzhou, cuisine of the Yangtze River delta occupies a particularly important position in the development of Chinese cookery. As you can well imagine, there are several versions of this recipe. [...]
It's true, to some extent, that no special tools or materials are required for cooking Chinese food. But the cook's task will be much easier if he or she has a wok and and a Chinese Cleaver, the two basic implements in the Chinese battérie de cuisine that are considered essential if you wish to achieve the best results. [...]