I guess I got to goofing off too much Saturday. Although I had all the ingredients, I never gave myself the "kitchen time" needed. I was too busy doing other things.
I don't have a lot of pots & pans. I think I have one sauce pan & one fry pan. I do, however, have three woks & two rice cookers. I also have several cleavers & three knife blocks for all my cutlery. I'm a chop & stir fry kind of guy.
I do like GOOD Chinese food.
Repeat ... once again: GOOD CHINESE FOOD.
Though the years I worked, I was able to travel to most major cities in the United States. I was lucky to to visit & sample some very well known & recommended Chinese restaurants. Some lived up to their reputations & some did not.
I have been fortunate to have "found" local restaurants in the last two cities I have lived in -- Little Rock & Memphis -- which could rival restaurants, regardless of location, for excellent food & great service. I will have to write about them one day soon.
I think I am a pretty fair cook when it comes to Asian cooking. [I have had several Oriental lady friends though the years -- Korean & Japanese -- which has influenced my cooking as not strictly "Chinese".] I am a cook who ... "combines" food dishes, techniques & ingredients.
Sunday night I fixed MY BRAND of Kung Pao Chicken. I like my Oriental food spicy & fixing the dinner myself, I can add just about anything I want to heat up the recipe.
Sunday night was also a good night for cooking as it turned out to be a night for a VICTORY DINNER ... celebrating the Minnesota Vikings defeating the Dallas Cowboys in football.
Actually, more than beating Dallas -- crushing them !!!
Sorry folks, I dislike everything about the Dallas football team -- owner, quarterback, running backs, etc. Heck -- the whole team.
So on Sunday night I fixed a delicious meal to go along with my own personal celebration of a fine football ... LOSS !
Yummy!
ReplyDeleteI'm originally from Minnesota, so I didn't care who won.