Hao You Jie lan (Oyster Sauce Chinese broccoli)

Hao You Jie lan  (Oyster Sauce Chinese broccoli) Another extremely simple, delicately flavored dish, jie lan , a flowering cabbag…

Gan Bian Si Ji Dou (Dry fried four season bean)

Gan Bian Si Ji Dou    (Dry fried four season bean) Gan Bian Si Ji Dou is a classic vegetable dish, thought to be from Sichuan, w…

Chao Dou Ya   (Stir Fried Bean Sprouts) Chao Dou Ya  is not only an example of how elegantly simple Chinese vegetable dishes can …

Yu Xiang Qiezi (Fish Fragrance Eggplant)

Yu Xiang Qiezi    (Fish Fragrance Eggplant) I've often thought that in Chinese tradition, vegetables are executed with elegan…

Xia Mi Bai Cai (Cabbage with Dried Shrimp)

Cabbage with Dried Shrimp  ( Xia Mi  Bai  Cai ) While much of Chinese cuisine is intensely flavored, in the mainland subtlety is …

Suan Bo Cai (Garlic Spinach)

Garlic Spinach (Suan Bo Cai) While this dish is not familiar to most Westerners as a Chinese concoction, the cooking style—often …

Chao Rou Gu Mian (Pork and Mushroom Fried Noodle)

Chao Rou Gu Mian  (Pork and Mushroom Fried Noodle) is a street noodle preparation I encountered my first day in the ancient capit…