What to order at a Chinese vegetarian kosher restaurant?
Dec 24, 2016, 11:05 pm
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Easily avoided. I've wondered about the batter used to bread various fried appetizers and entrees, though. My stomach doesn't usually hold up well after Chinese, leading me to wonder where they might have snuck in a little milk.
Dec 24, 2016, 11:12 pm
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Dec 27, 2016, 3:39 pm
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I wouldn't really enjoy this type of restaurant I don't think. Although I am not a vegetarian, I do often eat vewgetarian meals, but I never put any fake meat in it. If I want to eat meat I'll eat real meat. And if I want vegetables I will often create a vegetarian dish, which sometimes even turns out vegan. No need to 'mock' meat to make it delicious.
Dec 27, 2016, 5:41 pm
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I wouldn't really enjoy this type of restaurant I don't think. Although I am not a vegetarian, I do often eat vewgetarian meals, but I never put any fake meat in it. If I want to eat meat I'll eat real meat. And if I want vegetables I will often create a vegetarian dish, which sometimes even turns out vegan. No need to 'mock' meat to make it delicious.
Dec 28, 2016, 9:36 am
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I wouldn't really enjoy this type of restaurant I don't think. Although I am not a vegetarian, I do often eat vewgetarian meals, but I never put any fake meat in it. If I want to eat meat I'll eat real meat. And if I want vegetables I will often create a vegetarian dish, which sometimes even turns out vegan. No need to 'mock' meat to make it delicious.
Jan 2, 2017, 10:34 am
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No need for fake meat and easily avoided. When we eat Chinese it is often an essentially vegetarian meal. I could eat things like spicy eggplant with garlic sauce for days. I guess there could be some meat product in the sauce but the dish is essentially vegetarian, and could easily be completely so with no loss of flavor. Schhuan string beans are like heaven on a plate. Silky tofu is delish. Dumplings with just a veggie filling ar common.
Ironically, the string beans you mention seem like they're usually cooked with pork and chicken stock: very non kosher and certainly not vegetarian!
http://omnivorescookbook.com/szechuan-dry-fried-green-beans/
Jan 27, 2017, 6:03 pm
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At least from my read of Chowhounds, ChefTalk and other foodie websites, seems like there a few 'classic' cookbooks that come highly recommended (and with dishes that are delish). With my kitchen under renovation, they are collecting dust, but I thought these recommendations might be helpful:
Current
Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking (Fuchsia Dunlop)
Out of Print, but generally available used
The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking (Barbara Tropp)
The Key to Chinese Cooking (Irene Kuo)
Hope this helps
Current
Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking (Fuchsia Dunlop)
Out of Print, but generally available used
The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking (Barbara Tropp)
The Key to Chinese Cooking (Irene Kuo)
Hope this helps