I’d like to know the names of the shows with “personality fluff” (nice term!). I never watch the Food Network and so am only familiar with the PBS lineup. Jacques P. too fluffy? Martin Yan? Well he is always...

restaurant across 15th St. from Ichiro (between Broadway & Franklin). The cook used to own Chef Lau years ago (a photo of him, his wife, and Martin Yan are by the cash register). I’ve only eaten dinners there, but am told...

Let’s start a new thread, but without going into too much detail on my lack of Chinese food in Los Angeles statement...read Martin Yan's Chinatown. The one Sunset Strip noodle factory mentioned, makes the basic Chinese...

(no Martin Yan or Kylie Kwan was it?). Also, I miss Anthony Bourdain, he’s on the Travel Channel though, but you need digital cable for that, and my DVR isn’t compatible with it.

This is a water pickle of course (have tried to make it, never succeeded). Some Indian pickles are pickled in oil – as is I suppose doubanjiang? Haven’t ever been in Sichuan but saw the Martin Yan episode on Chongqing...

Lisa F, This is very different, I hope you weren’t thinking of something else... anyway I got this from Martin Yan about 15 years ago while watching his program and have made it for my family for years. It may of morphed a...

funny name..... but i have a question for chinese food experts, where did i get the notion that either even or odd numbers of food items on a plate was good or bad luck? i think i heard it from martin yan or ming tsai, but can you...

, definately) Julia Childs – as a kid I thought she was weird but as I get older I appreciate his ability to host and guide you gently. (dinner, definately) Martin Yan - some of his cornball humor is weird but he has a great...

haha, that’s what I do. I remember watching Martin Yan loosening up the chicken, saying "the chicken’s very nervous, you have to relaaaaax the chicken before you cutitup! It really works! Loosens up the joints so...

There was a recent article from a few short months ago on East-West Gourmet publication (SF Bay Area publication whose editor in chef is Martin Yan (can cook)). Little Sheep has tons of imitations, but the Union City and San...

cook in highschool. I wished for a great cooking class (that I didn’t have to pay for because we were broke lol). See, while I was no cook, I grew up watching cooking shows with mom and grandma (my first celebrity crush was...

Crane soup as part of the farewell feast on a food tour of Hong Kong led by Martin Yan. I was not nearly as put off by the crane skulls floating in the serving bowl as I was by the flavor, which was mostly ginseng, a taste I...

The latest issue of East Eats Gourmet magazine (executive editor is Martin Yan himself) features Chef Andy Wai’s receipe for his Pea Blossom platter, which is a cold appetizer of fuyu persimmons, mixed veg, fruit, and roast...

are crumbled just as you are adding them to your recipe the fragrance is released and the herb does it’s job. The next thing is his dismissal of a can of tomato paste....If I only need a tablespoon of paste for a recipe I...

Vietnam was under the rule of China for several Dynasties. That is why I say there is an influence. The foundation of their cusine is based on soy sauce too. Mainstream chinese do not cook with lemongrass. Maybe Martin Yan has a...