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It is really easy to make your own lard. See my picture sequence here: A Pictorial Guide To Seasoning a Brand New Wok And as a bonus, you have some "chu yau zha" to chew on at the end or to use them to make Char Quay Teow.

Lovely! Absolutely lovely! Flaky crust!!! I think if you change the filling to BBQ pork, this could be "Cha siu so"? (BBQ pork flake)

I did some searches and learned that A & J actually have 7 locations in the USA, 4 of which are in California (2 NoCal and 2 SoCal): A & J Restaurant 7 Locations CA 1269 E Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801-5235 14805 Jeffrey Rd Ste D, Irvine, CA 92618-0406 10893 N Wolfe Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014-0605 1698 Hostetter Rd Ste D, San Jose, CA 95131-3333 MA 560 Kelley Blvd Ste C, North Attleboro, MA 02760-4185 MD 1319 Rockville Pike Ste C, Rockville, MD 20852-1437 VA 4316 Markham St, Annandale, VA 22003-3024 The one that I've been to is in Cupertino, not San Jose. Sorry. But they do have one in San Jose too. A & J Restaurant 10893 N Wolfe Rd Cupertino, CA Phone: (408) 873-8298 Here is a review of A & J from someone who had tried their food in Alhambra: A & J Restaurant 1269 E Valley Blvd Alhambra, CA 91801 (626) 284-3549 http://www.yelp.com/biz/AtOKIeQCX1RBooueaTZzOw

For dried ginseng, people cut them into thin slices and brew tea with them. Not sure if you can do it with fresh ginseng. You can try. Need to slice the ginseng really thin.

I am not sure without seeing how big your fresh ginseng is. I would say one piece of whole, fresh ginseng is definitely enough to make a pot of soup with a whole chicken. PS: Your no-name fish looks pretty good!

Those look beautiful, majra! I envy your set up. Look forward to seeing more of your production! Do you find the 12 inch wok adequate? I like it as it must be very light-weight so one can easily toss stuff around. Can it handle most of your dishes?

Do you need to use French Roast to make VN coffee? These 2 Vietnamese words sound very close to Cantonese. And they are single syllable too. I wonder if there is any connection. Nong... In Cantonese, we have "neun" (meaning warm) da... In Cantonese, we have "dung" (meaning icy, cold) And Ca phe seems easy enough to guess... Do you put extra sugar in the coffee? Or the sweetened condensed milk be sweet enough?

I think it would be okay for a day. But you need to protect it well though. These sesame rolls can deform easily.

Looks like I do need to put on my reading glasses. And hire a French tutor.

The pancakes are usually eaten as is. And they are tasty enough. But you certainly can order them with something else that have sauces and dip the pancakes in sauces.

Sorry. I cannot bake a thing to save my life! sheetz and Dejah and peony and Tepee are your best hope.

Promised. No recipe question... but what's the wire thing at the bottom of the clay pot sheetz?

All 20 items in the shapes of meatballs?

Just like Sacramento! A cow town where the real estate developments are everywhere. Nice to see you blog, Bruce. I want to see how many Asian dishes you cook up this week.

Sorry. I don't know where China Garden is. A & J is at the corner of Jeffery and Walnut. The anchor store 99 Ranch Market is right across the street (Walnut).

It is worth mentioning: Seafood Cove in Garden Grove takes this traditional recipe and adds a Thai/Vietnamese touch, which is very nice I think: They add Thai basils, chili pepper slices and small tomato wedges to this style of chow fun.

Thank you very much everybody. It makes a lot of sense. Seafood Cove is located at the edge of Little Saigon (Garden Grove) in Orange County. It seems then that there might be a high population of Cambodian-Americans living in the areas besides Vietnamese.

Thank you for your feedback, Jason and I am glad you like it. The packet of "ho fun" I used was a 2 lb package. Well... some like it light, some like it dark. By all means adjust the amount of soy sauces used in this recipe to suite your taste.

I have posted pictures of 5 dishes I ate at Shanghai Dumpling King (old name Shanghai Dumpling Shop) in here: Chinese Food Picture Album, Chinese dishes offered in restaurants The food at Shanghai Dumpling King is very good indeed. I especially like the Lion Head Meatballs, Xiaolongbao and Smoke Fish. ... if only that I live in San Francisco...

*especially* on plain steamed chicken.

I second. Some also calls this in the abbreviated form "chung yao" (scallion oil). Some calls it "geung yung" - meaning minced ginger. [All pronounciations in Cantonese.]

Fried dough wrapped in fried dough! LOL!!! It is what that is.

Sam Woo Seafood Restaurant Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant 15333 Culver Drive, Suite 720 Irvine, CA 92604 949-262-0688 (Seafood side) 949-262-0888 (BBQ side) This is an interesting set up. There are two sides to this Sam Woo restaurant. They operate independently, have separate kitchens, serve similar but different entrees, but share the same set of bathrooms. The Seafood restaurant is more "upscale". The BBQ restaurant is more down to earth. The price differential is not that big, really. A shot of the outside. A shot of the inside and the entrance of the Seafood side. We went to Sam Woo Seafood Restaurant for a sunday brunch. The Luncheon Special menu offers close to 100 different items. Very comprehensive. And also a limited variety of different dim sum items. They used to carry only a dozen different varieties. We were delighted to discover that they had extended their offers in the past few years. Dim sums are ordered from the menu, though from time to time some waitstaff will carry out some "specials" not on the menu. And... some Special of the Month can be ordered. We started off with some complimentary soup. This was egg-drop soup with tofu and seaweeds added. Kung Pao San Yan ("San Yan" means three ingredients). Beef, shrimp and chicken. Not the die-hard Sichuan style Kung Pao. More a Cantonese rendition of it. Very tasty however. Shrimp rolls: ground shrimp wrapped with seaweed, battered and deep-fried. This was excellent. Har Gow (Shrimp dumplings). Need not much introduction. Very good. This dumpling is called "Fun Goul". The wrapper and filling are different from the "har gow" shrimp dumplings. The filling is a mixture of ground pork, shredded bamboo-shoots, peanuts and other things. Good. Cantonese BBQ is Sam Woo's specialty. This day we ordered the BBQ squid. It was cut into thin slices. Condiment: Chinese mustard and hot sauce. Very good. Brunch for two: slightly over US$20.

Yeah... part of what started the east and west trade routes and started many wars... If it wasn't because of that, you and I might not be where we are today!

Ah Leung Goh, what are the spices you're mentioning here? ← Oh... just tongue-in-cheek thing. Use the traditional five spices. Some people like to add additional spices. So, add whatever you want. Now a test for you Gastro mui: What are the traditional five spices?