Tossing foods in sautee pan ..... mimic a elliptical trainer run in reverse. Run your hand in quick, long, slightly elliptical strokes, holding the pan handle and pushing forward, then flick your wrist up as you bring the whole hand up and back towards you in an elliptical path. Then down and forward again. »

Hi actually Pampanga is beside the former Kedah House,I have eaten at both.btw the K.L has arrived. »

Hi Chupa:Oh, that's a new restaurant isn't it? I think it is where it was a Malaysian restaurant once (used to be where the Kedah house was located).Ben »

Sydney has very nice tossing skills :). I always feel nervous when tossing veggies. This is pretty much how I make stir fried bok choy- I usually don't use ginger or black pepper though. »

Jiaozi is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods ! Even though I'm Cantonese by heritage, I prefer 'em hearty and thick-skinned, the way the Northerners make them. I don't make my own (too lazy), but the frozen "dim sum" shop where I buy mine makes very good and convincingly "homemade" jiaozi (along with a large variety of other frozen "dim sums"). As for dipping condiments, I prefer a simply mixture of light, 1/2-sodium soy, a good generous shot of sesame seed oil and a touch of Vietnamese c... »

The salt is to flavor the pasta that way all layers of the dish are flavored. Salted pasta water gives the pasta better flavor than adding it at the end because it soaks in rather than sit on top. »

Have you tried Pampanga's at Fraser and 41st? Very authentic IMHO. »

If you are a true vegetarian with no meat stock and no fish allowed, I would be careful about eating anything except the Chinese Broccoli. I'd get that without the sauce, if you absolutely can have nothing with a meat derivative in it. The sesame balls with bean filling (a dessert) probably don't have meat. The lotus-leaf wrapped rice has a little meat in the center. The only place I'd eat vegetarian Chinese food with confidence that it had no meat at all would be a restaurant identified as vege... »

Is it really common to serve this in a raw lettuce cup? I haven't ever had a raw vegetable in a Chinese restaurant. Our HK/Chinese student did not want to eat raw vegetables, and said they were bad for you (according to what he had been taught).Looks tasty though, and thanks for the recipes. »

Hi Patty, the panini place looks good for a light lunch. Thank you for your recommendation. »