Simple Chinese Cookery - Ken Hom

Wok's This Then?

Advantages: quick healthy eating
Disadvantages: unlikely to be used regularly

"New Year New Me", well that was what was supposed to happen. I just had my second baby in December and with Christmas and all I found myself somewhat larger than my usual size. I decided like thousands of others that 2004 was going to be the year I got thin!! Having tried various diets such as Weight Watchers, Atkins, Scottish Slimmers etc I made up my mind to eat more healthily. I really fancied a juicer but my preferred make, the Anthony Worral Thomson Breville Juicer comes in at around £90 so I decided on the somewhat cheaper Ken Hom Wok at £14.99 from my local Argos. I had always been told that wok cooking was healthy way to cook and thought I would give it a try. WHAT DO YOU GET? The wok itself looks very professional - black with a wooden handle engraved with Ken Hom's signature. You will need to assemble the wok by ...

nosreme7 24.02.2004 · Read full review
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Wok can we do with this then?

Advantages: You can cook anything in it
Disadvantages: A bit on the heavy side

Well low and behold someone finally took the hint that I needed a new wok, and santa brought it. This is the second ken hom wok that I have owned. The first one I got was when I was 15 and that was 10 years ago, and I have only just thrown it out, as it was starting to rust. So I was very pleased when I received this for christmas. It is not often that something I own lasts any length of time but 10 years is good. Lets start with how durable this wok is. Now I use my wok for everything, and when I say everything I mean everything. I make stir fry's, soup, mince, stew and I even use it to deep fry things. So I use my wok about 3 to 4 times a week, the rest of the time we have take out or hubby cooks (not very often but some times he will cook). Right what size is it? Well I am sure that my new wok is a little smaller than my old ...

hazle 30.12.2004 · Read full review
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Red Sky at Night - Chinese Delight

Advantages: Great food, nice setting
Disadvantages: Don't come too late if you're driving - the car park is a bit titchy.

on the bones. They were delivered with hot towels and a finger bowl for the use of anyone more likely to wear them than to eat them. Main courses followed ten minutes or so after the starters were cleared. I had ordered a Chinese Delight Special Seafood Casserole and my companion had stir-fried king prawns in chilli sauce so we could both have a pick at each other's food. I'd ordered mine with boiled rice and she had hers with fried noodles. I'd wanted a dish with plenty of different ingredients and textures as I tend to find that many oriental restaurant dishes are a bit too simple ? if the menu says prawns and chilli then you get prawns and chilli rather then prawns and several different types of vegetables with chilli which is how I'd always make a dish at home. I want to find something where each spoonful has the potential to be different ...

koshkha 30.09.2009 · Read full review
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