Gok Cooks Chinese

The UK’s famous fashion stylist, Gok Wan, now takes on cooking and is going to show us how to Cook Good Naked… Not quite, but he is going to teach us how to prepare, dress and style some delicious Chinese dishes.His latest book Gok Cooks Chinese contains 80 delicious recipes which are also healthy and easy to prepare. His passion for Chinese cooking is evident throughout the collection as he shares with us the secrets of his family’s kitchen as well as dishes that he discovered whilst travelling in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.Gok, shows us how easy, simple and tasty real home-cooked Chinese food can be. Taking out all the unhealthy and leaving all the good stuff in, he reveals how Chinese food differs to the sort of takeaways that most people have come to expect :“
unhealthy, usually deep-fried and covered in pink and gloopy sweet and sour sauce….a Western invention”. After a nice foreword, Gok Wan introduces the essential ingredients, equipment and a comprehensive glossary. He then reveals how to make 80 delicious dishes from Chinese Classics Recipes like Prawn Chow Mein and Beef in Fragrant Black Bean Sauce to Chinese Sunday Dim Sum and Feasting Dishes like Luxurious Lobster Noodles and Pork and Prawn Potstickers; to quick Street Food and Modern Dishes like Spring Rolls and Salt and Pepper Pork Chops. Each recipe includes preparation and cooking times and inspiring pictures.In a truly Gok Wan style this book is beautifully and thoughtfully compiled with infectious passion. Featuring pictures of him in the kitchen preparing and savouring food
with anecdotal side dishes about his family, this book will take you on a delicious culinary journey.