I think she has wood ears, which I only know as a thin sliced ingredient in vietnamese spring rolls. they are more plastic-y than say, a ake which is meaty when you reconstitute.

¼ cup tiger lily buds (golden needles) ¼ cup wood ears (cloud ears) 2 t sesame oil 1 scallion, minced 1. Soak the dried mushrooms, wood ears, and golden needles in hot water until soft, about ½ hour. Then remove stems from...

of wood ear fungus; two shumai-like dumplings, top open, filled with a mix of meat and prawn. The pandan pancake isn’t bad, ok flavour which I guess is from extract, and a bright mango ice cream to pair with, along with...

a bite at 3AM. We ordered three noodle dishes: big dumplings in soup (sui gao), beef stew noodle soup, and Sun Hong Kong chow mein (jin mein). The sui gao were the best of the lot with whole shrimp and crunchy strips of wood ears...

beer, for free, which I found very generous under the circumstances. (Though clearly the Gods are telling me I shouldn’t have had a drink at lunch...) The food was nice, but not mind-blowing: spring roll packed with wood ear...

is not prepared like my NYC szechwan beef, its excellent and tastes nothing like the glop we usually get at buffets in Tampa Bay. It’s spicy, it has wood ear mushrooms in it...finally, szechwan cuisine! I definitely...

-the-menu item they are happy to make — prawns and eggplant with garlic sauce. The prawns dish was the same price as the dish without eggplant on the menu, and the sauce was wonderful — included bell peppers, wood ear...

greasy. The free dessert was white fungus in syrup — sort of like translucent wood ear mushrooms. When she saw the dessert, my friend commented "It’s good to see some restaurants in Chinatown are still pushing it."...

and three (well, technically four) of our seven dishes weren’t even on the menu. Here’s the rundown: Neverending Kim Chee (free)Seafood Hot & Sour Soup (#23, $6.95 for a large) with shrimp, krab, scallop, bamboo...

Where the mushrooms the really frilly kind, like the edge of a square dancer’s skirt? If so, they’re commonly known as "wood ear" mushrooms. "Cloud ears" are white or a light cream color, whereas wood ears are darker.

I prefer freezing.. I put about 6-8 ears with husk in microwave for 6-8 minutes. Let cool and then remove husk and silk. Cut off and ziplock bags. We have a friend with farm and every year get 100+ to stock up for winter. (I line...

"Cloud Ears" and "Wood Ears" are also a fungus, but are chocolate brown and not used in sweet dishes even though they have the same general texture and taste. In NY area they can be found dried or fresh. Dried ones need...

gazpacho at the Sherman Oaks Le Pain Quotidien. Just a pity. First off, reconstituted wood ear (mu-erh, act. yin-erh cloud ear, sorry) fungus and kombu kelp in a green tea iced broth with some avocado. Tasteless in the extreme....

I store my expensive — porcini and morrel — mushrooms in zip lock bags in the freezer. The cheaper mushrroms — shiitake and wood ear — I store in bags in the cupboard. I’ve not had any lifetime...

and pinapple-sweetened thickened sauce. Slightly pickled veggies (napa cabbage, slices of cucumber), pineapple and slivered wood ears add texture and flavor notes. The sauce was too thick for my tastes and I probably...