Excellent work as usual Amoeba. I'm so hungry right now staring at those last three dishes.

thx, I'll be trying that soon.

The noodles I buy are fresh (I think from Houston also) and they tell me not to freeze or refrigerate them, so I have to eat them fast or they go bad. Have you found any rice noodles that can be frozen/refrigerated so they last longer?

Do you cook these types of dishes in your wok? If so, are you particular about the type of wok to use? I have one without a handle but wish it did

Mine are also fresh and I have used the brand you showed before. Refrigerating is ok but freezing is not. Still, even with refrigeration, I tend to make it within 2 days of buying it as to reduce textural changes.

The spicy water cooked beef was the only one I made in a wok. The others I made in a cast iron pan. The reason I had to use a wok for the last beef dish is that if I used a pan, the large surface area would cause the liquid to not cover the beef while it is in the pan and it would also evaporate the liquid too fast. The others I could have also made in a wok but I just didn't want to take it out along with the ring that secures it on the stove.

I have a wok where the cooking surface is very thin, thus it heats up very quickly, but does not retain heat. So if you turn off the burner, it cools down very quickly too.

I think a handle is pretty useful. Mine is one piece all metal construction (handle is also metal).

I'm going to be cooking a turkey breast filet later tonight, and a cursory Google search turns up only uninspiring options. Any recommendations?

Maybe a roulade?

Man, I tell ya, I think Chinese or whatever region the recipes you posted recently are from is severely under-represented in the US (or I have unknowingly missing out at whichever restaurants makes this stuff). That spicy water beef recipe looks fantastic, I don't know where I would find this in Dallas to eat. All the sauces, ingredients and flavors are just incredible.

On a side note, I cooked a double meat smashed burger for lunch I just scarfed down. Nothing notable except I ground the meat (sirloin/chuck & brisket) and grew the tomaters. Its not fancy but it sure tastes good

Yim, there should be plenty of places in Dallas.

http://royalsichuandallas.com

B-18

V-5 if you want to compare your eggplant dish to the restaurant version.

Their F1 also looks good.

The above place looks legit. I might go just for the live bullfrog.

Damn, thats a huge menu! Looks good too, wish it was closer, its about 30 minutes from my house but I'm gonna make the trek to try some of those dishes, probably pass on live bullfrog though

I think I wrote off Chinese food in my mind a long time ago. There was a place called BoBo China (might still be there...it is) which had old plastic replicas of the dishes and the food was always over sauced and gross (imo) so I haven't found myself drawn to Chinese food but kudos to you to turning me on to a lot of dishes I've never heard of or would have thought to try.

Would you classify many of your recent dishes as Chinese?

Everything in post 7696 is legit Chinese. Like 90% close to what you would find in China.

The tofu dish, the chicken, and the beef dish is Szechuan.

The flat rice noodle is Cantonese.

The difficulty with finding a good Chinese restaurant in the US is that even the best Chinese restaurants will run 7.95 lunch specials with eggrolls and soup and will offer stuff like orange chicken right next to a real deal dish on the menu.

Some tips in seeing if a Chinese place is likely decent from the menu : has live seafood, has offal, has a cold appetizer section, makes noodles and dumplings in house.

Sounds like Royal China might be the ticket. They make their noodles on site and apparently they make a show out of it

i miss hung far low and their dim sum

Not really. I've been to Royal China maybe a dozen times. If you think noodles being made by a very nice looking abuelita is a show, sure. It's very Americanized Chinese, albeit quite good.

The places in Richardson like the one posted or First Chinese BBQ in Richardson are legit. For example, I believe I've ordered A33 a few times -- when they say "special sausage" they mean fried intestines. The BBQ sauce they serve it with is delicious.

Honestly the BBQ sauce might just be like hoisin mixed with ketchup or something silly like that, but it works really well.

That place looks the real deal, I'll have to have you on speed dial if I make it out there so y'all can help me figure out what to order, otherwise #33 it is.

****, I just realized that place is in Austin. I thought you were in Dallas brrrr, whats your favorite Chinese in Dallas?

First Chinese BBQ started put in Richardson then opened a second location in Austin. Their roast duck is good.

They are a traditional Cantonese style eatery.

Not sure if they sold original location as website only shows Austin location but Yelp for Richardson location is still up.

Go to Duck House near PSU for legit Chinese in Portland

OY, their website threw me off, it only lists Austin as a location for some reason, thx for the heads up

thanks for the tip....the menu looks legit.

Yeah, sorry, I didn't notice that either. That's how legit their place is, they don't give a F about their website. They started in Richardson and opened a second location (Carrollton maybe?). Wasn't even aware they expanded outside DFW. The yelp listing for First BBQ Richardson is correct and the pictures are a good representation of my experience there.

The duck and roast pork are great, but even things like Orange Beef or whatever are much better than you get at the standard takeout hole.

First Chinese BBQ is a Cantonese joint so stick to Cantonese dishes there (dont order anything spicy).

Order BBQ items, ginger scallion clams, beef flat noodles, wonton noodles (this is one dish not wonton or noodles), steamed fish.

Cantonese BBQ is legit. Had a buddy who turned me on to this at a place in Toronto, awesome stuff. Place we use to hit up downtown was a favorite of cast of Good Will Hunting while filming in Toronto.

Yim? Anytime you want, PM me

Bet you miss some "Red Flower Restaurant". Actually would love to try some old school chop suey joint in San Fran or PNW.

I need to get these. I was actually looking for something along these lines without any luck Friday, grocery shopping. Noodles is one of the few things my two year old eats. Will have to hit up an Asian grocer. I actually live in Houston so should be able to get this.