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1 hour ago, weinoo said:

Why not just realize the limitations of cooking at home, instead of pretend you're in a restaurant setting?

Yes. Like 99.99% of Chinese people do. In a quarter of a century I've never met anyone here in China with anything but a regular stove. I wouldn't even know where to source a high powered burner. They seem to be a peculiarly American obsession.

"Wok Hei" is a Cantonese term unknown to the vast majority of Chinese people. In Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese people, it would be 镬气 (huò qì), but to repeat, most would say "What's that?" Cantonese speakers are around 5% of China's population.

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

Why not just realize the limitations of cooking at home, instead of pretend you're in a restaurant setting?

Yes. Like 99.99% of Chinese people do. In a quarter of a century I've never met anyone here in China with anything but a regular stove. I wouldn't even know where to source a high powered burner. They seem to be a peculiarly American obsession.

"Wok Hei" is a Cantonese term unknown to the vast majority of Chinese people. In Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese people it would be 镬气 (huò qì), but to repeat, most would say "What's that?" Cantonese speakers are around 5% of China's population.

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

Why not just realize the limitations of cooking at home, instead of pretend you're in a restaurant setting?

Yes. Like 99.99% of Chinese people do. In a quarter of a century I've never met anyone here in China with anything but a regular stove. I wouldn't even know where to source a high powered burner. They seem to be a peculiarly American obsession.

"Wok Hei" is a Cantonese term unknown to the vast majority of Chinese people. In Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese people it would be 镬气 (huò qì), but to repeat most would say "What's that?" Cantonese speakers are around 5% of China's population.

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

Why not just realize the limitations of cooking at home, instead of pretend you're in a restaurant setting?

Yes. Like 99.99% of Chinese people do. In quarter of a century I've never met anyone here in China with anything but a regular stove. I wouldn't even know where to source a high powered burner. They seem to be a peculiarly American obsession.

"Wok Hei" is a Cantonese term unknown to the vast majority of Chinese people. In Mandarin, spoken by most Chinese people it would be 镬气 (huò qì), but to repeat most would say "What's that?" Cantonese speakers are around 5% of China's population.